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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Wicca - Contemporary Pagan Witchcraft. Druidry - Contemporary Celtic neo-Paganism. Ásatrú and Rökkr - Heathenism. Native Faith - Slavic neo-Paganism.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Methods of individual activities
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- 20 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of this course is an introduction to the main ways of contemporary neo-paganism in the Czech republic and worldwide. Each neo-pagan way will be explained in depth.
Student will be knowledgeable in branches of contemporary neo-Paganism, know their history and characteristic features.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
KRE/NPO1
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
Obligatory attendance (2 absences allowed). Reading of chosen literature from the list (see below). Passing the course is conditioned by oral exam. Every student will choose one branch of neo-Paganism and draw second one. Student has to read a selected literature of his/her choice considering the selected neo-Pagan branch.
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Recommended literature
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Adller, Margot. Drawing down the moon: witches, Druids, goddess-worshippers, and other pagans in America. New York: Penguin Books, 2006. ISBN 0143038192.
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Anczyk, Adam. The Golden Sickle: An Introduction to Contemporary Druidry. Katowice, 2014. ISBN 978-83-938791.
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Blain, Jenny. Nine Worlds of Seid Magic: Ecstasy and Neo-Shamanism in North-European Paganism: Ecstasy and Neo-shaminism in North European Paganism. London: Taylor & Francis, 2001. ISBN 9780415256513.
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Hutton, Ronald. Blood and Mistletoe: the History of the Druids in Britain. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. ISBN 9780300144857.
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Hutton, Ronald. The Triumph of the Moon: a History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0198207441.
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Rommel, Gundula. Asgard in America Inventing European Ethnic Identity in a Post-Industrial Pluralist Culture. München: GRIN Verlag GmbH, 2011.
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