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Lecturer(s)
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Boukal Tomáš, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction, Basic Concepts, What is Religion? Religion and Anthropology of Religion - Science of Religion, religion descriptive, phenomenology of religion 2. Development of religion, archeology and religion. Paleolithic "art" and religion. The origins of religious systems from the point of view of psychology 3. Evolutionist view of religion, E. B. Tylor, animism, J. G. Frazer, magic 4. Basic world religions 5. Shamanism, M. Eliad and his contribution to the research of religion 6. Sociologists and Science of Religion, E. Durkheim, M. Mauss, L. Lévy-Bruhl, Max Weber 7. Functionalism and Religion, B. Malinowski, E. Evans-Pritchard 8. Rite of Transition, A. van Gennep, V. Turner 9. Structuralism, C. Levi-Strauss, myth, fairy tales 10. Psychological view of religion 11. Religion and ecological anthropology 12. Symbolic Anthropology and Religion, V. Turner, C. Geertz, M. Douglas 13. Summary
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
- Contact teaching
- 52 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 38 hours per semester
- Preparation of a presentation (report)
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 30 hours per semester
- Independent critical reading
- 30 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The objective of the course is to introduce the students to the basic ways of researching religions, to their typology, analysis and interpretation
The students will be able to orientate themself in the study of religions and on their historical development
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance assessment, Didactic test, Discussion
Active participation in lectures and study of selected materials. Written test and oral exam. Essay on a chosen topic.
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Recommended literature
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Bondy, Egon. Šaman. Mníšek. Nový věk. Praha: Panorama, 1990.
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BOWIE, F. Antropologie náboženství, Praha: Portál 2008.
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CAMPBELL, J. Myts to live by, [čes.překl. Mýty. Praha: Pragma, 1972.
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DE MARTINO, E. Il mondo magico [čes.překl., Magický svět. Praha: Argo, 2002.
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DI NOLA, A. M. Il Diavolo, [čes.překl. Ďábel a podoby zla v historii lidstva. Praha: Volvox Globatur, 1987.
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DURKHEIM, E. Les formes élementaires de la vie religieuse. Le systéme totemique en Australie, [čes. překl., Elementární formy náboženského života : systém totemismu v Austrálii. Praha: OIKOYMENEH, 2002.
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ELIADE, M. Histoire des croyances et des idées religieuses I-III [Dějiny náboženského myšlení I-III. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1995.
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LÉVI-STRAUSS, C. Myšlení přírodních národů. Praha: Dauphin, 1996.
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LÉVY-BRUHL, L. Myšlení člověka primitivního. Praha: Argo, 1999.
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