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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Introduction to the subject matter - religious beliefs of the Roma and their manifestations in relation to the institutionalised religions and their confessions. Other possible topics. The pre-Christian layer of the Roma religious beliefs, their syncretisation with Catholitism, Orthodoxy, Islam, etc. Rites of passage, particularly christening, marriage, and funeral. The phenomena - mulo, dujevoďengero, trin sveti, etc. Magic practices, divination, healing, demonology, oath. Final summary of the course.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Projection
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Learning outcomes
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This course introduces students to the basic religious culture elements in various Roma sub-ethnical groups and, at the same time, provides a general concept of the Roma religion as a phenomenon that defies definition within ethnical and confessional boundaries.
Having completed this subject, the students will understand better the socio-cultural characteristics of the Roma and their spiritual world.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment
The students must actively participate in the classes, reading the required texts and delivering a paper.
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Recommended literature
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ANDRŠ, Z. Romský pohřeb In Pohřbívání a hřbitovy. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7357-680-6.
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ANDRŠ, Z. Smrt a pohřeb u Romů na Slovensku In Pantheon 6/2. Pardubice, 2011.
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BOTOŠOVÁ, A . Niektoré aspekty duchovného života Rómov In: Janto, J. (ed.) Ethnologia Actualis Slovaca . Trnava: Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda , 2000.
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DAVIDOVÁ, E . Lidové náboženství trebišovských Cikánů-Romů koncem padesátých let 20. století, před rozpadem jejich tradiční komunity . Slovenský národopis 36/1, s. 93-103 , 1988.
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FERENC, A . Rómsky pohreb vo Vyšnom Mirošove . Etnologické rozpravy 8/2, s. 142-145 , 2001.
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HÜBSCHMANNOVÁ, M . Viera v mula u slovenských Rómov. Slovenský národopis 53/2, s. 172-204 , 2005.
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KOVÁČ, M. - MANN, A. (eds.). Boh všetko vidí. Bratislava, 2003. ISBN 80-89027-06-7.
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Lacková, E. Ľudové liečenie olašských R. vých. Slovenska.
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PODOLINSKÁ, T. - HRUSTIČ, T. Boh medzi bariérami. Bratislava, 2010. ISBN 978-80-89027-34-7.
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PODOLINSKÁ, T. - HRUSTIČ, T. Vedie nábož. zmena k soc. inklúzii Rómov? in Slovenský národopis 4/59. Bratislava, 2001.
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PODOLINSKÁ, T. Chocolate Mary: Roma Christianity in Ethnologia Actualis Slovaca 7. Trnava, 2007.
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