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Course: Anthropology of Religion I

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Course title Anthropology of Religion I
Course code KRE/ANNA1
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Horák Pavel, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Váchal Marek, Mgr.
Course content
Evolucionism: - Edward Burnett Tylor - Robert Ranulph Marett - James Frazer Study of Rituals: - Arnold van Gennep Difuzionism: - Franz Boas Funkcionalism: - Bronislaw Kaspar Malinowski - Georges Dumézil Strukturalism: - Claude Lévi-Strauss - Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the problems of anthropology of religion. The students will be acquainted with the crucial texts of significant anthropologists of religion. First semestr will be dedicated to anthropologist's thinking since 19th century to half of 20th century. The evolucionism, difuzionism, funkcionalism and strukturalism will be discussed.
Interrpretation of scholars texts in foreign language. Reflextion of theoretical problems of study of religion. Basic knowledge of history of anthropology of religon.
Prerequisites
Ability of reading of english scholars texts.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Didactic test

- active participation in the seminar (preperation from lecture to lecture, two absences are tolerated) - assumption of report of the lecture - successful pass of the final test
Recommended literature
  • BOAS, Franz. The Evolutionary Viewpoint. In: The Mind of Primitive Man, s. 174-196. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921.
  • DUMÉZIL, Georgers. Trojčlenná theologie. In: Mýty a bohové Indoevropanů, s. 69-128. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1997.
  • DUMÉZIL, Georgers. Tři funkce společenské a kosmické. In: Mýty a bohové Indoevropanů, s. 69-128. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1997.
  • Dumézil, Georges. Mýty a bohové Indoevropanů. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1997. ISBN 80-86005-25-9.
  • DURKHEIM, Emile. Elementární formy náboženského života: Systém totemismus v Austrálii. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2002.
  • ELIADE, Mircea. Dějiny náboženského myšlení I-III.. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1995.
  • EVANS-PRITCHARD, E. E. The Notion of Witchcraft Explains Unfortunate Events. In: Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic among the Azande, s. 18 -32. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976. ISBN 0-19-874029-8.
  • EvansPritchard, E. E. Witchcraft, oracles and magic among the Azande. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976. ISBN 0-19-874029-8.
  • FRAZER, James G. Sympatetická magie. In: Zlatá ratolest, s. 17-56. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 2012.
  • GEERTZ, Clifford. Interpretace kultur. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000.
  • LéviStrauss, Claude. Myšlení přírodních národů. Praha: Dauphin, 1996. ISBN 80-901842-9-4.
  • LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude. Štruktúra mýtov. Štrukturálna antropológia, s. 215-242. Bratislava: Kalligram, 2000.
  • MALINOWSKI, Bronislaw. Kula; the Circulating Exchange of Valuables in the Archipelagoes of Eastern New Guinea. Man, Vol. 20, s. 97-105, 1920.
  • MARRET, Robert R. Pre-Animistic Religion. Folklore, Vol. 11, No. 2, s. 162-184, 1900.
  • Soukup, Václav. Přehled antropologických teorií kultury. Praha: Portál, 2000. ISBN 80-7178-328-5.
  • TYLOR, Edward B. The Philosophy of Religion among the Lower Races of Mankind. The Journal of the Ethnological Society of London (1869-1870), Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 369-381, 1870.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Religious Studies (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
University of Pardubice, date of update: 30.05.2024 23:50.