Course: Religious (In)tolerance from a Psychological Point of View

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Course title Religious (In)tolerance from a Psychological Point of View
Course code KRE/NASN
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Machálek Vít, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Religious (in)tolerance from the point of view of Rudolf Otto. Religious (in)tolerance from the point of view of Sigmund Freud. Religious (in)tolerance from the point of view of René Girard. Religious (in)tolerance from the point of view of Carl Gustav Jung. Religious (in)tolerance from the point of view of Erich Fromm. Religious (in)tolerance from the point of view of Gordon W. Allport. Religious (in)tolerance from the point of view of Viktor E. Frankl. Religious (in)tolerance from the point of view of James W. Fowler. Religious (in)tolerance from the point of view of Albert Bandura. Religious (in)tolerance from the point of view of Ariel Merari. Student papers.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
Psychological aspects of religious tolerance and intolerance will be discussed in this course. Students will analyse texts concerning this theme and learn to work with concepts of selected psychologists.
Students will be able to think over various psychological concepts critically and to apply those concepts to concrete phenomena concerning tolerance or intolerance in the history or the present of religion.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Work-related product analysis

To obtain a credit, participant must be actively involved in seminars (80%) and write a seminar paper.
Recommended literature
  • ALLPORT, G. W. O povaze předsudků. Praha, 2004.
  • ČERMÁK, I. Lidská agrese a její souvislosti. Žďár nad Sázavou, 1998.
  • HOLE, G. Fanatismus. Praha: Portál, 1998.
  • HOLM, N. G. Úvod do psychologie náboženství. Praha, 1998.
  • MIKŚÍK, O. Hromadné psychické jevy. Praha, 2005.
  • ŘÍČAN, P. Psychologie náboženství a spirituality. Praha, 2007.


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