Course: Contemporary Religious Movements II

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Course title Contemporary Religious Movements II
Course code KRE/NNH2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Černá Zuzana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The main emphasis will be on discussions regarding the procedures involved in the students' work in the chosen CRM. Six lessons will be devoted to presentations and discussions. Eighteen hours will be devoted to excursions into three CRMs in the Czech Republic.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Methods of individual activities, Work-related activities
Learning outcomes
The goal of this course is to bring students in contact with a chosen New Religious Movement and help them to conduct small research there.
Students will get practical experience with research in New Religious Movement, they will learn how to evaluate their own work there, and they will also practice their writting skills (while working on their final course paper).
Prerequisites
unspecified
KRE/NNH1

Assessment methods and criteria
Didactic test, Discussion

Credit will depend upon introducing the progress of the work on a chosen religious group; participation in excursions; and handing in a written paper on a chosen topic (at least fifteen standard pages in length).
Recommended literature
  • ADORNO, T. W. The Authoritarian Personality, 1st ed., xxiii, 990 p.. New York, The Norton Library, 1969.
  • BAINBRIDGE, W. S. The Sociology of Religious Movements, 1st ed., 474 p.. New York, Routledge, 1997.
  • BARKER, E. New Religious Movements: A Practical Introduction, 1st ed.. London, HMSO, 1989.
  • BOROWIK, I., BABINSKI, G. (eds.). New Religious Phenomena in Central and Eastern Europe, 1st ed., 392 p.. Krakow, NOMOS, 1997.
  • BREEN, M. Son-Mjong Mun: rané období 1920-1953, 1. české vydání. Praha, Ideál, 2001.
  • BROMLEY, D.G., HAMMOND, P.E. (eds.). The Future of New Religious Movements, 1st ed.. Macon, Georgia, Mercer University Press, 1987.
  • CONEY, J., SAHAJA, Y. Socializing Processes in a South Asian New Religious Movement, 1st ed., xvi, 269 p.. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1999.
  • HOFFER, E. The True Believer. Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, 2nd ed., (1st ed. 1951), 160 p.. New York, Harper and Row, 1966.
  • JUDAH, S. J. Hare Krishna and the Counterculture, 1st ed., xviii, 301 p.. New York, J. Wiley and Sons, 1974.
  • KUNDALI, D. Our Mission. Part Two. The Varieties of Dysfunctional Experience, 1st ed., xxxii, 240 p.. New Delhi, Eye-of-the- Bird-Books, 1997.
  • LUŽNÝ, D. ,,Antikultovní hnutí. Otázka nebezpečnosti nových náboženských hnutí a metody akademického studia náboženství",1. IV, s. 16-36. Religio. Revue pro religionistiku, 1996.
  • LUŽNÝ, D. Nová náboženská hnutí, 1. vyd., 181 s., edice Religionistika, sv. 3. Brno, Masarykova univerzita, 1997.
  • LUŽNÝ, D. ,,Nové formy religiozity (metodické poznámky)", 1. II, s. 82-91. Religio, Revue pro religionistiku, 1994.
  • PALMER, S. J., HARDMANN, CH. E. (eds.). Children in New Religions, 1st ed., ix, 251 p.. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1999.
  • PALMER, S. J., SHARMA, A. (eds.). The Rajneesh Papers. Studies in a New Religious Movement, 1st ed., xx, 188 p.. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1993.
  • ROCHFORD, B. E. "Family Formation, Culture and Change in the Hare Krishna Movement". ISKCON Communications Journal, 2. V (December), 1997.
  • ROCHFORD, B. E. Hare Krishna in America, 1st ed., 130 p.. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1985.
  • SHINN, L. D. The Dark Lord. Cult Images and the Hare Krishnas in America, 1st ed., 204 p.. Philadelphia, The Westminster Press, 1987.
  • ŠTAMPACH, I. O. ,,Kořeny, současnost a výhledy nové religiozity", 1. II, s. 3-14. , Religio. Revue pro religionistiku, 1997.
  • ŠTAMPACH, I. O. Náboženství v dialogu, Kritické studie na pomezí religionistiky a teologie, 1. vyd., 205 s.. Praha: Portál, 1998.
  • WEBER, M. Autorita, etika a společnost. Pohled sociologa do dějin,. Praha, 1997.
  • WEBER, M. Sociologie náboženství, 1. české vydání, 368 s.. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998.


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 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer