Course: Gender Issue in the History of Christianity II

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Course title Gender Issue in the History of Christianity II
Course code KRE/ZODK2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
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)
  • Černá Zuzana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Gender issue in the Middle Ages. Married women in the Middle Ages. Nuns in the Middle Ages. Women in Renaissance. Witch-hunts. Women in Reformation. Women in the Catholic Church in the Reformation period. Significant female Christians in the 18th and 19th century. Approaches to gender issue in modern Protestantism. Approaches to gender issue in modern Catholicism. Significant female Christians in the 20th century. Feminism and Christian theology.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The course provides an overview of the Christian approaches to the role of women in the Church and in the society from the period of Middle Ages till the present.
Students will understand gender problems in medieval and modern Christianity.
Prerequisites
unspecified
KRE/ZODK1

Assessment methods and criteria
Didactic test, Discussion

Credit is received on the basis of passing a written test on topics covered in lectures.
Recommended literature
  • BEINERT, W. (ed.). Frauenbefreiung und Kirche. Regensburg, 1987.
  • DRÁPAL, D. Emancipace žen v církvi?. Praha, 2003.
  • ENNENOVÁ, E. Ženy ve středověku. Praha, 2001.
  • JONESOVÁ, K. Velké ženy duchovní tradice III.. Kostelní Vydří, 2003.
  • JONESOVÁ, K. Velké ženy duchovní tradice II.. Kostelní Vydří, 2002.
  • JONESOVÁ, K. Velké ženy duchovní tradice I.. Kostelní Vydří, 2002.
  • OPOČENSKÁ, J. Zpovzdálí se dívaly také ženy. Praha, 1995.
  • PERNOUDOVÁ, R. Žena v době katedrál. Praha, 2002.
  • ZAGANOVÁ, P. (ed.). Ženy ženám. Kostelní Vydří, 2001.


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