RLA13 Comparative Study of Religions

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2003
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Dalibor Papoušek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Helena Svatoňová
Timetable
Mon 15:00–16:35 22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Definition of the academic framework of the comparative method; basic general concepts used in the contemporary comparative study of religions; a contextual comparison, the socio-cultural context of compared religious phenomena; discussions about students' research papers.
Literature
  • HORYNA, Břetislav. Úvod do religionistiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1994, 131 s. ISBN 80-85241-64-1. info
  • WAARDENBURG, Jacques. Bohové zblízka : systematický úvod do religionistiky : Des dieus qui se rapprochent : introduction systématique a la science des religions (Orig.) : Religionen und Religion : systematische Einführung in die Religionswissenschaft (Orig.). Translated by Břetislav Horyna - Dalibor Antalík. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 163 s. ISBN 80-210-1445-8. info
  • PADEN, William E. Religious worlds :the comparative study of religion. 2nd ed., with a new preface. Boston: Beacon Press, 1994, xiv, 192 s. ISBN 0-8070-1229-7. info
  • SMITH, Jonathan Z. Imagining religion : from Babylon to Jonestown. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982, xiii, 165. ISBN 0-226-76358-7. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Požadavky ke kolokviu: (1) seminární práce obhájená v seminární rozpravě; (2) oponentura seminární práce jiného účastníka semináře.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Posluchači religionistiky zapisují nejdříve v 5. semestru studia.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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