RLA12 History of the Study of Religions

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Iva Doležalová (lecturer)
PhDr. Eleonóra Hamar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:35 G24
Prerequisites
RLA01 Introduction to Religion
RLA01
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 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course introduces undergraduate students into the history of the study of religions.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
understand and be able to conceive the study of religion as a discipline grounded on its own intellectual and academic autonomy;
outline the main traditions of this discipline, as they developed from the 19th century;
understand the relationship between the study of religion and its contextual studies, delineate the major differences between the sociology, psychology and anthropology of religion;
understand the specificity of contemporary theories of religions.
Syllabus
  • Introduction
  • Genealogy of the study of religion as a scientific discipline
  • Search for the origins of religion
  • Phenomenology and the study of religion
  • History of religion
  • Test I.
  • Sociology of religion
  • Anthropology of religion
  • Psychology of religion
  • Contemporary perspectives in the study of religion I.
  • Contemporary perspectives in the study of religion II.
  • Contemporary perspectives in the study of religion III.
  • Test II.
Literature
  • HORYNA, Břetislav and Helena PAVLINCOVÁ. Dějiny religionistiky. Antologie (The History of the Study of Religions. An Anthology). Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2001, 462 pp. ISBN 80-7182-123-3. info
  • HORYNA, Břetislav. Úvod do religionistiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1994, 131 s. ISBN 80-85241-64-1. info
  • PALS, Daniel L. Seven theories of religion. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, vii, 294. ISBN 0195087259. info
  • MCCUTCHEON, Russell T. Manufacturing religion : the discourse on sui generis religion and the politics of nostalgia. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, xiii, 249. ISBN 0195166639. info
  • New approaches to the study of religion. Edited by Peter Antes - Armin W. Geertz - R. R. Warne. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2004, vi, 559. ISBN 311017698X. info
Assessment methods
Form of teaching: lectures
Requirements: (a) two written tests, (b) oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Posluchači religionistiky povinně ukončují zkouškou.
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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