RLB312 Proseminar for the History of the Study of Religions

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Iva Doležalová (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Eleonóra Hamar, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
RLB312/P1: each even Thursday 10:00–11:35 G24, I. Doležalová, E. Hamar
RLB312/P2: each odd Thursday 10:00–11:35 G24, I. Doležalová, E. Hamar
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( RLA12 History of Religious Studies )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This seminar based course contributes to the deepening of knowledge gained in the lectures of the course History of studies of religion. Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to learn interpretative abilities by means of reading classical texts of the discipline; to be able to participate in discussion about key themes of the discipline.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory information to the course
  • 2. Why to study history of ideas? I.
  • 3. Why to study history of ideas? II.
  • 4. Max Müller: birth of a new discipline I.
  • 5. Max Müller: birth of a new discipline II.
  • 6. Émile Durkheim: religion as a social phenomena I.
  • 7. Émile Durkheim: religion as a social phenomena II.
  • 8. Phenomenology in the study of religions I.
  • 9. Phenomenology in the study of religions II.
  • 10. Mircea Eliade I.
  • 11. Mircea Eliade II.
  • 12. New Approaches to the Study of Religions I.
  • 13. New Approaches to the Study of Religions II.
Literature
  • Max Müller, Introduction to the Science of Religion, Four Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institute in February and May 1870, Longman, Green and CO 1882, 1-51 (First Lecture).
  • New approaches to the study of religion. Edited by Peter Antes - Armin W. Geertz - R. R. Warne. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2004, vi, 497. ISBN 3110181754. info
  • ELIADE, Mircea. Pojednání o dějinách náboženství. Translated by Jindřich Vacek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2004, 454 s. ISBN 8072035894. info
  • SCHAEFFLER, Richard. Filosofie náboženství. Edited by Karel Skalický, Translated by Jolana Poláková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2003, 223 s. ISBN 8020011951. info
  • DURKHEIM, Émile. Elementární formy náboženského života :systém totemismu v Austrálii. Vyd. 1. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2002, 491 s. ISBN 80-7298-056-4. info
Assessment methods
Teaching: seminars
Requirements: active participation in seminars; 6 short essays; presentation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučující.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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