PH0135 Czech Reformation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jiří Svoboda, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Zouhar, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Timetable
Wed 15:00–16:35 A11 stara
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( PH_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil. || PHK_PoZ Qualifying Exam. in Phil. )||(PROGRAM(N-PH)||PROGRAM(N-HS))
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
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Course objectives
Main objective of the course is to introduce students to the most significant ideas of Czech Reformation from the beginnings until the first half of the 20th century. Students should be able to explain the major ideas and their transformations in Czech reformation tradition and place them in the general historical and cultural context and in the context of world reformation.
Syllabus
  • Main themes: medieval Evangelism, first Reformation and its philosophical background, distinction of ideas within the Hussite movement, Czech Reformation in the 16th century and its connection to world Reformation, liberal theology, Christian socialism, theology of crisis, Reformation and the problem of the meaning of Czech history, modern Czech protestantism and its diffentiation. Selected thinkers: Wycliffe, Huss, Mikuláš Biskupec, Chelčický, Lukáš Pražský, Erasmus Rotterdamus, Luther, Zwingli, Calvinus, Blahoslav, Comenius, Troeltsch, Harnack, Ragaz, Barth, Bonhoeffer, Kozák, Rádl, Hromádka, Masaryk, Pekař
Literature
  • BOUBÍN, Jaroslav. Petr Chelčický : myslitel a reformátor. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2005, 193 s. ISBN 8070216549. info
  • FLOSS, Pavel. Poselství J.A. Komenského současné Evropě. První vydání. Brno: Soliton, 2005, 165 stran. ISBN 8023960482. info
  • Jan Hus mezi epochami, národy a konfesemi : sborník z mezinárodního sympozia konaného 22.-26. září 1993 v Bayreuthu, SRN. Edited by Jan Blahoslav Lášek - Z. R. Dittrich. Vyd. 1. Praha: Česká křesťanská akademie, 1995, 333 s. ISBN 8085795175. info
  • Spor o smysl českých dějin 1895-1938. Edited by Miloš Havelka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 1995, 867 s. ISBN 80-85639-41-6. info
  • Náboženství v českém myšlení - první polovina 20. století : sborník příspěvků z konference, [Brno, 14.-15. října 1992]. Edited by Jiří Svoboda. Brno: Ústav etiky a religionistiky FF MU, 1993, 161 s. info
  • KEJŘ, Jiří. Husité. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1984, 265 s. URL info
  • MOLNÁR, Amedeo. Pohyb teologického myšlení : přehledné dějiny dogmatu. 1. vyd. Praha: Kalich, 1982, 440 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Course has the form of lecture and seminar with discussion on presentations.
Assessment methods
Final colloquium in the form of a discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009.
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