RLB312 Proseminar for the History of the Study of Religions

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
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
doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
RLB312/P1: each even Wednesday 10:50–12:25 zruseno D21, I. Doležalová
RLB312/P2: each odd Wednesday 12:30–14:05 N42, I. Doležalová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( RLA12 History of Religious Studies )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This seminar course contributes to the deepening of knowledge gained during lectures of the course History of studies of religion (RLA12).
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- discuss particular texts on the academic study of religions;
- recognize key problems of the methodology of the academic study of religion and particular theories;
- compare and judge methodological approach of authors of particular theories;
- formulate critical view of discussed theories;
- formulate own approach to discussed problems.
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
Teaching methods
Seminar: active participation of undergraduates based on home readings of Czech and English academic texts. Students are requested to read and prepare comments on each of the texts. Those comments are base for the participation in discussion about key themes of the discipline and presentation of critical view. Gained abilities are used for the elaboration of seminar paper on the given topic (10 pages, notes).
Assessment methods
Requirements:
(a) study of Czech and English academic texts;
(b) active participation in seminars (at least 75%), presentation of main arguments of read texts;
(c) elaboration and passing of 6 comments on read texts (max 2 pages each);
(d) seminar paper on the given topic (10 pages, notes) passed on deadline.
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 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
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