RLB243 Religion and Languge

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Hlavinková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable
Thu 8:20–9:55 B11
Prerequisites (in Czech)
RLA12 History of Religious Studies || RLKA12 History of Religious Studies || RLB31 Sociology of Religion || RLB33 Anthropology of Religion
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
At the end of this course, students will have the first view on the relationship among language, religion and spirituality by using a multidisciplinary attitude (sociology, sociology of language, sociolingvistics, lingvistics). During a course, students will work and analyze different religious texts.
Syllabus
  • Introduction. Religion and language
  • Types of religious language (moral discourse, metaphore, symbol, language and religious experience)
  • Language and religious practice (prayer, liturgy)
  • Holy languages, problems with translation
  • Sociology of language and sociolingvistic
  • Qualitative methods for a relationship of religon and language
  • Semantic change and religious change
  • J. A. Fishman: Theoretical introduction
  • Bible-speak, glosolalia, words with a religious meaning in a non-religious context
  • Gender and religion, work with a dictionary
Assessment methods
Lectures
Class discussion
Empiric research - final project
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 Spring 2008.
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