RLB308 Proseminar for Islam

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Attila Kovács, Ph.D. (seminar tutor), PhDr. Dalibor Papoušek, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Maroš Petrík (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Puskásová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
RLB308/P1: each even Thursday 12:30–14:05 J22, M. Petrík, V. Puskásová
RLB308/P2: each even Thursday 10:50–12:25 J22, M. Petrík, V. Puskásová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( RLA08 Islam )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those 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, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Annotation
The course expands the contents of the basic course on Islam (RLA08). The seminars are focused on key problems that are mentioned in the basic course but cannot be (due to the limited time) exhaustively discussed. Discussions in seminars, scheduled according to the basic course, are concentrated on representative classical sources.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- use the basic terminology of Islam and its academic study;
- interprete the selected Islam source material (e.g. Qur'an, hadiths etc.);
- formulate correct arguments grounded in individual study of assigned readings;
- prepare an individual presentation on a given topic;
- debate academic aspects of religious topics assigned according to the syllabus of the course.
Syllabus
  • (0) Introduction to the course. (1) Ibn Ishaq: Life of God's Messenger. (2) Ibn Khaldun: Al-Muqaddimah. (3) Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali: The Deliverance from Error. (4) Ibn Tufajl: Hayy bin Yaqzan. (5) Usama Ibn Munqidh: The Book of Learning by Example. (6) The Qur'an.
Literature
    required literature
  • KROPÁČEK, Luboš. Duchovní cesty islámu. 3., dopl. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003, 292 s. ISBN 8070216131. info
    recommended literature
  • OLIVERIUS, Jaroslav. Svět klasické arabské literatury. Edited by Dagmar Procházková. Vyd. 1. Brno: Atlantis, 1995, 386 s. ISBN 8071081094. info
    not specified
  • Korán. Edited by Ivan Hrbek. Vyd. 7., V tomto překladu 3. Praha: Academia, 2000, 797 s. ISBN 8020002464. info
  • <>GHAZZÁLÍ, Abú Hámid Muhammad Ibn. Zachránce bloudícího. Edited by Luboš Kropáček. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2005, 111 s. ISBN 8070217898. info
  • USÁMA IBN MUNKIZ. Kniha zkušeností arabského bojovníka s křižáky. Translated by Rudolf Veselý. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1971. info
Teaching methods
Class discussions grounded in home readings and individually prepared presentations.
Assessment methods
Requirements for the colloquium:
(a) active participation in class discussions;
(b) written seminar paper defenced in a class discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010.
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