RLB396 Religious Fundamentalism

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Londa Vondráčková
Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Monday 14:10–15:45 pracovna
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
Course objectives
The course will focus on the analysis of one of the most discussed topics of the contemporary religious scene, namely religious fundamentalism. It will reflect the genesis of this phenomenon in the context of the modernization process and to show that, in contrast to the "media" image of religious fundamentalism as an anti-modern or pre-modern socio-cultural phenomenon, it is in fact one of the forms of the complex and multilayered phenomenon of modern. In addition, the course will also focus on the most radical movement associated with fundamentalism. Although the focus will be on Abrahamic religious traditions, with which he is uniquely connected, the course will show that religious fundamentalism is gradually becoming part of other religious systems, especially as part of their efforts to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:

to define basic types of fundamentalism; analyze and interpret selected key texts of contemporary fundamentalism; critically analyze the relationships between modern and fundamentalism; to describe the differences between fundamentalism, religious conservatism and revivalism
Syllabus
  • Definition of the concept and basic problems; Fundamentalism as an anti-modern or other modern?; Christian fundamentalism as a prediction. Fundamentalism 1.0 .; Transformations of modern society after 945 and new faces of religious fundamentalism. Fundamentalisms 2.0; Contemporary Christian fundamentalism, its form and transformation; Contemporary Islamic fundamentalism, its forms and transformations; Fundamentalism as part of globalization. Fundamentalism 3.0.
Literature
    required literature
  • Global rebellionreligious challenges to the secular state, from Christian militias to al Qaeda. Edited by Mark Juergensmeyer. Rev. ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008, xii, 370 p. ISBN 9780520934764. info
  • JUERGENSMEYER, Mark. Teror v mysli boží : globální vzestup náboženského násilí. Translated by Tomáš Suchomel. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2007, 382 s. ISBN 9788073251093. info
  • Reflections on multiple modernitiesEuropean, Chinese, and other interpretations. Edited by Dominic Sachsenmaier - S. N. Eisenstadt. Boston: Brill, 2002, x, 314 p. ISBN 9004127976. info
  • KEPEL, Gilles. Boží pomsta : křesťané, židé a muslimové znovu dobývají svět. Translated by Růžena Ostrá. 1. vyd. Brno: Atlantis, 1996, 182 s. ISBN 8071081205. info
  • EISENSTADT, S. N. Patterns of modernity. 1st pub. Washington: New York University Press, 1987, vii, 223 s. ISBN 0-8147-2172-9. info
    recommended literature
  • KEPEL, Gilles. Válka v srdci islámu. 1. české vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2006, 294 s. ISBN 8024612178. info
  • Comparative civilizations and multiple modernities. Edited by S. N. Eisenstadt. Boston: Brill, 2003, vi, 1055 p. ISBN 9004125345. info
  • BARŠA, Pavel. Západ a islamismus :střet civilizací, nebo dialog kultur? 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2001, 188 s. ISBN 80-85959-96-8. info
  • MENDEL, Miloš. Islámská výzva : z dějin a současnosti politického islámu. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Atlantis, 1994, 230 s. ISBN 8071080888. info
  • The origins and diversity of axial age civilizations. Edited by S. N. Eisenstadt. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1986, xiii, 556. ISBN 088706096X. info
  • AJZENŠTAT, Šmu'el Noach. Building states and nations. London: SAGE Publications, 1973, 397 s. ISBN 0803902441. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussion, reading and analysis of texts
Assessment methods
Active participation (20%); final paper (50%); conspectus (30%)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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