RLA07 Christianity II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jakub Cigán, 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
Wed 9:10–10:45 J22
Prerequisites (in Czech)
RLA06 Christianity I
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 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to understand the basic ideas of world reformation, its creation, roots and transformation, to analyze social, cultural, political and economical context of reformation to understand the main ideas of counter-reformation to interpret the main ideas of Catholic modernism, aggiornamento, the basic theological "schools" of modern Christianity At the end of the course students should be able to:
define main characteristics of protestantism
record main trends in the frame of modern Christianity
identify main reasons of world reformation
identify main characteristic of post-trident Catholicism
analyze main trends and transformations of modern Christianity
judge relations between main Christian denominations and secular society
evaluate position and possible development in the relation between modern society and main Christian denominations
Syllabus
  • (0) Introduction to the course.
  • (1) Beginnings of world reformation- so called the first reformation, humanism, transformations of European society in late middle age.
  • (2) Luther and Zwingli – two types of reformation.
  • (3) Calvin and transformations of the world reformation – predestination, society.
  • (4) Other types of reformation – Anglicanism, Anabaptism, Anti-trinitarism.
  • (5) Catholic reformation or counter-reformation – main ideas of so called Trident Catholicism.
  • (6) Cuius regio, eius religio – political consequences of reformation in 17th century, religious wars, Baroque culture, galicanism.
  • (7) Midterm test.
  • (8) Religion "under surface" – early modern mysticism, pietism, millerinanism, Jansenism.
  • (9) Christianity and Enlightenment – Christianity and rationalism, deism.
  • (10) Enlightenment and modernism – Catholic anti-modernism, ultramontanism, Vatican l, beginnings of social teachings of Catholics Church, Catholic modernism.
  • (11) Christianity in the age of extreme I – Western Christianity in western society in the first part of 20th Century, Christianity and totalitarism.
  • (12) Christianity in the age of extreme II – aggiornamento and Vatican II, ecumenism, globalization and western society.
  • (13) Final test.
Literature
    required literature
  • MCGRATH, Alister E, 2014. Dějiny křesťanství - úvod. Praha: Volvox Globator. ISBN 978-80-7511-081-7.
  • LANE, Tony. Dějiny křesťanského myšlení. Translated by Jiří Bartoň. Praha: Návrat domů, 1996, 286 s. ISBN 80-85495-47-3. info
  • Judaismus, křesťanství, islám. 2. opr. a dopl. vydání. Eds. H. Pavlincová, B. Horyna. Olomouc: Nakl. Olomouc 2003, 664 s. ISBN 80-7182-165-9.
    recommended literature
  • MARTY, Martin E. Křesťanský svět : celosvětové dějiny křesťanství. 1. vyd. Brno: CDK, 2014, 239 s. ISBN 9788073253462. info
  • The Cambridge history of Christianity. Edited by R. Po-chia Hsia. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, xxi, 749. ISBN 9780521811620. info
  • The Cambridge history of Christianity. Edited by Stewart J. Brown - Timothy Tackett. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xiv, 678. ISBN 052181605X. info
  • The Cambridge history of Christianity. Edited by Sheridan Gilley - Brian Stanley. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xvi, 683. ISBN 0521814561. info
  • The Cambridge history of Christianity. Edited by Hugh McLeod. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xviii, 717. ISBN 9780521815000. info
  • ŠMAHEL, František. Jan Hus : život a dílo. Vydání první. Praha: Argo, 2013, 312 stran. ISBN 9788025708750. info
  • BENEDICT, Philip. Christ’s churches purely reformed. A social history of Calvinism. New Haven - London: Yale University Press 2002. ISBN 978-0-300-12722-5.
  • HSIA, R. Po-chia (ed.). A Companion to the Reformation world. Malden: Blackwell Publishing 2004. ISBN 978-0-631-22017-6.
  • LINDBERG, Carter. The European Reformations. 2nd ed. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell 2010. ISBN 978-1-4051-8068-9.
  • LINDBERG, Carter (ed.). The pietist theologians. An introduction to theology in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Malden: Blackwell Publishing 2005. ISBN 978-0-631-23517-0.
  • MCGRATH, Alister E. Christian spirituality: an introduction. Oxford - Malden: Blackwell Publishing 1999. ISBN 978-0-631-21280-5.
  • MCGRATH, Alister E. The intellectual origins of the European Reformation. 2nd. Malden: Blackwell Publishing 2004. ISBN 0-631-22940-X.
  • MCGRATH, Alister E. Reformation thought: an introduction. 4th ed. Malden - Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell 2012. ISBN 978-0-470-67283-9.
  • MCGRATH, Alister E. and MARKS, Darren C. (eds.). The Blackwell companion to Protestantism. Malden: Blackwell Publishing 2004. ISBN 978-0-631-23278-0.
  • WHITFORD, David M. (ed.). Reformation and early modern Europe: a guide to research. Kirksville: Truman State University Press 2008. ISBN 978-1-931112-72-7.
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
Contents of the semester:
Lectures, two semestral tests.
Colloquium
2 written tests (midterm and final test)
Exam
2 written tests (midterm and final test, at least 60%)
oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Posluchači religionistiky povinně ukončují zkouškou.
The course is taught annually.
General note: Posluchači religionistiky povinně zapisují v 2. semestru studia.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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