FF:HIA287 Religion in the 2.half 20th C - Course Information
HIA287 Religion in the second half of the 20th century
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Denisa Nečasová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Denisa Nečasová, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites
- Specialisation: Church history
- 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 27 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/27, only registered: 0/27 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- History of the Early Modern Age (programme FF, N-HI_)
- Medieval History (programme FF, N-HI_)
- History (programme FF, N-HI_)
- Modern History (programme FF, N-HI_)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in History (programme FF, N-HIU_)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to introduce the basic features of European historical development after World War II and characterize the differences between the development of classical religious systems (Christian churches) and the so-called political religions (nationalism, fascism, communism).
- Learning outcomes
- Having completed the course, the student will be able to:
- distinguish phenomena of classical religions and political religions,
- describe basic religious trends after World War II in Europe,
- understand current scholarly discussion of the issues. - Syllabus
- Events in post-war Europe related to religious history.
- Specifics of central Europe and post-war Czechoslovakia.
- Christian churches in Europe and their development related to politics.
- Christian churches and communism.
- Features of totalitarian rule, building a new society and a new man.
- Current scholarly discussion of the issues of totalitarianism and political religions.
- Literature
- required literature
- GREGOR, A. James. Totalitarismus a politické náboženství : intelektuální historie. Translated by Jana Ogrocká - Jiří Ogrocký. 1. vydání. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2015, 371 stran. ISBN 9788073253615. info
- MAIER, Hans. Politická náboženství : totalitární režimy a křesťanství. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury (CDK), 1999, 134 s. ISBN 8085959437. info
- recommended literature
- VOEGELIN, Eric. Politická náboženství. Translated by Jan Frei. Vydání první. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2015, 87 stran. ISBN 9788072982165. info
- GENTILE, Emilio. Politická náboženství : mezi demokracií a totalitarismem. Translated by Hana Mondelli-Lhotáková. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2008, 223 s. ISBN 9788073251536. info
- KŘEN, Jan. Dvě století střední Evropy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2005, 1109 s. ISBN 8072036122. info
- HLOUŠEK, Vít. EVS 701 Moderní politické dějiny Evropy : čítanka. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 1 sv. info
- GILBERT, Felix and David Clay LARGE. Konec evropské éry : dějiny Evropy 1890-1990. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2003, 654 s. ISBN 8020408878. info
- Teaching methods
- Lecture with discussions and presentations.
- Assessment methods
- Witten test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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