RLB278 Religion in Modern Chinese Culture

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011

The course is not taught in Spring 2011

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Shih Fang-Long, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
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
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Course objectives
This course is an introduction to the study of religion in modern Chinese culture and consists of two parts: methods and issues. As regards methods, three significant approaches are focused on: phenomenology of religion; sociology of religion; and anthropology of religion, with each related to the religions of China. As regards issues, religion as embodied in social, economic, and political processes (focused on the situation in Taiwan) is considered.
Main objectives of the course:
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
- be familiar with the basic factual knowledge of the religion in modern Chinese culture;
- understand and explain the basic terminology used in the study of the religion in modern Chinese culture;
- be familiar with the basic concepts used in the methodology of the study of religion;
- application of methodological approaches on problems connected with the topic;
Syllabus
  • Lecture 1: Phenomenology of Religion
  • Lecture 2: Phenomenological Approaches to Religion of China
  • Lecture 3: Sociology of Religion
  • Lecture 4: Sociological Approaches to Chinese Religions
  • Lecture 5: Anthropology of Religion
  • Lecture 6: Anthropological Approaches to Chinese Religions
  • Lecture 7: Writing and Re-Writing Chinese Religions in Taiwan
  • Lecture 8: Gods, Ancestors, and Ghosts in Chinese Religious Culture
  • Lecture 9: Women, Family, and Kinship in Chinese Religious Culture
  • Lecture 10: Death, Ritual, and the Afterlife in Chinese Religious Culture
  • Lecture 11: Religion and Modernity in the Chinese Context
  • Lecture 12: Religion and Globalization in the Chinese Context
Literature
  • MCGUIRE, Meredith B. Lived religion : faith and practice in everyday life. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, ix, 290. ISBN 9780195368338. info
  • Religion and the formation of Taiwanese identities. Edited by Paul R. Katz - Murray A. Rubinstein. 1st ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, 294 s. ISBN 0312239696. info
  • BRUCE, Steve. God is dead : secularization in the West. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2002, xv, 269. ISBN 0631232745. info
  • CHING, Julia. Chinese religions. 1. publ. Houndmills: Macmillan, 1993, xv, 275 s. ISBN 0-333-53173-6. info
  • Writing culture :the poetics and politics of ethnography. Edited by James Clifford - George E. Marcus. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986, ix, 305 s. ISBN 0-520-05729-5. info
  • SMART, Ninian. The religious experience of mankind. 3rd ed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984, xxii, 634. ISBN 0684180774. info
Teaching methods
Contents of the semester:
Lectures, class discussions.
Assessment methods
Requirements for the colloquium:
(a) active participation in class discussions;
(b) written essay on a topic related to the course;
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
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