KSCB026 Religion in Early China

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Táňa Dluhošová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner), Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Center for Chinese Studies – Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable
each odd Thursday 12:30–15:45 J22
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KSCA018 Chinese philosophy I || RLB61 Religions in China || KSCB003 Religions in China || KSCA012 History of China I || KSCA016 Chinese literature 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 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
After the course, students will be able to understand the basic characteristics of the development of religion in Early China, use this knowledge for the reading of primary sources, and critically evaluate secondary sources dealing with the topic.
Syllabus
  • Ancient Chinese religions - sources
  • problems of reconstruction ancient Chinese religious ideas and mythologies
  • the concept of supernatural in ancient China
  • the question of shamanism in ancient China
  • religious ideas in Chinese neolit
  • religious ideas in the Shang dynasty
  • religious ideas in the Zhou dynasty and the formation of the "popular" Chinese religion
Literature
  • KARLGREN, B., Legends and Cults in Ancient China, in: Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities 18 (1946), s. 199-365.
  • Early Chinese religion. Edited by John Lagerwey - Marc Kalinowski. Leiden: Brill, 2009, xvi, 692. ISBN 9789004172081. info
  • The Cambridge history of ancient China : from the origins of civilization to 221 B.C. Edited by Michael Loewe - Edward L. Shaughnessy. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, xxix, 1148. ISBN 0521470307. info
  • PU, Muzhou. In search of personal welfare : a view of ancient Chinese religion. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998, xiii, 331. ISBN 0791436306. info
  • CHANG, Kwang-chih. Art, myth, and ritual : the path to political authority in ancient China. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983, x, 142. ISBN 0674048083. info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
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