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Course title -
Course code KVS/WUDR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hubálek Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course will cover the terminological definition of basic concepts and an examination of the development of selected world religions. Animism, deism, totemism. Polytheism and monotheism. The religion of Judaism. The origins of the Bible and its significance. The development and origins of Christianity and individual Christian churches. Basic terminology of ethics, its classification, significance, and connections to other social sciences. General issues concerning the church and sects. The structure of the most significant Christian churches. The role of religion in the contemporary worldChristianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization), Group work
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the nature and most distinctive features of various "religious" systems.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • AMBALU, S., COOGAN, M. D., FEINSTEIN, E. L., FREEDMAN, P., PHILIP, N., STOBART, A., THOMPSON, M., TIESZEN, C. L., WEEKS, M. Kniha náboženství. Praha. 2024.
  • BUBÍK, T., HAVLÍČEK, J. Academic study of religions in a cognitive, anthropological and sociological perspective. Olomouc. 2021.
  • ELIADE, M. Pojednání o dějinách náboženství. Praha. 2020.


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