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Lecturer(s)
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Kotherová Silvie, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Information about course, student's duties 2. Classification as a part of social reality 3. Basic terms, approaches to NNH, problem of definition of terms, problems of terms: sect - cult - church 4.Typology of New Religious Movements, Conversion and brainwashing, 5. The emergence of New Religious Movements - counterculture 6. Movements based on Hinduism (Hare Krishna, Sri Chinmoj, Transcendental Meditation) 7. Movements based on Hinduism (OSHO-Bhagavan Rajah - Wild Wild Country) 8. Movement based on Christianity (Pentecostal movement, Church of Unification, Jehovah's Witnesses, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day.) 9. Movements based on occultism, New Age, religious-psychotherapeutic movements 10. New religious movements and collective violence 11. NNH in the Czech Republic - specifics (Cesta guru Járy and Vesmírní lidé) 13. Test
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The course will present to students issue of emerging forms of religion in Western society from the second half of the 20th century to the present. Students will learn about topic through the typical examples of new religious movements and reactions of their own societies to these religious groups. All these movements are also active in Czech society, but the course will also introduce specific Czech forms of new religious movements. Upon completion of the course, students will have adequate information and abilities to provide objective approach to these and other religious groups.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
Students will complete the course in the form of a test.
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Recommended literature
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Arweck, E. (2006). Researching New Religious Movements. Responses and Redefinitions. London - New York.
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Fujda, M. a Lužný, D. (2010). Non-Church and Detraditionalised Religiosity in Czechia: The Case of Hinduism. In Dorota Hall - Rafał Smoczyński (eds.): New Religious Movements and Conflict in Selected Countries of Central Europe. Varšava.
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Fujda, M. a Lužný, D. (2010). Oddaní Kršny. Hnutí Haré Kršna v pohledu sociálních věd. Plzeň.
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Lucas, P. ? Robins, Th. (2004). New Religious Movements in the Twenty-First Century. Legal Political and Social Challenges in Global Perspective. London ? New York.
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LUŽNÝ, D. Nová náboženská hnutí.
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LUŽNÝ, D. (2004). Hledání ztracené jednoty. Brno.
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Lužný, D. (1997). Nová náboženská hnutí. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
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Václavík, D. (2007). Sociologie nových náboženských hnutí. Brno - Praha.
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