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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Introductory lesson; organizational information; Introduction to NRM studies in social sciences 2. Research of NNH (history, concepts, theories and methods of research) 3. Religious landscape of the Czech Republic and the place of NRM in it 4. Critical reading of Czech literature on NRM 5. Local - Global: NNH in the Czech Republic and their global dimension 6. Screening of the film and its critical analysis 7. Meeting with a representative of selected NRM 8. Final discussion
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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In the last decades the new religious movements (NRMs) became an inherent part of today's societies. The aim of this course is to present the NRMs in their diversity and to understand and explain their occurrence from the sociological perspective. The course discusses particular NRMs (ISKCON, Apostolic Church etc.) the local social coexistence of which will be studied from a comparative perspective as it will be contextualized globally as well. In the course the contemporary theoretical approaches will be discussed. We will deal with the questions concerning the key aspects which constitute religion and NRMs in particular. Students will be offered the conceptual tools to analyse NRMs. The course design navigates students from the local environment of the NRMs in the Czech Republic to their global dimension.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
The course will be completed by an oral exam.
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Recommended literature
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CLARKE, Peter B. (2005). Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements. Routledge; 1 edition.
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LUŽNÝ, Dušan. (2004). Hledání ztracené jednoty: Průniky nových náboženství a ekologie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně.
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LUŽNÝ, Dušan. (1997). Nová náboženská hnutí. MU Brno.
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VOJTÍŠEK, Zdeněk. (2007). Nová náboženská hnutí a jak jim porozumět. Beta-Dobrovský.
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WILSON, Bryan - Cresswell, Jamie. (2012). New Religious movements: Challenge and Response. Routledge; 1 edition.
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