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Lecturer(s)
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Bubík Tomáš, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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- Religious Studies in Western Europe (Michael Stausberg) Religion in Eastern Europe (Eugen Ciurtin) Religious Studies in North and South America (Richard Hecht) Religious Studies in Japan and selected areas of Asia (Satoko Fujiwara and He Guanghu et all.) Religious Studies in Africa (Patrtice Brodeur) Religious Studies in Australia and New Zealand (Majella Franzmann) Religious Studies in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Tomáš Bubík and David Václavík) Religious Studies in Poland (Henryk Hoffmann) Religious Studies in Hungary (András Máté-Tóth) Religious Studies in Estonia and Latvia (Ulo Valk and Jánis Priede) Religious Studies in Russia (Ekaterina Elbakian)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to give an overview of the history of world, European and Czech Academic Study of Religions in the 20th and 21st centuries. Students will study the important scholarly works of contemporary authors, their approaches, discussed theoretical and practical issues, and gain an important insight into the history and the present field of study. Characteristic features of Religious Studies research in different countries and regions will be addressed, with special attention to the situation of in the Central and Eastern Europe.
Students will acquire knowledge in the history of world and European study of religions and also ability to discuss religious studies issues in English.
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Prerequisites
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The course is taught in English.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
90% attendance; elaboration of seminar paper in the extent of 10 pages.
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Recommended literature
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Alles, G. (2008). Religious Studies: A Global View. Routledge.
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Capps, H. Walter. (1995). Religious Studies. The Making of a Discipline.. Fortress Press, Minneapolis.
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Tomáš Bubík, Henryk Hoffmann (eds.). (2015). Studying Religions with the Iron Curtain Closed and Open. The Academic Study of Religion in Eastern Europe. Brill Publishing House, Leiden.
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