Course: Intoduction to Philosophy of Religion

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Course title Intoduction to Philosophy of Religion
Course code KFL/FNAB
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Podzimek Michal, PaedDr. ICLic. Th.D, Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to the subject. 2. Phenomenology of religion. 3. Myth, cosmogonic and theogonic theories, cult, ritual, prayer. 4. Typology of religion, ancient revelation, ancestor cults, animism, magic. 5. Polytheism, enotheism, monotheism, pantheism, deism, theism. 6. History of religion. 7. Cults, cosmogony, ethics. 8. Roman pantheon, Celts, Germans, Slaves. 9. Bible. 10. Buddhism, Hinduism, Chinese religion, gnosis. 11. Christianity. 12. Popery and history of church. 13. Judaism, Islam, Freemasonry. 14. Syncretism ? bahai, cao-dai, umbanda, theosophy, anthroposophy, naturalism.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 30 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Course deliminates phenomenon of religion from the perspectives of different philosophical approaches. It starts with the philosophical, theological and religionsistic reflections of religion. It also shows the roots of this reflection in Ancient Greece a the its continuity in modern philosophy.
The students will acknowledge themselves with the informations acording to the goal and the matter of the course.
Prerequisites
Preconditions are frased in the annotation of the course and in the curriculum of the studying programme.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student's performance analysis

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Recommended literature
  • Heidegger, M. Co je metafyzika?, Praha: Oikúmené, 1993..


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