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Theological Ethics Seminar 2 - RET5021
Title: TEP-Seminář teologické etiky
Guaranteed by: Department of Theological Ethics (27-TE)
Faculty: Protestant Theological Faculty
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
Points: 5
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Is provided by: RETN5021
Note: you can enroll for the course repeatedly
course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Mgr. Jan Zámečník, Ph.D.
Pre-requisite : RET5100
Is pre-requisite for: RETK5200, RET5200
Annotation -
The main goal of the seminar is to introduce students to a specific theological perspective on the relationship of humans to nature and to make available to them the basic ideas underlying environmentally oriented theology. In this seminar we will look at two books, The Reenchantment of Nature: the Denial of Religion and the Ecological Crisis by Alister McGrath (1953-) and Regaining Compassion for Humanity and Nature by Charles Birch (1918-2009). The common feature of these books is not only a strong interest in nature and a proper relationship to nature. They also reflect the grounding of both authors in the world of natural science and religion. Alister McGrath earned a PhD in molecular biophysics and then pursued a career in theology. Charles Birch was a geneticist who worked in population ecology, a thinker heavily influenced by process theology, and one of the pioneers of ecotheological thought. A wide range of themes are found in these works - including the Christian doctrine of creation, Christian responses to the environmental crisis, critiques of mechanistic worldviews, the need for a reenchanted worldview, and a compassionate approach to people and nature.
Last update: Zámečník Jan, Mgr., Ph.D. (30.07.2024)
Aim of the course - Czech

Cílem semináře je vést jeho účastníky k samostatné badatelské práci i k hlubšímu porozumění zkoumanému tématu. 

Last update: Zámečník Jan, Mgr., Ph.D. (01.09.2021)
Course completion requirements - Czech

Prezentace zadaného tématu, pravidelná účast, seminární práce, max. 2 absence.

Last update: Zámečník Jan, Mgr., Ph.D. (29.08.2023)
Literature - Czech

MCGRATH, Alister E.The Reenchantment of Nature: The Denial of Religion and the Ecological Crisis. New York: Doubleday/Galilee, 2002.

BIRCH, Charles. Regaining Compassion for Humanity and Nature. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1993.

Last update: Zámečník Jan, Mgr., Ph.D. (30.07.2024)
Teaching methods - Czech

 

 

 

Last update: Zámečník Jan, Mgr., Ph.D. (01.09.2021)
Syllabus - Czech

2. 10.

Úvod do semináře

9. 10.

The Meaning of Life and Other Enigmas (s. 1-25)

16 10.

Respect for Nature: Christianity and Ecological Concern (s. 26-52) 

23. 10.

A Manifesto to Exploit: The Enlightement and the Master Race (s. 53-76) 

30. 10.

The Faustian Pact: Technology and the Domination of Nature (s. 77-99) 

6. 11.

The Mechanical Universe and the Desacralization of Nature (s. 100-127) 

13. 11.

Dissatisfaction with Spiritual Emptiness: The Longing for Reenchantment (s. 128-149) 

20. 11.

Disenchanting Nature: The Case or Richard Dawkins (s. 150-168) + Reenchanting Nature: Dawkins, Keats and the Rainbow (s. 169-186)

27. 11.

A New Consciousness (s. 19-69) 

4. 12.

A New Way of Living (s. 71-106)

11. 12.

 The World is to Be  Saved (s. 107-156)

18. 12.

Order and Change (s.157-189)

8. 1.

Human Response to Change; At-one-ment (s. 191-237)

15. 1.

Závěrečná reflexe semináře

 

Last update: Zámečník Jan, Mgr., Ph.D. (31.07.2024)
 
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