This course will be in English, if there are English-speaking students present. It will look at the portrayal of different aspects of Christian mission in films. It will focus on questions of contextuality, of what constitutes Christian mission in the eyes of the filmmakers, in discussion with ideas coming from contemporary study of mission. It will consider the problematic nature of mission, the complex relation between religion and politics, the question of violence and how to deal with it. Each class will consist in watching a film and then discussing it in terms of the light it throws on or the challenges it makes to Christian mission today.
Please note that the dates for this course are somewhat irregular, so make sure you pay attention to the timetable and to what you are told in class.
Last update: Noble Timothy, doc., Ph.D. (24.09.2024)
Předmět je hlavně pro studenty programu Erasmus, tak pokud budou student(k)y z Erasmus, bude v angličtině.
Cílem semináře je čtení kulturních textů (knihy, filmy, atd.) jako teologické materiály. Literatura, filmy, hudba,
umění a další kulturní předměty jsou chápáni jako možný vstup do setkání současného člověku se zkušeností
transcendence. Otázka pak zní, co se můžou studenty teologie učit s těmi texty? Jako základní hermeneutický
princip předmět pracuje s Gadamerovou fúzi horizontů. To znamená, že studenty se učí respektovat jinakost textů
a případně autorů, zatímco můžou najít indikátory odpovědí jejich teologických zájmů.
Seminář bude spočívat ve čtení textů. Kritéria výběru knih, filmů, hudby a další bude relevantnost k tématu s tím, že
vždy budou texty, které jsou explicitněji náboženské a jiné, které jsou tak pouze implicitně. Seminář bude zkoumat,
v jakém způsobu lidé hledají jazyk, aby mohli o Bohu nebo o transcendenci mluvit, jak je ten jazyk pro ně důležitý
nebo ne, a jak to může ovlivnit teologii.
Last update: Noble Timothy, doc., Ph.D. (03.10.2024)
Literature - Czech
Below are some general books in English and Czech on theology and culture. For specific readings for this course, please see Moodle.
AMBROS, P. (ed.). Křesťanství a kultura: vědecká konference pořádaná Katedrou pastorální a spirituální teologie CMTF. Olomouc: Refugium Velehrad-Roma, 2006, 109 s. ISBN 80-86715-67-1. GORRINGE, T. Earthly Visions: Theology and the Challenges of Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011, 254 s. ISBN 978-0-300-16280-6. HASS, A., JASPER, D. a JAY, E. The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, 889 s. ISBN 9780199544486 KATTAN, A. a GEORGI, F. (eds.). Thinking Modernity: Towards a Reconfiguration of the Relationship between Orthodox Theology and Modern Culture. Balamand: St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, 2010, 230 s. ISBN 978-9953-452-31-9. MARSH, C. Theology Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Critical Christian Thinking. London: Routledge, 2007, 192 s. ISBN 978-0-415-38012-6. NIEBUHR, H. R. Christ and Culture. New York: Harper Perennial, 2001, (1951), 320 s. ISBN 9780061300035 NOBLE, I. Theological Interpretation of Culture in Post-Communist Context: Central and East European Search for Roots. Farnham: Ashgate, 2010, 230 s. ISBN 978-1-4094-0007-3. SCHWARTZ, R. (ed.). Transcendence. Philosophy, Literature, and Theology Approach the Beyond. New York: Routledge, 2004, 272 s. ISBN 978-0415960700 TILLICH, P. Theology of Culture. Ed. KIMBALL, R. New York: Galaxy, 1964, 213 s. ISBN 9780195007114
Last update: Noble Timothy, doc., Ph.D. (18.09.2023)
Syllabus -
Please note that the classes are somewhat irregular. Same time and place always (I hope), but the dates are a movable feast. The room is Seminar Room G 16:50 – 20:00.
Thursday 3 October 16:50–20:20
The Mission (dir. Roland Joffé, 1986)
Thursday 24 October 16:50–20:20
The Apostle (dir. Robert Duvall, 1997)
Thursday 31st October 16:50–20:20
The Mosquito Coast (dir. Peter Weir, 1986)
Thursday 14th November 16:50–20:20
Silence (dir. Martin Scorsese, 2016). This film is over two and a half hours long, so we will watch it in two parts. The first class we will also look at the background to the film and the historical setting.
Thursday 21stNovember 16:50–20:20
Silence (dir. Martin Scorsese, 2016) This film is over two and a half hours long, so we will watch it in two parts. The second class will consider what constitutes good outcomes in mission.
Thursday 12 December 16:50–20:20
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (dir. Mark Robson, 1958)
Thursday 9 January 2025 16:50–20:20
Ostrov (The Island) (dir. Pavel Lungin, 2006).
Last update: Noble Timothy, doc., Ph.D. (24.09.2024)
Please note that the classes are somewhat irregular. Same time and place always (I hope), but the dates are a movable feast. The room is Seminar Room G 16:50 – 20:00.
Thursday 3 October 16:50–20:20
The Mission (dir. Roland Joffé, 1986)
Thursday 24 October 16:50–20:20
The Apostle (dir. Robert Duvall, 1997)
Thursday 31st October 16:50–20:20
The Mosquito Coast (dir. Peter Weir, 1986)
Thursday 14th November 16:50–20:20
Silence (dir. Martin Scorsese, 2016). This film is over two and a half hours long, so we will watch it in two parts. The first class we will also look at the background to the film and the historical setting.
Thursday 21stNovember 16:50–20:20
Silence (dir. Martin Scorsese, 2016) This film is over two and a half hours long, so we will watch it in two parts. The second class will consider what constitutes good outcomes in mission.
Thursday 12 December 16:50–20:20
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (dir. Mark Robson, 1958)
Thursday 9 January 2025 16:50–20:20
Ostrov (The Island) (dir. Pavel Lungin, 2006).
Last update: Noble Timothy, doc., Ph.D. (03.10.2024)
Entry requirements - Czech
Aktivní angličtina, pravidelná aktivní účast na semináři, prezentace
Last update: Beneš Ladislav, Mgr., Dr. (11.06.2020)
