World Religions - RETA8041

• Title: RP-World Religions
• Guaranteed by: Department of Religious Studies (27-R)
• Faculty: Protestant Theological Faculty
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: both
• Points: 2
• E-Credits: 2
• Hours per week, examination: 2/0, C [HT]
• Capacity: winter:unlimited / unknown (unknown); summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: prof. Pavel Hošek, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: doc. Mgr. Pavol Bargár, Ph.D. (27.09.2023)

This course will introduce the students to four major religious traditions - Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. The focus will be not only on their origins, historical developments, and doctrines, but also on the ways how their adherents live their faith in everyday life - in contemporary multireligious societies.

Literature

Last update: doc. Mgr. Pavol Bargár, Ph.D. (03.10.2023)

SEGAL, Robert A., and Nickolas P. ROUBEKAS, eds. The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion, 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2021.

MARTIN, Luther H., and Donald WIEBE. “Religious Studies as a Scientific Discipline: The Persistence of a Delusion.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 80, no. 2 (2012).

McCUTCHEON, Rusell T. The Discipline of Religion: Structure, Meaning, Rhetoric. London: Routledge, 2003.

SOLOMON, Norman. Judaism: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2014.

DE LANGE, Nicholas. An Introduction to Judaism, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2009 (2014).

RUTHVEN, Malise. Islam: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2012.

WAINES, David. An Introduction to Islam, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2003 (2014).

KNOTT, Kim. Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2016.

FLOOD, Gavin D. An Introduction to Hinduism. Cambridge University Press, 1996.

KEOWN, Damien. Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2013.

HARVEY, Peter. An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History, and Practices, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

KNIPE, D. Hinduism. Experiments in the Sacred. Waveland, 1998.

LESTER, R. Buddhism: The Path to Nirvana. Harper, 1987.
DENNY, F. Islam and the Muslim Community. Waveland, 1998.
FISHBANE, M. Judaism: Revelation and Traditions. HarperOne, 1988.

Course completion requirements

Last update: doc. Mgr. Pavol Bargár, Ph.D. (27.09.2023)

To successfully complete the course the following will be expected from the students:

- regular and active participation in class

- short presentation in class on a select theme

- oral examination at the end of the semester