PSB_70 Psychology of Religion

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2005
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Filo (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Jana Marie Havigerová, Ph.D. (deputy)
PhDr. Pavel Humpolíček, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Tyrlík, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předpoklady studia: orientace ve světových náboženstvích, znalost základních pojmů a systému obecné psychologie, psychologie osobnosti, psychopatologie, vývojové a sociální psychologie.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is aimed at providing the general review of psychological approaches to different religions and to show possibilities how to analyse religious phenomena.
Syllabus
  • 1. Subject of the psychology of religion. Psychology of religion as a independent religionist discipline. Psychology of religion as a part of psychology. History of the psychology of religion (representatives). Methodological problems 2. Problem of general definition of religion. Crypto-religion, pseudo-religion. Basic dimensions of religion from psychological point of view. Doctrine, myth, ethic, rites, rituals, religious experience, community. Magic, myth, folklore, fairy tale and their relationship to religion. 3. Function of religion in human life. Personal relationship with sacred and supernatural. Psychological, psychohygienical , psychosocial and psychotherapeutic aspects of religious effect. 4. Psychological structure of religion. Sacral and profane. God, gods, supernatural powers and entities. Anthropomorphic and zoomorphic image of gods. Monotheism and polytheism. Hierophania, theophania, chaos and cosmos, cosmogonia, consecration of a place, symbolism of the middle, opposites of earth and heaven. Concept of human and his salvation. Life and death, good and evil, heaven, hell, eden. Myth of eternal return. 5. West and east tradition. Christianity. Psychological aspects of Buddhism. Zen Buddhism. Taoism, Confucianism. 6. Communication with supernatural. Prayer, contemplation, meditation. Mysteries and mystic. Types of religious experience. Specific religious phenomena: transcendence, emancipation, reincarnation, vision, ecstasy, miracle. Religious phenomena as objects and subjects of experience. 7. Exhibitions of religiosity, religious life of believers, ritual, cult, liturgy. Participation in ceremonies, social and psychological role of sect and church. Leader and member of religious group. 8. Sin, guilt, forgiveness, atonement. Suffering, destiny, success, happiness. Psychological roots of fundamentalism. 9. Psychopathology and religion. Obsession and exorcism. Madness in history. 10. Sigmund Freud and C.G. Jung (basic religion-related theories)
Literature
  • ALLAN, John, John BUTTERWORTH and Myrtle LANGLEYOVÁ. Víry a vyznání : [náboženství, sekty, paranormální jevy]. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovart, 1993, 199 s. ISBN 8071450111. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2005, recent)
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