RLB308 Proseminar for Islam

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Attila Kovács, Ph.D. (seminar tutor), PhDr. Dalibor Papoušek, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
RLB308/P1: each even Thursday 13:20–14:55 N41, A. Kovács
RLB308/P2: each odd Thursday 13:20–14:55 N41, A. Kovács
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( RLA08 Islam )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course expands the contents of the basic course on Islam (RLA08). The seminars are focused on key problems that are mentioned in the basic course but cannot be (due to the limited time) exhaustively discussed. Discussions in seminars, scheduled according to the basic course, are concentrated on representative classical sources.
Main objectives of the course:
At the end of this course, the students should:
- be familiar with the basic terminology used in study of Islam;
- have the capacity of critical analyzing of main sources connected with the topic.
Syllabus
  • (0) Introduction to the course. (1) The Qur'an. (2) Ibn Ishaq: Life of God's Messenger. (3) Ibn Khaldun: Al-Muqaddimah. (4) Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali: The Deliverance from Error. (5) Abu Ali Ibn Sina: The book of Definitions (6) Usama Ibn Munqidh: The Book of Learning by Example.
Literature
  • KROPÁČEK, Luboš. Duchovní cesty islámu. 3., dopl. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003, 292 s. ISBN 8070216131. info
  • OLIVERIUS, Jaroslav. Svět klasické arabské literatury. Edited by Dagmar Procházková. Vyd. 1. Brno: Atlantis, 1995, 386 s. ISBN 8071081094. info
  • Korán. Edited by Ivan Hrbek. Vyd. 7., V tomto překladu 3. Praha: Academia, 2000, 797 s. ISBN 8020002464. info
  • <>GHAZZÁLÍ, Abú Hámid Muhammad Ibn. Zachránce bloudícího. Edited by Luboš Kropáček. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2005, 111 s. ISBN 8070217898. info
  • USÁMA IBN MUNKIZ. Kniha zkušeností arabského bojovníka s křižáky. Translated by Rudolf Veselý. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1971. info
Assessment methods
Contents of the semester:
Class discussions.
Requirements for the colloquium:
(a) active participation in class discussions;
(b) written seminar paper defenced in a class discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2012.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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