RLB37 New Religious Movements

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
RLB37/P: Tue 8:20–9:55 G03, D. Václavík
RLB37/K: Fri 14. 3. 10:00–11:35 zruseno D22, Fri 11. 4. 10:00–11:35 zruseno D22, Fri 23. 5. 10:00–11:35 zruseno D22, D. Václavík
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is focused on basic information concerning to scientific study of contemporary religiosity. The course will be dividend into two main parts. The first one will deal with methodological issues as study of conversion, membership, transformations of religious life in global society etc. The second one will deal with short compendium of new religious groups and movements.
Syllabus
  • 1. Limitation of basic terms I – religion, religious movements, new religious movements 2. Limitation of basic terms II – classical limitation of terms sect – cult – church (Weber, Troeltsch, Niebuhr) 3. Limitation of basic terms III – innovation in using terms sect – cult – church (Johnson, Yinger, Stark & Bainbridge, Wilson) 4. Creation and genesis of new religious movements I – secularization, secularization thesis and its critical reflection 5. Creation and genesis of new religious movements II – new religious movements as part of counterculture 6. Conversion and its interpretation in the kontext on new religious movements 7. Membership 8. Media image of new religious movements 9. Contracult movements 10. New religious movements and internet 11. Typologies and taxonomies of new religious movements 12. Limits and possibilities of the scientific study of new religious movements
Literature
  • VÁCLAVÍK, David. Sociologie nových náboženských hnutí (Sociology of New Religious Movements). 1st ed. Praha: Malvern, 2007, 152 pp. Proměny náboženství, sv. 5. ISBN 978-80-86702-22-3. info
  • VÁCLAVÍK, David. Nová náboženská hnutí v perspektivě historicko-genealogických klasifikací (New Religious Movements in Perspective of genealogical typologies). Religio: Revue pro religionistiku. Brno: Česká společnost pro studium náboženství, 2003, vol. 11, No 2, p. 241-259, 18 pp. ISSN 1210-3640. info
  • LYON, David. Ježíš v Disneylandu : náboženství v postmoderní době. Translated by Petra Vlčková. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2002, 270 s. ISBN 8020409416. info
  • LUŽNÝ, Dušan. Náboženství a moderní společnost: Sociologické teorie modernizace a sekularizace (Religion and Modern Society). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 183 pp. Religionistika, sv. 6. ISBN 80-210-2224-8. info
  • BĚLKA, Luboš and Milan KOVÁČ. Normativní a žité náboženství (Normative and Lived Religions). Brno - Bratislava: Masarykova univerzita - Chronos, 1999, 158 pp. Religionistika; sv. 9. ISBN 80-210-2047-4. info
  • LUŽNÝ, Dušan. Nová náboženská hnutí (New Religious Movements.). Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1997, 181 pp. sv. 3. ISBN 80-210-1645-0. info
  • STARK, Rodney and William Sims BAINBRIDGE. The future of religion : secularization, revival and cult formation. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985, vii, 571 s. ISBN 0-520-04854-7. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Aktivní účast na semináři. Seminární práce. Závěrečný test (min. 60 % bodů)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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 Autumn 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2008, recent)
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