RLB28 Hinduism

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Milan Fujda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr. (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
RLB28/K: Fri 16. 10. 15:00–16:35 J31, Fri 13. 11. 15:00–16:35 J31, Fri 11. 12. 15:00–16:35 J31, M. Fujda
RLB28/P: Thu 13:20–14:55 N41, M. Fujda
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 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce students do the history of religious life on Indian subcontinent. The relations between transformations of social organization, economy, politics, and migration and religious life will be treated in a historical perspective. As a consequence of this approach Islam, Jainism, and Christianity in India will be tematized as well as the so called Hinduism (Buddhism will be only referred to occasionally since students should have a solid knowledge of Buddhism from another appropriate courses in the curricula of the Department for the Study of Religions). The result should be a plastic image of the interplay of various cultural sources in various historical periods and various social, political, and economic conditions.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- describe various periods of the history of religions in India;
- discusse social context of the crucial moments of transformation of religious life in India;
- indentify historical roots of crucial social and political problems of modern and contemporary India;
- formulate crucial theoretical problems in Western representations of Indian cultures and religions with a particular emphasis on the problmes with the concept "hinduism".
Syllabus
  • 0. Organizational meeting
  • 1. Hinduism as a theoretical construct
  • 2. Periodization of Indian History
  • 3. The oldest known history and the early vedic religion
  • 4. Religion of an early urban period
  • 5. Religion of the urban period
  • 6. Religion in the post-classical period
  • 7. The comming of Islam
  • 8. Religion in the late "medieval period"
  • 9. The comming of the West
  • 10. Religion of contemporary India
  • 11. Hinduism outside India
  • 12. First term of the test
Literature
  • STRNAD, Jaroslav. Dějiny Indie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2003, 1185 s. ISBN 80-7106-493-9. info
  • BROCKINGTON, J. L. The Sacred Thread: A Short history of Hinduism. druhé. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2000. info
  • Základní texty východních náboženství. Edited by Dušan Zbavitel, Translated by Jan Filipský. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2008, 220 s. ISBN 9788072039166. info
  • Bhagavadgíta. Translated by Jaroslav Vacek - Jan Filipský. Vyd. tohoto překladu 2., ve. Praha: Votobia, 2000, 243 s. ISBN 8072200283. info
  • Lexikon východní moudrosti : buddhismus, hinduismus, taoismus, zen. Translated by Jan Filipský. 1. vyd. hinduismus: Votobia, 1996, xi, 565. ISBN 8085605546. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminar discussions, students' presentations, homeworks
Assessment methods
Requirements for colloquium:
(a) oral presentation of a student work and its submission in written form;
(b) passing test on the themes of lectures and prescribed literature. The test consists of open as well as closed questions. The trashhold of the test is 60%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
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 2008, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013.
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