FI:V014 Religionistics - Course Information

V014 Religionistics

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 1996

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination), z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc.

Prerequisites (in Czech)

Doporučuje se (ale není podmínkou) navázat kursem V018 Topics in Religionistics.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Syllabus

An overview on chosen religious systems, presuppositions for a paradigmatic orientation on mutually differing structures.
Confrontation with some categories of ethics, philosophy of common language, politology, but also theory of signs or logic.
Information concerning different historical and present-day systems as an expression of a social need to interpret and deeply feel the roles realized while trying to pass over the limits of immanence into transcendence.
Intersubjective communication, intention and practice in the context of religious creed. Existential anxiety of our forefathers and its philosophical as well as literary echoes.
Special attention has been dedicated to Christianity, both to its original credo and the stimuli to Protestantism.
The origin of sects as a phenomenon.. - The background and goal of ecumenical movement.
Inspiration towards toleration. (It is more difficult to understand than to criticize.)
It has been recommended (but is not a condition) to go on with the lectures on the "Chosen chapters in the science of religion".

Language of instruction

Czech

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1995, Autumn 1997, Autumn 1998, Autumn 1999, Autumn 2001.