FF:RLKA06 Christianity I - Course Information
RLKA06 Christianity I
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2011
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 6 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková - Timetable
- Fri 14. 10. 9:10–10:45 zruseno D21, Fri 18. 11. 9:10–10:45 zruseno D21, Fri 16. 12. 9:10–10:45 zruseno D21
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Study of Religions (programme FF, B-PH)
- Course objectives
- The course offers basic information on the evolution of Christianity from its rise in the context of the late hellenistic world, passing through a progressive institutionalization and formation of orthodoxy during late antiquity to the history of Christianity in the Middle Ages. The course aims not only at the history of Christian thought, but also at the development of institutions and cultic life.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- describe the most important phenomena and trends of development of Christianity from its beginnings up to 1500 A.D.
- interpret some Christian texts (e.g. New Testament, Gospel of Thomas, Didache, Confessions by Augustine of Hippo, Proslogion by Anselm of Canterbury, etc.)
- understand even other common Christian texts from the period up to 1500 A.D.
- use special terminology of the Study of Religion's study of Christianity
- distinguish the scientific approach to events and phenomena in the history of Christianity from the unscientific (confessional, polemical...) approach - Syllabus
- (0) Introduction to the course, conditions of completion. (1) Academic study of Christianity. Problem of the “historical Jesus”. (2) Rise of Christianity. (3) Orthodoxy and heresy in the ancient Christianity. (4) Historical evolution of Christianity in the 2nd-6th century. (5) Christian theological thought in the 2nd-6th century. (6) Biblical text, liturgical books. (7) Spread and differentiation of Christianity in the 4th-10th century. (8) Medieval monasticism. (9) Crusades and orders of knighthood. Evolution of the papacy. (10) Medieval theological and philosophical thought, scholasticism. (11) Orthodoxy and heresy in the medieval Christianity. (12) Evolution of the western Christianity in the Late Middle Ages.
- Detailed information: see Study materials (in Czech only).
- Literature
- FILIPI, Pavel. Křesťanstvo :historie, statistika, charakteristika křesťanských církví. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1996, 197 s. ISBN 80-85959-10-0. info
- POKORNÝ, Petr. Literární a teologický úvod do Nového zákona. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1993, 333 s. ISBN 8070210524. info
- PAVLINCOVÁ, Helena, Břetislav HORYNA, Miloš MENDEL and Dalibor PAPOUŠEK. Judaismus, křesťanství, islám (Judaism, Christianity, Islam). 2. přeprac. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2003, 664 pp. ---. ISBN 80-7182-165-9. info
- FRANZEN, August. Malé církevní dějiny. Translated by Bedřich Smékal. 2. opr. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Zvon, 1995, 358 s. ISBN 80-7113-119-9. info
- MACK, Burton L. Who wrote the new testament? : the making of the Christian myth. San Francisco: Harper, 1995, ix, 326. ISBN 0060655186. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, home reading, multimedia.
- Assessment methods
- Examination
Two written tests (100 points each, less than 60 points = failed; the minimum of 60 points is a prerequisite for the oral examination).
Oral examination.
Colloquium
Two written tests (100 points each, less than 60 points = failed).
Type of completion “Examination” compulsory for the students of the “Study of Religions” study programmes.
See Study materials for detailed information. - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: bloková výuka.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
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- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
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