RLB399 Family in the Age of Uncertainty: Qualitative Workshop in Religion

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zdeňka Pitrunová (lecturer)
PhDr. Andrea Beláňová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michaela Ondrašinová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Londa Vondráčková
Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
RLB399/K: No timetable has been entered into IS.
RLB399/P: No timetable has been entered into IS.
RLB399/01: each even Tuesday 9:10–10:45 K32, M. Ondrašinová, Z. Pitrunová
RLB399/02: Fri 25. 9. 15:50–17:25 J31, Fri 23. 10. 15:50–17:25 J31, Fri 20. 11. 15:50–17:25 J31, M. Ondrašinová, Z. Pitrunová
Prerequisites
( RLA01 Introduction to Religion || RLKA01 Introduction to Religion ) && ( RLA13 Introduction to Research || RLKA13 Introduction to Research )
Prerequisites:
attendance of the course Introduction to Research Methodology in the Study of Religions.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those 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, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
By the end of the semester, students should be able to:
- explain how are different cultural source (above all religious tradition) used in creating an image of contemporary family and its functions;
- to gain an insight how are religious tradition employed in forming everyday actions;
- explain the influence of the second generation on the change of NRMs;
- to understand the issue of transmission of tradition in the family;
- define and discuss various methods for research.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the course;
  • 2. Family, society, kinship, relatedness;
  • 3. Family and modern society, family and state, (lost of) family autonomy;
  • 4. Family, socialisation and tradition (intergeneration relationship and transmission);
  • 5. Second generation - mainstream religion, adaptation of tradition;
  • 6. Second generation – case of migration;
  • 7. Second generation – NRMs, changes of movements and families;
  • 8. Second generation – case study - research of one specific movement;
  • 9. Actors of religious socialisation;
  • 10. Gender: construction of womanhood and contemporary spirituality;
  • 11. Intergeneration solidarity, coexistence, old age and dying;
  • 12. Quest for social cohesion - "family as value", power of community;
  • 13. Final discussion.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Children in new religions. Edited by Charlotte Hardman - Susan J. Palmer. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1999, ix, 254. ISBN 0813526205. info
  • GIDDENS, Anthony. Proměna intimity : sexualita, láska a erotika v moderních společnostech. Translated by Ivo Možný. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2012, 215 s. ISBN 9788026201755. info
  • HAMAR, Eleonóra. Vyprávěná židovství : o narativní konstrukci druhogeneračních židovských identit (Narrated Judaisms: On Narrative Construction of Second-Generation Jewish Identities). Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2008, 243 s. ISBN 9788074190049. info
  • GIDDENS, Anthony. Důsledky modernity. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1998, 195 s. ISBN 8085850621. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Conditions for passing the course:
- systematic work on the chosen qualitative project,
- final presentation of preliminary results.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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