KSCB022 Religious Scene in Post-Reform China

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Center for Chinese Studies – Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Center for Chinese Studies – Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 7:30–9:05 M22
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
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Course objectives
The course treats the topic of religion in the contemporary Chinese society. The lectures of the course offer a comprehensive introduction to the role of religion in Chinese cultural, political and social history, with the emphasis to the process of modernization of Chinese society and the creation of the modern concept zongjiao (religion). The classes are also aimed to give the basic outline and the better understanding of the religious politics of modern Chinese state. The original audio-visual documentation and other fieldwork material constitute the essential element of the lectures. At the end of the course students will be able to understand and explain the problematics of the concept religion in modern Chinese society; locate the main characteristics of religious traditions in China to the broader social, social and historical context; demonstrate the knowledge of terminology and the most important religionous traditions existing in the conteporary Chinese society; analyze the role of Chinese state and its policy in religious life in the society; review the scholarly approaches towards Chinese religious life.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Tradition and Chinese Religion
  • 3. Modernity and Chinese Religion
  • 4. Religious landscape and religious policy in PRCti a kontroverze
  • 5. Shared fundaments in Chinese religions
  • 6. Original Chinese religious traditions in contemporary China
  • 7. Confucius in contemporary China
  • 8. Buddhism in contemporary China
  • 9. Islam in contemporary China
  • 10. Jesus in PRC
  • 11. What is Falun gong
  • 12. Future of religions in China
Literature
  • YU, David C. Guide to Chinese religion. Edited by Laurence G. Thompson. Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., 1985, xxviii, 20. ISBN 0816179026. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, self-study of selected readings, weekly homeworks in the e-learning platform (https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf2/; login = UČO,password = secondary password for IS MU)
Assessment methods
1. homeworks
2. field research/book review
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.
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=2868
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011.
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