SylabUZ
| Course name | World Religions |
| Course ID | 08.9-WH-UZ-K-WR-1 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Humanities |
| Field of study | WH - oferta ERASMUS / Culture Studies |
| Education profile | - |
| Level of studies | First-cycle Erasmus programme |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2018/2019 |
| Semester | 1 |
| ECTS credits to win | 5 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
| Author of syllabus |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Class | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
1. Acquaintance with 1) diversity of religions, 2) history of particular religions 3) relations between diverse religious doctrines, 4) basic issues in religious studies.
None.
1) Diversity of types of theories on religion, types of religions, aspects of religiosity.
2) Science of religions and religiology, theology and philosophy of religion.
3) Sociological, psychoanalytical and sociobiological explanations of religion.
4) The origin of Homo sapiens and its religious behavior.
5) Prehistoric religions and shamanism.
6) Confucianism.
7) Taoism.
8) Hinduism.
9) Buddhism.
10) Religion of Zoroaster.
11) Judaism.
12) Christianity.
13) Islam.
Talk, lecture, work with sources, discussion, usage of multimedia technologies.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Particular classes will be ranking according to activity, multimedia presentation and verbal test. The condition of ranking the whole course will be a positive assessment of dissertation on particular subject presented in the course.
Grading conditions: (1) multimedia presentation (grade), (2) active participation in discussion (grade), (3) oral test (grade). Final grade: mean value (1)-(3).
Armstrong Karen, A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Gramercy Books, 2004.
Aslan Reza, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam, Random House Trade, 2006.
Eliade Mircea, History of Religious Ideas vol. 1-3 (whatever edition).
Jones Lindsay (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion, vol. 1-14, Thomson Gale, 2005.
Keown Damien, Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2000.
Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Simon Brodbeck (Introduction), The Bhagavad Gita, Penguin, 2003.
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, Vintage, 1989
Smith Huston, The World's Religions, HarperCollins Publishers, 2009.
The Bible, (whatever english ed.).
The Quran, (whatever english ed.).
Modified by dr hab. Piotr Bylica, prof. UZ (last modification: 07-05-2018 10:06)
