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KFI / 1RSFH
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KFI
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1RSFH
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Academic Year
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2022/2023
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Academic Year
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2022/2023
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Title
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Religion, Science, and the Humanities
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Long Title
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Religion, Science, and the Future of the Humanities
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
5
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
2
[Hours/Week]
Seminar
2
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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4 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Minimum (B + C) students
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1
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
Graphic PNG
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XLS
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Course objectives:
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The course is intended for foreign students (Erasmus) and is taught in English only. The aim of this course is to introduce several novel perspectives on the relation between religion and science in contemporary academia. It focuses especially on novel methods and theories having roots in life sciences and recently entering the field of the academic study of religions. It explores to what extent these methods and theories challenge the roots of the discipline lying in the humanistic tradition.
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Requirements on student
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The course is intended for foreign students (Erasmus) and is taught in English only.
Pre-exam credit: Active participation on seminar on the basis of home reading + submission and acceptation of a project (notes from home reading)
Exam: Discussion over a semestral essay
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Content
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The second wave of consilience
Contemporary empirical methods in the study of culture
Religion and cognitive science
Religion and evolution
Religion as evolutionary by-product
Religion as evolutionary adaptation
Religion and ultrasociality
Religion and anxiety
Religion, magic and superstition
Ritual and ritual efficacy
Ritual and prosociality
Cultural evolution of religions
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Boyer, Pascal. Religion explained : the evolutionary origins of religious thought. New York : Basic Books, 2001. ISBN 0-465-00695-7.
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Recommended:
Norenzayan, Are. Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.
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Recommended:
Slingerland, Edward, and Mark Collard, eds. Creating Consilience: Integrating the Sciences and the Humanities. Oxford - New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Recommended:
SPERBER, Dan. Explaining Culture. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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Recommended:
Whitehouse, Harvey. Modes of religiosity : a cognitive theory of religious transmission. Walnut Creek : Altamira Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-7591-0614-7.
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Recommended:
Shennan, Stephen. Pattern and process in cultural evolution. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-520-25599-9.
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Recommended:
Slingerland, Edward. What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Contact hours
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52
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Preparation for an examination (30-60)
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48
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Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
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30
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Total
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130
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
to understand religion as a human socio-cultural phenomenon |
to name and shortly characterize the most widespread religious traditions around the globe |
Skills - students are expected to possess the following skills before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
to differentiate between academic vs. religious discourse |
to read theoretetical literature across humanities and social-scientific disciplines |
to interpret empirical findings presented in academic journal articles
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Competences - students are expected to possess the following competences before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
N/A |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
to describe some contemporary naturalistic trends in human sciences |
to explain some contemporary scientific theories of religion |
to introduce some contemporary quantitative and and digital methods applied in the study of culture
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Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
to design own empirical research of a religious phenomenon |
to use experimental logic in designing research of cultural phenomena |
to seek and find causal relations between (1) human psychological predispositions, (2) behaviour of human populations and (3) changes in their living environment |
Competences - competences resulting from the course: |
N/A |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Combined exam |
Skills - skills achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Combined exam |
Seminar work |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Competences - competence achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Combined exam |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Seminar work |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
Self-study of literature |
Skills - the following training methods are used to achieve the required skills: |
Seminar classes |
Multimedia supported teaching |
Self-study of literature |
Individual study |
Competences - the following training methods are used to achieve the required competences: |
Seminar classes |
Individual study |
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