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Lecturer(s)
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Kaše Vojtěch, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Špiclová Zdeňka, Mgr. et. Mgr. et. Bc. Ph.D.
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Course 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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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 48 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to understand religion as a human socio-cultural phenomenon |
| to name and shortly characterize the most widespread religious traditions around the globe |
| Skills |
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| 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 |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| 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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| 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 |
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| N/A |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Self-study of literature |
| Skills |
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| Seminar classes |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
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| Seminar classes |
| Individual study |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Skills |
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| Combined exam |
| Seminar work |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Competences |
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| Combined exam |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Boyer, Pascal. Religion explained : the evolutionary origins of religious thought. New York : Basic Books, 2001. ISBN 0-465-00695-7.
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Norenzayan, Are. Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.
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Shennan, Stephen. Pattern and process in cultural evolution. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-520-25599-9.
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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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Slingerland, Edward. What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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SPERBER, Dan. Explaining Culture. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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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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