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Lecturer(s)
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Funda Otakar A., Prof. ThDr. Dr. Theol.
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Course content
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1.0 Christianity have built our civilisation 1.1 Religion as a human phenomen 1.2 The pillars of europeinity 1.3 The difference between religion and theology 2.0 Religion of old Israel 2.1 Religion of Israel as individual formation and as basement of building of Christianity. 2.2 Theology and antropology of Hebrews Bible as starting basis of Christianity. 3.0 Jesus from Nazareth as the presumption, not the founder of Christianity. 3.1 Problems of searching about historical Jesus, sources and their chracteristic. 3.2 Basic characteristics of performance of Jewish apocalyptic Jesus from Nazareth. 4.0 The origin of myth about Christ, first periods of his formating. 4.1 The origin of christian faith ? the phase of building of the myth about Christ. 4.2 Paul from Tars and Jewish ? Christian community in Jerusalem led by Jesus brother James. 4.3 Long time removing of waiting on uncomming Jesus second arrival. 4.4 Spiritualisation of tidings about salvation in Johns gospel. 5.0 The view of human in New testament and in early Christianity. 5.1 Excuse as the power of change of human life ? freedom of life in Christ. 5.2 Care about deeds as manifestation of faith ? moralisational tendentions. 5.3 Values and principles of christian ethics. 6.0 Christianity on the way through history. 6.1 Cristianity stands before the exercise of taking the leading role in society. 6.2 The reasons of separation inside Christianity, specifics of main streams: Catolicism, Orthodox, Protestantism. 7.0 Secularized values of christian tradition in europian culture. 7.1 Secularization, the phenomen of christian civilisation. 7.2 Secularized values of christian tradition.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 38 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 40 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
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| Course requires no special prior knowledge and skills. |
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| Students will be able to summarize and explain basic problems and historical facts connected with Christianity in Europe. They will study the period before Christianity in Europe and the period of christianisation of Europe. They will speciallized on influence of Christianity on the form of Europe in particular historical periods and on influence of Christianity on building of European identity. They will evaluate most important historical events, problems, themes and ideas connected with christian roots of Europe. |
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| Oral exam |
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Recommended literature
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Bible : Písmo svaté Starého a Nového zákona (včetně deuterokanonických knih) : český ekumenický překlad ; [přeložily Ekumenické komise pro Starý a Nový zákon]. 7. přeprac. vyd. Praha : Česká biblická společnost, 1996. ISBN 80-85810-11-5.
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Cambridge History of the Bible. Cambridge, 1970.
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Barton, J. Reading the Old Testament: Method in Biblical Study. London, 1984.
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Bruce, F. F. New Testament History. London, 1971.
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Coggins, R. J. a Houlden, J. H. A Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. London, 1990.
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Dowley, T. (ed.). The History of Christianity. Tring, 1977.
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Ed. W. O. Chadwick. Pelican History of the Church. London, 1986.
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Freud, W. H. C. The Early Church. London, 1965.
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Funda, O. A. Křesťanství jev lidských dějin a kultury. Praha, 1992.
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Funda, Otakar A. De Profundís. [1. vyd.]. V Praze : Univerzita Karlova, Pedagogická fakulta, 1997. ISBN 80-86039-31-5.
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Funda, Otakar A. Mezi vírou a racionalitou. 1. vyd. Brno : L. Marek, 2002. ISBN 80-86263-39-8.
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Funda, Otakar A. Víra bez náboženství. Praha : Prvokruh, 1994. ISBN 80-901470-1-8.
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Kelly, J. N. D. Early Christian Docrines. New York, 1978.
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