Comperative Religions with the Introduction to Religiology

The course introduces students to a broad and complex issue of religion as an autonomous social and cultural areas. Students are thoroughly familiar with the basic conceptual categories that allow to think about the symbolic religious world, regardless of the specifics of each civilization or historical contexts. In this way, the course introduces the basic theoretical framework for understanding religious phenomena in society and history. In this context, the course deals with general concepts such as sacred-profane, collective and personal religion, myth, sacrifice, ritual, symbol, supernatural, divine, polytheism, monotheism, atheism, sacred times, sacred places and sacred sites or facilities, prayer, sacrifice , salvation. Study of the basic concepts and forms of individual development also shows the close relationship of religions (e) the development of civilizations (s), culture (s), philosophy (s) and arts, and the creation of social ties. From this point of view also introduces the knowledge of the world and other distinctive religions.

Izbrana poglavja iz:
• M. Eliade, Zgodovina religioznih verovanj in idej, DZS, Ljubljana 1996 COBISS.SI-ID – 59577856
• R. Otto, Sveto, Hieron, Nova revija, Ljubljana 1993 COBISS.SI-ID – 32631808
• J. G. Frazer, Zlata veja, Raziskave magije in religije, Hieron, Nova revija, Ljubljana, 2001. COBISS.SI-ID – 106435072
• E. F. Edinger, Jaz in arhetip, Individuacija in religijska funkcija psihe, Claritas, ŠOU, Ljubljana 2004 COBISS.SI-ID – 213064448
• Smrke, Marjan, Svetovne religije, FDV, Ljubljana 2000 COBISS.SI-ID – 110295552
• Hinnells, John R. (ured.), The Routledge Companion to the Studyof Religion, Routledge, London 2005. COBISS.SI-ID – 24147293
• Waardenburg, Jacques, Religion und Religionen, Systematische Einführung in die Religionswissenschaft, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1986. COBISS.SI-ID – 24450146
• Zinser, Hartmut(ured.) Religionswissenschaft, Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 1988. COBISS.SI-ID – 24370530

Navodila o uporabi literature in dodatno literaturo dobijo študentje ob seminarjih in individualnih konzultacijah.