Religion and politics - probelms of research I. - JPD036
Title: Náboženství a politika – problémy výzkumu I.
Guaranteed by: Department of Political Science (23-KP)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2019
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 0
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / 20 (20)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course is intended for doctoral students only
course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: PhDr. Josef Mlejnek, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): PhDr. Josef Mlejnek, Ph.D.
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Annotation -
The relationship of religion and politics has long been somewhat neglected but very topical part of political science research.

Main topics:

The issue of measuring the intensity of religious beliefs - who actually is and who is not a believer, how to distinguish a “matric” believer from a truly convinced member of a religious community?

Problems of research of the relationship between state and church, formal and real separation.

Major religions vs. minority religions, impacts on politics.

Religious identity and political identity, religion as a part of national identity.

Churches as interest groups.

Religious parties, conservative parties.

Religion and modernity.

Secularization, what it means and how to research and measure it.

Political religions.

Political messianism.
Last update: Mlejnek Josef, PhDr., Ph.D. (27.10.2019)
Aim of the course -

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the main problems they may encounter in the given field, and in particular with the methods and approaches used in their analysis.

Last update: Mlejnek Josef, PhDr., Ph.D. (27.10.2019)
Literature -

Casanova, José. 1994. Public Religions in the Modern World. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Davie, Grace. 2007. The Sociology of Religion. Sage Publications

Davieová, Grace. 2009. Výjimečný případ Evropa. Podoby víry v dnešním světě. CDK, Brno.

Fiala, Petr. 2008. Laboratoř sekularizace. Náboženství a politika v ne-náboženské společnosti: český případ. CDK, Brno.

Fox, Jonathan. 2008. A World Survey of Religion and the State. Cambridge University Press.

Hamplová, Dana. 2013. Náboženství v české společnosti na prahu 3. tisíciletí. Praha, Karolinum.

Lužný, Dušan; Nešpor, Zdeněk. 2007. Sociologie náboženství. Praha, Portál.

Micklethwait, John; Wooldridge, Adrian. 2014. Bůh se vrací. O tom, jak globální oživení víry mění svět. Triton, Praha.

Nešpor, Zdeněk R. (ed.). 2004. Jaká víra? Současná česká religiozita/spiritualita v pohledu kvalitativní sociologie náboženství. Sociologické studie / Sociological Studies. Praha, Sociologický ústav AV ČR.

Nešpor, Zdeněk R. 2010. Příliš slábi ve víře. Česká ne/religiozita v evropském kontextu. Praha, Kalich.

Norris & Inglehart. 2004. Sacred & Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide. Cambridge University Press.

Osa, Maryjane. 1997. Creating Solidarity: The Religious Foundations of the Polish Social Movement. East European Politics and Societies, 11: 339-65      

Rojek, Paweł. 2011. Mesjanizm integralny. Pressje, nr. 28, s. 20−49.

Last update: Mlejnek Josef, PhDr., Ph.D. (27.10.2019)
Teaching methods -

seminar, personal consultations

Last update: Mlejnek Josef, PhDr., Ph.D. (27.10.2019)
Requirements to the exam -

Based on an individual agreement with the course participants, as well as on how they intend to use the issue in their dissertation.

Last update: Mlejnek Josef, PhDr., Ph.D. (27.10.2019)