SUBJECT

Title

Religiousness, Religious Minorities, Religion Politics in Central Europe

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

Part of degree program
Credits

4

Recommended in

Semester 4

Typically offered in

Spring semester

Course description

The course deals with religion in terms of minority status. Its main topics are large churches, sects and other religious communities, the contents of religiosity in Modernity, the issues of faith and faithlessness, and the relation between religious communities and subcultures.

Readings

  • P.L. Berger: The Sacred Canopy, 1967
  • M.B. McGuire: Religion. The Social Context, Belmont, 1992
  • E.Barker: New Religious Movements, London, 1992.