SUBJECT
Title
Religiousness, Religious Minorities, Religion Politics in Central Europe
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
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.