Courses in English and German in the academic year 2012/2013
(last updated 10 September 2012)
*The winter semester 2012/2013*
New Testament Ethics - RET2055
Lecture, 1 hour/week, 2 credits, Teacher: Professor Petr Pokorný
Biblical Archaeology and Theology of the Old Testament - RET1042 (Discourse on the Methods)
Seminar, 2 hours/week, 6 credits, Teacher: Filip Čapek, Th.D.
The objective of the seminar is to inform about contemporary discussion that takes place between biblical theology andarchaeology. Emphasis will be laid on analysis and critical evaluation of individual positions held in this discussion starting withmore general concepts (interdisciplinarity, question of place of origin of Israel, verifiability of great biblical narratives etc.) andending with particular subjects (chronology, stratigraphy, architecture, pottery etc.).
Theological Dimensions of Czech Cultural Expressions - RET8056
Seminar,2 hours/week, 6 credits, Teacher: Joyce J. Mauler, Ph.D.
The course will seek to explore ways in which central existentialconcerns and theological themes of the Judeo-Christian traditionmanifest themselves in the works of select Czech authors, composers,and artists whose creations are not explicitly ‘religious’ orintentionally ‘theological’. Exploratory lectures and extensiveclass discussions of works by Milan Kundera, Jaroslav Seifert,Blahoslav Martinů, Petr Eben, and artists featured at the VeletrzníPalace of the National Gallery will examine the extent to whichbiblical and theological underpinnings remain an integral, ifhidden, part of the Czech cultural milieu. Thus, ‘theological’dimensions of ‘a-theistic’ societies and our secular age may berevealed, and the role that theological themes may play in the lives of contemporary people may be discovered.
Theological Anthropology in the XX Century - RET4063 (Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox Perspectives)
Seminar, 2 hours/week, 6 credits, Teacher: Associate Professor Ivana Noble
The seminar first tracks the impact of the Patristic and Liturgical revival on the understanding of tradition among the Orthodox theologians, such as Florovsky, Meyendorff, Schmemannn, Yannaras but also Roman Catholic ones, Congar or de Lubac. In the following step tradition is discussed in relation to the Scriptures and to culture, especially among the Protestant theologians such as Barth or Tillich. Both of the streams of the renewal of tradition are followed into the contemporary debate. Active English is required.
Theological Ethics Seminar (English) - RET5051 – God the Economist
Seminar, 2 hours/week, 6 credits, Teacher: Prof. ThDr. Jakub S. Trojan
God the Economist. A course in social ethics based on the book of Douglas Meeks. The purpose of the course isto get acquainted with a stimulating publication of a well-known American theologian. The book is focused oneconomic issues from a unique perspective of God’s household, its rules and ethos. The book is worthdiscussing due to the happy combination of economy and theology in their interrelatedness.
Seminar Kirchengeschichte - RET3052 oder RET3052A (Kirche und Nationalismus)
Seminar, 2 Stunden/Woche, 6 Kredite (RET3052A 4 Kredite), Lehrer: Dr. Peter Morée
Die enge Verbindung zwischen Religion und Nation in Zentraleuropa bis 1945 war eng mit dem Nationalismus verbunden.Es gab allerdings verschiedenen Alternativen dieser Verbindung, wie das auch reflektiert wird in der Geschichte derDeutschen Evangelischen Kirche in Böhmen, Mähren und Schlesien.Einführung in die Problematik der Beziehung zwischen Religion und Nation, hauptsächlich in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, am Beispiel von Kirchen in der damaligen Tschechoslowakei.Orientierung in den verschiedenen Positionen und ihren Nuancen.Forschung von Archivmaterial der Deutschen Evangelischen Kirche in Böhmen, Mähren und Schlesien.
Church History (English) - RET3031 (Introduction to the Bohemian reformation I)
Lecture and Seminar, 2 hours/week, 4 credits, Teachers: Professor David Holeton and Dr. Peter Morée
The Bohemian Reformation between ca. 1350 and 1620 started as a movement of spiritual and liturgical renewal, but entered with Jan Hus a phase in which it offered an alternative model of the church. After a period of revolution and violence a phase of religious pluralism started, in which its players had to find their relations to the other Reformations in Europe and to Rome.
Christian Initiation - RET6051 (The History and Practice of Christian Initiation)
Seminar, 2 hours/week, 6 credits, Teacher: Professor David Holeton
This course covers the development of Christian Initiation from Jewish roots to the present day. Through lectures and assigned readings in primary sources the student will become familiar with the historical development of Christian initiation practices, the various theologies of initiation through the ages as well as the contemporary renewal of initiation practices in the churches. By the end of the course students should have a solid background which to engage the contemporary reforms of initiation practice in their own church as well as the place and theology of baptism and confirmation in ecumenical dialogue.
Systematic Theology Seminar - RET4061(Essentials of Christian Theology)
Seminar, 2 hours/week, 6 credits, Teacher: Associate Professor Petr Macek
Reading and debating the book "Essentials of Christian Theology" by William C. Placher. (A survey of the main topics of Christian theology presented in a dialogical manner by authors of various ecclesiastical backgrounds.)