SPS140 Understanding Religion
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| Course Code | Course Title | Weekly Hours* | ECTS | Weekly Class Schedule | ||||||
| T | P | |||||||||
| SPS140 | Understanding Religion | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Prerequisite | None | It is a prerequisite to | None |
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| Lecturer | Mustafa Krupalija | Office Hours / Room / Phone | Wednesday: 10:00-13:00 Friday: 11:00-13:00 |
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| mkrupalija@ius.edu.ba | ||||||||||
| Assistant | Assistant E-mail | |||||||||
| Course Objectives | The main objective of this course is to establish a cross-cultural understanding of worlds' religions. A special attention will be paid to religions within the diverse and global changing world. The students will be taught to: understand the importance of religion in relation to their society, culture and history; globalization and religion; gender and religion; science and religion; interfaith dialogue; and sociology and psychology of religion. | |||||||||
| Textbook | Michael Molloy. Experiencing the World's Religions. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005; Matthews Warren. World Religions. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2013; Ronald L. Johnstone, Religion in Society: A Sociology of Religion, 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2004. Kate M. Loewenthal. The Psychology of Re;ligion: A Short Introduction. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. Alan Aldridge, Religion in the Contemporary World. Maiden. MA: Blackwell Publishers Inc. 2004. Jeffrey Haynes, (ed.). 2009. Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics. New York: Routledge. | |||||||||
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| Learning Outcomes | After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: | |||||||||
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| Teaching Methods | This course will follow; class discussions, assignments, face-to-face interaction and readings as teaching methods. | |||||||||
| Teaching Method Delivery | Face-to-face | Teaching Method Delivery Notes | ||||||||
| WEEK | TOPIC | REFERENCE | ||||||||
| Week 1 | Course Introduction | |||||||||
| Week 2 | Understanding Religion: Definitions, Concepts and Theories | Warren, pp. 1-13 | ||||||||
| Week 3 | Hinduism: The Transcendent Unity of Religions and Spiritual Practice | Molloy, pp. 71-112 | ||||||||
| Week 4 | Buddhism: The Psychology of Religion | Molloy, pp. 119-175 | ||||||||
| Week 5 | Confucianism: Ethical and Social Values | Molloy, pp. 227-249 | ||||||||
| Week 6 | Judaism: History, Scriptures, Beliefs, Practices and Contemporary Influences | Molloy, pp. 283-335 | ||||||||
| Week 7 | Christianity: History, Scriptures, Beliefs, Practices and Contemporary Developments | Molloy, pp. 341-442 | ||||||||
| Week 8 | MID-TERM WEEK | |||||||||
| Week 9 | Islam: The Conception of Religion and the Foundation of Ethics and Morality | Molloy, pp. 431-481 | ||||||||
| Week 10 | Methods and Approaches to the Study of Religions | Molloy, pp. 2-34 | ||||||||
| Week 11 | Studying Religion Sociologically | Johnstone, pp. 1-19 | ||||||||
| Week 12 | Psychology of Religion: Beliefs, Thoughts, Feelings, Behaviors | Loewenthal, pp. 1-151 | ||||||||
| Week 13 | Sacralization of Modernity: Civil and Political Religion | Aldridge, pp. 140-159 | ||||||||
| Week 14 | Religion and Globalization | Haynes (Ed.), Ch. 20 | ||||||||
| Week 15 | Final Exam Review | |||||||||
| Assessment Methods and Criteria | Evaluation Tool | Quantity | Weight | Alignment with LOs |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 | ||
| Semester Evaluation Components | ||||
| Mid - term exam | 1 | 35 | ||
| Group Presentation | 1 | 15 | ||
| Participation / Attendance | 1 | 10 | ||
| *** ECTS Credit Calculation *** | ||||
| Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | |||
| Lecture Hours | 2 | 15 | 30 | Home Study | 1 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Midterm Exam Study | 1 | 7 | 7 | Final Exam Study | 1 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Group Presentation | 4 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| Total Workload Hours = | 75 | |||||||||
| *T= Teaching, P= Practice | ECTS Credit = | 3 | ||||||||
| Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey | Last Update Date: 09/11/2023 | |||||||||