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Philosophy of Religion

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Course ID:	3800-FR23-M
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0223) Philosophy and ethics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Philosophy of Religion
Name in Polish:	Filozofia religii
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Philosophy
Course groups:	(in Polish) Wykłady monograficzne (studia stacjonarne, filozofia)
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	4.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective monographs
Short description:	- Introductory issues: the subject and scope of philosophy of religion; diversity of its practicing; philosophy of religion and discipline and related qualities (religion, religious studies, theology); etymological issues; formation, development, relative separateness of philosophy of religion within philosophy, - Concepts of the essence and sources of religion: psychological reductionism (Freud, Jung, Fromm); sociological reductionism (Marx, Durkheim, Weber); phenomenology of religion (Otto, Scheler, van der Leeuw, Eliade); religion as an inspiration for philosophy (neotomism, Russian religious philosophy, Protestant theology, Pilosophy of dialogue).
Full description:	- Introductory issues: the subject and scope of philosophy of religion; diversity of its practicing; philosophy of religion and discipline and related qualities (religion, religious studies, theology); etymological issues; formation, development, relative separateness of philosophy of religion within philosophy, - Concepts of the essence and sources of religion: psychological reductionism (Freud, Jung, Fromm), sociological reductionism (Marx, Durkheim, Weber), anthropologism (Feuerbach), ethicism (Kant), phenomenology of religion (Otto, Scheler, van der Leeuw, Eliade) , religion as an inspiration for philosophy (neotomism, Russian religious philosophy, Protestant theology, philosophy of dialogue), Sacrum, numinosum, nothingness as a source of religiosity (Otto, Wolniewicz, Welte), - Philosophy of the Absolute: the essence of the issue, theories of the Absolute (Heraklit, Plato, Plotinus, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, Eriugena, Thomas, Master Eckhart, Boehme, Hegel, Schelling, Kierkegaard, Solovjov, Frank), evidence for the existence of God, heresies, - Religious inspirations in philosophical anthropology (Pascal, Kierkegaard, Bergson, Dostoyevsky, Berdajev, Shestov, Levinas), - Postsecularism (Habermas, Badiou).
Bibliography:	- Z. Zdybicka, „Człowiek i religia. Zarys filozofii religii”, Lublin 1993. - R. Otto, „Świętość”, Warszawa 1968. - H. Dumery, „Problem Boga w filozofii religii”, Kraków 2004. - B. Welte, „Filozofia religii”, Kraków 1996. - B. Wolniewicz, „O istocie religii”, w: B. Wolniewicz, „Filozofia i wartości”, Warszawa 1993. - S. Kowalczyk, „Filozofia Boga”, Lublin 2001. - E. Gilson, „Bóg i filozofia”, Warszawa 1961. - K. Karski, „Teologia protestancka XX wieku”, Warszawa 1971. - J. Habermas, „Wierzyć i wiedzieć”, w: J. Habermas, „Przyszłość natury ludzkiej”, Warszawa 2003. - A. Badiou, „Święty Paweł. Ustanowienie uniwersalizmu”, Warszawa 2007.
Learning outcomes:	Acquired knowledge: The student has a systematic knowledge of the main issues and directions and positions within the philosophy of religion; Knows and understands the relationship between philosophy of religion and other philosophical disciplines; He knows the basic terminology in the philosophy of religion; Skills acquired: The student reconstructs and constructs arguments from the perspective of philosophy of religion, taking into account the types of arguments; He creatively uses knowledge in the field of philosophy of religion in formulating hypotheses and constructing arguments; Acquired social competences: The student knows the amount of knowledge he possesses, understands the need for continuous education in the field of philosophical and religious knowledge; Has a deepened awareness of the importance of philosophical reflection on religion for the moral sphere and social issues.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Essay Acceptable number of missed classes without formal explanation: 2 in a semester

Classes in period "Academic year 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span:	2023-10-01 - 2024-06-16	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W WYK-MON TH FR
Type of class:	Monographic lecture, 60 hours, 30 places more information
Coordinators:	Janusz Dobieszewski
Group instructors:	Janusz Dobieszewski
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading Monographic lecture - Grading

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