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010101 VU Introducing Modern Paganism (2024W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 1 - Katholische Theologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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An/Abmeldung

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Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Donnerstag 07.11. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Donnerstag 14.11. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum 17, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
  • Donnerstag 28.11. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum 17, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
  • Donnerstag 05.12. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum 17, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
  • Donnerstag 12.12. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum 17, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
  • Freitag 13.12. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum 17, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The course introduces modern Paganism, one of the fastest-growing religions in Europe. Modern Pagans aim to revive or reconstruct pre-Christian, mostly European, traditions of ancient Celts, Germans, Slavs, and other cultures and civilizations. The first half of the course is a historical overview, spanning from the early Church to now. It discusses the embeddedness of the paganism concept within Christian theology and its later secularization. The second part of the course introduces the history, rites and festivals, and features of the main branches of modern Paganism: Wicca, Druidry, Heathenism, and Native Faith. The last lecture analyses modern Pagan festivals.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Oral exam based on the lecture content. Further reading is welcome but not necessary for completing the course.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

See above.
Attendance is compulsory. You may be absent without excuse for a maximum of two units.

Prüfungsstoff

The examination material will be the content of the lecture, which will be documented partly by slides, partly by given/recommended texts.

Exam topics include:
I. Historical and theoretical assessment of paganism
II. Secularization of paganism concept and the study of religion
III. Modern Pagan Witchcraft (Wicca)
IV. Druidry / Celtic Paganism
V. Heathenism / Asatru
VI. Native Faith / Slavic Paganism
VII. Pagan festivals

Literatur

Basic:
Murphy Pizza and James R. Lewis eds. Handbook of Contemporary Paganism. Leiden: Brill, 2009.

Additional:
Calico, Jefferson. Being Viking. Sheffield: Equinox, 2018.
Hutton, Ronald. Blood and mistletoe: the history of the Druids in Britain. New Haven – London : Yale University Press; 2009.
Hutton, Ronald. The triumph of the moon : a history of modern pagan witchcraft. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2001
Lesiv, Mariya. The return of ancestral gods: modern Ukrainian Paganism as an alternative vision for a nation. Montréal, Québec : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013.
Pearson, Joanne. Wicca and the Christian heritage: ritual, sex and magic. London; New York: Routledge, 2007.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

M2.7, M15, M18, BRP 09rwb, BRP 17rwb

Letzte Änderung: Mo 04.11.2024 15:25