Seminar : Advanced questions in sciences of religions [ LSREL2912 ]
6.0 crédits ECTS
30.0 h
This biannual course is taught on years 2010-2011, 2012-2013, ...
| Teacher(s) |
Christians Louis-Léon ;
Servais Olivier ;
Saroglou Vassilis ;
Leclercq Jean (coordinator) ;
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| Language |
French
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Place
of the course |
Louvain-la-Neuve
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| Main themes |
In order to achieve these aims, - each seminar will address a fresh research issue - the various theories devised to study the contemporary transformations of religion (such as secularization or post-modernity) will be taken up and put to the test of factual data and specific interpretations.
From a methodological point of view, the seminar work will focus among other on
- (a) the case study under its multiple forms (e.g. participant observation, interview),
- (b) the quantitative approach (e.g. questionnaires and tests), and
- (c) the hermeneutics of texts and content analysis (e.g. historical-critical method, structural analysis).
Exercises will provide the opportunity to understand in a practical way the logic proper to each method (passive understanding of all three types of methods and ability to use at least one of them).
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| Aims |
At the end, the student shall be able to - analyse a religious fact from interdisciplinary approaches - grasp the contributions of the various disciplines and paradigms to the concrete analysis of a religious fact - show the complexity of religious phenomena.
- understand the different methodological approaches, qualitative as well as quantitative, required for the analysis of religious facts within the main disciplines of the sciences of religions
- identify the specific character of these approaches and their complementarity
- use at least one of these approaches, particularly in the preparation of the thesis required for the Master degree (see also "Other information").
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Cycle et année
d'étude |
> Master [120] in Sciences of Religions
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
> TEBI
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