Psychology of religion WF-ZPS-PR-2
Assumptions and goals:
Lectures in the psychology of religion help students learn about man’s relation to transcendent reality, including genesis, structure, and function of religious experiences. Particular stress has been put on social context of religious experiences and behavior and their distortions in sects. Some lectures deal with maturity criteria of religious attitudes, strategies of research on religious phenomena and showing research results. The lectures give an opportunity to discuss religious attitudes, in particular experiences and behaviors. There is an opportunity to get to know the literature on the subject and enhance discussion on religiousness of individuals and social groups.
Credits: attending majority of lectures, passing a written exam consisting of discussing a few topics.
Topics
8. Fanaticism, pseudo-religious groups, sects: definition and division of sects, sects’ destructive functioning, prevention, therapy.
9. New Age
10. Religiousness and psychotherapy
11. Psychopathology versus religious life: disorders of religious life; religious life of individuals with psychic disorders
12. Types of religiousness
13. Methods of researching religiousness
14. Cross cultural and cross denominational research on religiousness
15. Review of contemporary psychological research on religiousness.
Subject level
Learning outcome code/codes
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
K_W02 - students know and understand differences in interpretations of man's religious behavior from various eprspectives (evolutionistic, psychoanalytical, behavioral, cornitive- social, humanistic).
K_w17 - know basic dimensions used to describe individual differences concerning living through religious experiences
Skills:
K-U01 - cna voice opinions and judgements concerning the value of various approaches and psychologicakl inteprretations concerning man's religious behaviors
K_U04 - can choose sluitable techniques to diagnose personality, fitness of other psychic functions (cognitive processes, emotional, motivational, prefered values, religious attitudes, etc.), adaptive abilities, functioning in various social relations, especially religious groups.
Competence:
K_K03 - can individually supplement knowledge and skills depending on the actua; needs and changes in psychology
ECTS [1 ECTS = 30(25)hours.]:
lecture attendance: 15 hours
reading for the exam: 45 hours
Total: 60 [60/30(25)=2]
ECTS points: 2
Assessment criteria
It is required to attend lectures (two absences are accepted), active participation in discussions, knowledge of recommended reading and knowledge checked in the form of a written test (45 minutes) substantive statement on selected three topics.
Bibliography
Obligatory read
Głaz, S. (red.) (2006) Podstawowe zagadnienia psychologii religii. Kraków: WAM.
Grom, B. (2009) Psychologia religii. Kraków: WAM.
Grzymała-Moszczyńska, H. (2004) Religia a kultura. Wybrane zagadnienia z kulturowej psychologii religii. Kraków: Wydawnictwo UJ.
Jaworski, R. (1989) Psychologiczne korelaty religijności personalnej. Lublin: RW KUL.
Kuczkowski, S.(1993). Psychologia religii. Kraków: Wydz. Filoz. Towarzystwa Jezusowego.
Walesa, Cz.(2005) Rozwój religijności czlowieka Tom I Dziecko. Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL.
Wulff, D.(1999). Psychologia religii. Warszawa: WSiPing list:
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