Annotation
The course shows how the basic methods of historical research are implemented. It deepens the knowledge of the history of Christianity, theology and confessions. It reflects the diversity of historical periods, individual representatives, intellectual orientations and developments. It studies these phenomena not only based on secondary literature, but also on primary sources with the aim to practise the historical critical method and interpretation. Students take part in discussions about these sources, fulfill smaller assignments and accomplish the course by a larger paper.
Examples of themes:
Augustin of Hippo
The growth of the Cistercian Order
Milíč z Kroměříže
Confessions of the Unity of the Brethren
The reception of the Bohemian Reformation in the Age of Nationalism
The Czech churches in 1968