（英文名稱）Theories of Religious Studies

開課單位: 人文學院哲學與歷史研究所

課程類型：公共課/公共基礎課/專業核心課/專業課/跨學科交叉課/學科前沿研討課/綜合素養課/實驗課

學分：2

學時：32

開課學期： 1.秋季□    2.春季□√

適用專業、層次（碩/博）：碩士

預修課程：

課程簡介、教學目的和任務、教學方式：

    This course is designed as an introduction   to the study of religions. It provides an overview of the knowledge necessary   to promote a critical approach to the study of religions at the academic   level: historical contextualisation and philosophical background; outline of   the most important modern and contemporary scholars of religion; outline of   some major issues in the field (secularization/de-secularization; market   model; theorization of religion); ritual. It also attempts to stimulate the   students to critically reflect on the definition(s) of religion and on the   applicability of this concept in the Chinese context.

    Part of the course will be made of   frontal lessons taking avail of digital supports (slide presentation, videos,   etc.). The rest will be dedicated to students’ presentations.

Examination: student’s   presentation + term paper.

    The students’ presentations will have a   time limit of 10 minutes and will discuss one of the topics assigned by the   teacher.

    The   term paper will be on themes assigned by the teacher and must show a   student’s level of critical thinking and of ability to develop a academic   argument. Layout – English: 10 pages, double spaced, Times New Roman 12pts.   Chinese: maximum 3000 characters.

Marks:   60% term paper; 20% student’s presentation; 20% attendance.

課程主要內容：

    1. Introduction and   Historical Perspectives of the Study of Religion

Introduction; the rise of   science and the delimitation of religion (Galileo, Newton, Bacon); Hobbes

2. Philosophical   Background of the Study of Religion

Contextualising the   problem and definitions of religion (18^th and 19^th   centuries): Locke, Hume; Rousseau; Idealism (Kant; Atheismusstreit – Fichte); Positivism (Comte, Darwin)

3. Critique of Religion   and Historical Materialism

Hegel; Feuerbach; Stirner; Karl Marx

4. Problematization:   Construction of a Field

Etymology (religio,   religere); early approaches

5. Theories of Religion/1

Early Questions in the   Study of Religion: Essentialist Perspectives and Reductionism. E.B.   Tylor; James G. Frazer; Rudolf Otto; Sigmund Freud

6. Theories of Religion/2

The Classics: Max Weber; Émile   Durkheim

7. Theories of Religion/3

Contemporary thinkers

8. Is Religion Sui   Generis?

Mircea Eliade; F. Max   Müller; …

9. Economic Models of   Religion

Rational Choice;   Religious Economy

10. On Ritual

Max Weber; Durkheim; Eliade; Bellah; Freud; Geertz; Lévi-Strauss;   Catherine Bell

11. Secularization/1

Theories of   Secularization

12. Secularization/2

Theories of   Desecularization

13. Worldviews

Peter Berger; Robert   Bellah

14. Is there Religion in   China?

15. Is there Religion?

Timothy Fitzgerald; …

16. Religious Pluralism

課程教材及主要參考書目：

推薦教材：

1.   Pals, Daniel L. Eight Theories of Religion. New York: Oxford   University Press, 2006.

2. 呂大吉著，《宗教學通論新編》，中國社會科學出版社，1998年版。

參考書目：

1. Bell, Catherine. Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice. New York:   OUP USA, 2009.

2. Berger, Peter L. The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological   Theory of Religion. New York: Anchor Books, 1990.

3. ———. The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and   World Politics. Washington, D.C. : Grand Rapids, Mich: Ethics and Public   Policy Center ; W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, 1999.

    4. Berger,   Peter L., and Thomas Luckmann. The Social Construction of Reality: A   Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge. New Ed edition. Harmondsworth:   Penguin, 1991.

    5. Casanova,   José. Public Religions in the Modern World. Chicago: University of   Chicago Press, 1994.

    6. Chau,   Adam Yuet. Religion in Contemporary China: Revitalization and Innovation.   Routledge, 2010.

    7. Dillon,   Michele. Handbook of the Sociology of Religion. Cambridge University   Press, 2003.

    8. Ecklund,   Elaine Howard. Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think.   Reprint edition. Oxford New York Auckland: Oxford University Press, 2012.

    9. Eliade,   Mircea. The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion. New York:   Harpar, 1961.

10. Ferngren, Gary B. Science and Religion: A Historical   Introduction. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.

    11. Fitzgerald,   Timothy. The Ideology of Religious Studies. New York: Oxford   University Press, 2003.

    12. Fuller,   Steve. Science v. Religion? Intelligent Design and the Problem of   Evolution. 1 edition. Cambridge: Polity, 2007.

    13. Goossaert,   Vincent, ed. Critical Readings on Chinese Religions. 4 vols. Leiden,   The Netherlands: Brill, 2013.

    14. Goossaert,   Vincent, and David A. Palmer. The Religious Question in Modern China.   Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011.

    15. Johnstone,   Ronald L. Religion in Society: A Sociology of Religion. 6th ed. Upper   Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall, 2001.

    16. Lagerwey,   John. China: A Religious State. Understanding China. Hong Kong: Hong   Kong University Press, 2010.

    17. Lagerwey,   John, and Marc Kalinowski, eds. Early Chinese Religion, Part One: Shang   through Han (1250 BC-220 AD). 1st ed. 2 vols. Handbook of Oriental   Studies, Section 4 China, 21/2. Leiden: Brill, 2008.

    18. Lagerwey,   John, and Pengzhi Lü, eds. Early Chinese Religion, Part Two: The Period of   Division (220-589 AD). 1st ed. 2 vols. Handbook of Oriental Studies,   Section 4 China, 21/2. Leiden: Brill, 2009.

    19. Marx,   Karl. Marx on Religion. Edited by John C. Raines. Philadelphia: Temple   University Press, 2002.

    20. McGrath,   Alister E. Science and Religion : A New Introduction. Chicester:   Wiley, 2011.

    21. Müller,   F. Max. ‘Chapter 1’. In An Introduction To The Science Of Religion.   London: Longmans, Green, adn Co., 1978. http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=GWMVhTxN1T0C.

    22. Nedostup,   Rebecca A. Superstitious Regimes: Religion and the Politics of Chinese   Modernity. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2009.

    23. Pals,   Daniel L. ‘Is Religion a Sui Generis Phenomenon?’ Journal of the American   Academy of Religion 55 (1987): 259–82.

    24. Schmidt-Leukel,   Perry, and Joachim Gentz, eds. Religious Diversity in Chinese Thought.   New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

    25. Smith,   Wilfred Cantwell. The Meaning and End of Religion. Minneapolis:   Fortress Press, 1991.

    26. Stanford   Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/religion-science/.

    27. Stark,   Rodney, and Roger Finke. Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of   Religion. Berkeley; Los Angeles; London: University of California Press,   2000.

    28. Stausberg,   Michael, ed. Contemporary Theories of Religion: A Critical Companion.   Abingdon, U.K. ; New York: Routledge, 2009.

29. Taylor, Mark C., ed. Critical Terms for Religious Studies.   Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.

30. Wittek, Rafael, Tom A.B. Snijders, and Victor Nee, eds. The   Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research. Stanford: Stanford   University Press, 2013. http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=21110.

    31. Yang,   Ch’ing-k’un. Religion in Chinese Society; a Study of Contemporary Social   Functions of Religion and Some of Their Historical Factors. Berkeley:   University of California Press, 1961.

課程教學團隊：Jacopo Scarin（甘雪松）    吳楊

責任教師：Jacopo Scarin（甘雪松）