Course code

HIK6012.HT

old course code

HIK6012

Course title in Estonian

Maailma usundid

Course title in English

Religions of the World

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To obtain prerequisites for the application of the contemporary methods in religious studies.

Brief description of the course

A historical overview of the development of religious studies as an independent discipline from the end of the 19th century up to the present. An introduction into the different branches of religious studies: sociology of religion, philosophy of religion, archeology, anthropology, theology, psychology of religion etc. Students are to prepare an independent report on the choice of method for a study of a particular religion.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has knowledge of main religions of the world;
- has ability to analyse the main components of the main religions of the world.

Teacher

Jaan Lahe, Dr

The course is a prerequisite

Study programmes containing that course

Philosophy (HIFIB/15.HT)
Psychology (PSPSB/15.LT)
Finnish Philology (EKSOB/15.HT)
German Language and Culture (GRSB/15.HT)
Choreography (KUKOB/15.FK)
Audiovisual media (BFMB/15.FK)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/15.HT)
Russian Philology (SKVB/15.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAB/15.HT)
Theory of Culture (HIKTB/15.HT)
History (AIAJB/15.HT)
Anthropology (HIANB/15.HT)
English Language and Culture (GRIB/15.HT)
Art Education (KUKUB/15.FK)
Art Education (KUKUB/14.FK)
English Language and Culture (GRIB/14.HT)
Choreography (KUKOB/14.FK)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/14.HT)
Theory of Culture (HIKTB/14.HT)
Finnish Philology (EKSOB/14.HT)
Psychology (PSPSB/14.LT)
Film Arts (BFFVB/14.FK)
Anthropology (HIANB/14.HT)
Audiovisual media (BFMB/14.FK)
Philosophy (HIFIB/14.HT)
German Language and Culture (GRSB/14.HT)
Russian Philology (SKVB/14.HT)
History (AIAJB/14.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAB/14.HT)
Art Education (KUKUB/13.FK)
History (AIAJB/13.HT)
Anthropology (HIANB/13.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAB/13.HT)
Theory of Culture (HIKTB/13.HT)
Choreography (KUKOB/13.FK)
Philosophy (HIFIB/13.HT)
English Language and Culture (GRIB/13.HT)
Finnish Philology (EKSOB/13.HT)
German Language and Culture (GRSB/13.HT)
Psychology (PSPSB/13.LT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/13.HT)
Audiovisual media (BFMB/13.FK)
Russian Philology (SKVB/13.HT)
Audiovisual media (BFMB/12.FK)
Philosophy (HIFIB/12.HT)
Psychology (PSPSB/12.LT)
German Language and Culture (GRSB/12.HT)
Choreography (KUKOB/12.FK)
Asian Studies (HILAB/12.HT)
Theory of Culture (HIKTB/12.HT)
Finnish Philology (EKSOB/12.HT)
Anthropology (HIANB/12.HT)
Russian Philology (SKVB/12.HT)
Russian Philology (SKVB/00.HT)
English Language and Culture (GRIB/12.HT)
Art Education (KUKUB/12.FK)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/12.HT)
History (AIAJB/12.HT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/11.LT)
Humanities (KKHB/11_2.HT)
German Language and Culture (GRSB/11.HT)
Art Education (KUKUB/11.FK)
Physics (with Minor Field of Study) (MLFB/11.LT)
Estonian Philology (EKEB/11.HT)
Philosophy (HIFIB/11.HT)
Theory of Culture (HIKTB/11.HT)
Estonian as a Second Language and Estonian Culture (EKEVB/11.HT)
Journalism (SKAMB/11.FK)
Reviewer-Editor (EKRTB/11.HT)
Russian Language as a Foreign Language (SKVVB/11.HT)
English Language and Culture (GRIB/11.HT)
Choreography (KUKOB/11.FK)
Humanities (KKHB/11_1.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAB/11.HT)
Finnish Philology (EKSOB/11.HT)
Russian Philology (SKVB/11.HT)
History (AIAJB/11.HT)
Estonian as a Second Language and Estonian Culture (EKEVB/00.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/11.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/10.HT)
Russian Philology (SKVB/10E.HT)
English Language and Culture (GRIB/10.HT)
German Language and Culture (GRSB/10.HT)
Finnish Philology (EKSOB/10.HT)
Russian Philology (SKVB/10.HT)
Russian Language as a Foreign Language (SKVVB/10.HT)
Journalism (SKAMB/10.FK)
Reviewer-Editor (EKRTB/10.HT)
History (AIAJB/10.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAB/10.HT)
Philosophy (HIFIB/10.HT)
Theory of Culture (HIKTB/10.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/10_1.HT)
Estonian Philology (EKEB/10.HT)
Estonian as a Second Language and Estonian Culture (EKEVB/10.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/10_2.HT)
Journalism (SKAMB/10E.FK)
Russian Language as a Foreign Language (SKVVB/10E.HT)
Teacher of History and Civic (AIAOM/11.HT)
Choreography (KUKOB/10.FK)
Film Arts (BFFVB/10.FK)
Music (KUMUB/10.FK)
Physics (with Minor Field of Study) (MLFB/10.LT)
Art Education (KUKUB/10.FK)
Music (KUMUB/09_2E.FK)
Teacher of History and Civic (AIAOM/10.HT)
Music (KUMUB/09_T.FK)
History (AIAJB/09.HT)
Music (KUMUB/09_2T.FK)
Music (KUMUB/09_3E.FK)
Music (KUMUB/09_1E.FK)
Theory of Culture (HIKTB/09.HT)
Music (KUMUB/09_3T.FK)
Art Education (KUKUB/09.FK)
Music (KUMUB/09_E.FK)
Music (KUMUB/09_1T.FK)
Art Education (KUKUB/08.FK)
Film Arts (BFFVB/08.FK)
History (AIAJB/08.HT)
Teacher of History and Civic (AIAOM/09.HT)
Teacher of History and Civic (AIAOM/08.HT)
History (AIAJB/07.HT)
Art Education (KUKUB/07.FK)
Teacher of History and Civic (AIAOM/07.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAB/06.HT)
History (AIAJB/06.HT)
Teacher of History and Civic (AIAOM/06.HT)
History (AIAJB/05.HT)
Teacher of History and Civic (AIAOM/05.HT)
History (AIAJB/04.HT)
Estonian Philology (EKEB/00.HT)
History (AIAJB/00.HT)
Finnish Philology (EKSOB/00.HT)
Psychology (PSPSB/00.LT)
English Language and Culture (GRIB/00.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/00.HT)