The student is expected to become familiar with the problem and scope of the idea of ?religion? as an element of great historical and systematic importance in philosophical reflection. They should deeply consider classical questions about the nature of religion and the meaning of notions such as God, faith, polytheism, monotheism, pantheism, agnosticism, and atheism. The student must analyze the basic questions that the philosophy of religion has raised throughout the history of philosophy and integrate them with the most significant contributions from history, sociology, and psychology. Likewise, they should understand the different configurations of religious experience in diverse traditions.
UNIT 1: Preliminary issues and general introduction to the phenomenology of religion
Topic 1: First approach to the notion of "religion"
1.1. "Religion," a European term. Evolution of the uses of the term and difficulties.
1.2. On the etymology of the Latin word "religio" and similar notions in other traditions.
Topic 2: Introduction to the phenomenological method and its application to the religious fact
2.1. Introduction to the history of the study of the religious fact.
2.2. The modern science of religions and some of its main contributions.
2.3. First approach to the phenomenological method.
2.4. Contributions of phenomenology to the study of the religious fact and the origins of the phenomenology of religion as a discipline.
Topic 3: Global consideration of the religious fact
3.1. The sacred as a specific domain of the religious.
3.2. The determining reality of the sacred: mystery.
3.3. The religious attitude of the human being.
UNIT 2: Towards an understanding of the religious phenomenon based on some of its manifestations
Topic 4: The plurality of the religious fact
4.1. National and universal religions.
4.2. Mystical and prophetic religions.
4.3. Approaches to divinity/divinities.
Topic 5: Prophetic religiosity
5.1. Judaism.
5.2. Christianity.
5.3. Islam.
5.4. New prophetic religions.
Topic 6: Configurations of the religious in other contexts
6.1. The threshold of religiosity.
6.2. Polytheism.
6.3. Dualism (Zoroastrianism).
6.4. Hinduism.
6.5. Buddhism.
6.6. Taoism and Confucianism.
The following strategies will be used for the development of the course:
Expository method: Presentation of theoretical content through face-to-face classes.
Analysis of texts and documents: Reading of texts related to the main contents of the course. Individual preparation and group discussion sessions.
Oral presentation: Students? oral presentations and exposés.
Written work: Completion of an individual written assignment related to an author, book, or topic related to the course.
In order to be assessed in the ordinary call, all activities subject to evaluation must have been completed. Assessable activities must be submitted on the dates indicated by the lecturer. If, for any duly justified reason and properly communicated to the lecturer, the activities cannot be submitted within the established period, they may be submitted before the date of the final exam of the subject, so that the lecturer can assess them. However, in this case, the lecturer is not obliged to provide feedback on those activities.
On the other hand, students have the right to take the final written exam even if they have not submitted all other assessable activities. However, the final grade for the subject will only be calculated if all required activities have been submitted, and in accordance with the evaluation criteria and weightings established in this course guide. If any activity subject to evaluation has not been completed or submitted, the student will be marked as "Not presented" in the official records for that exam session.
EXTRAORDINARY CALL
The evaluation criteria are the same as in the ordinary call; therefore, all evaluation activities required for the course must be submitted. The grades for activities already completed (including the final written exam) will be retained while pending activities are completed. If the student fails to meet the attendance and participation requirements in the ordinary call, they will be required to complete an additional activity during the extraordinary call. This activity will be presented at the beginning of the course and will carry a workload equivalent to in-class participation. The same weighting criteria as in the ordinary evaluation will apply. This measure is only valid for the current academic year. If the student fails the extraordinary call, re-enrolling in the course will require repeating the entire subject.
ON THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS:
Limitation and/or prohibition of AI tools: The use of AI tools is prohibited in this subject / teaching activity. Therefore, the use of such tools by students will be considered academic fraud and will lead to the application of the regulations in force regarding such violations.
Attendance and participation: 15%
Oral presentation of a text: 25%
Written work: 25%
Final exam: 35%
Claas Jouco BLEEKER; Geo WIDENGREN, Historia Religionum. Handbook for the History of
Religions, Leiden: Brill 1969-1971.
Juan MARTÍN VELASCO, Introducción a la fenomenología de la religión, Madrid: Trotta
2006.
Textos religiosos:
Arnaldo ALBERTI (ed.), Avesta, Turín: UTET 2013.
Juan ARNAU (ed.), Upanisad. Correspondencias Ocultas, Girona: Atalanta 2019.
Adele BERLIN; Marc ZVI BRETTLER (ed.), The Jewish Study Bible, Nueva York: Oxford
University Press USA 2014.
Rupinder S. BRAR (ed.), The Japji of Guru Nanak. A New Translation with Commentary,
Wasinghton DC: Asian Cultural History Program, Smithsonian Institution 2019.
CONFUCIO, Los cuatro libros, Barcelona: Paidós 2023.
Bibek DEBROY (ed.), The Mahabharata, Haryana: Penguin Books India 2015.
Pio FILIPPANI-RONCONI (ed.), Canone Buddhista, Turín: UTET 1968.
Consuelo MARTÍN (ed.), Bhagavad Gita, Madrid: Trotta 2017.
Seyyed Hossein NASR (ed.), The Study Quran, Nueva York: HarperCollins 2015.
Iñaki PRECIADO IDOETA (ed.), Los libros del Tao, Madrid: Trotta 2021.
Carlos RUBIO; Rumi TANI MORATALLA (ed.), Kojiki, Madrid: Trotta 2023.
Guillermo SANTAMARÍA DE PANDO; Adam Peter GRONDZIEL RICHTER (ed.), La Biblia.
Traducción interconfesional, Pamplona: Verbo Divino 2020.
Émile BENVENISTE, Vocabulario de las instituciones indoeuropeas, Madrid: Taurus 1983.
Rémi BRAGUE, Sobre la religión, Madrid: Didaskalos 2019.
Émile DURKHEIM, Las formas elementales de la vida religiosa, Madrid: Alianza 2003.
Mircea ELIADE, Tratado de historia de las religiones, 2 vol., Madrid: Cristiandad 1974.
Mircea ELIADE, Historia de las creencias y de las ideas religiosas, 4 vol., Madrid: Cristiandad
(vols. 1-3) / Barcelona: Herder (vol. 4) 1978-1996.
Mircea ELIADE, El sagrat i el profà, Barcelona: Fragmenta 2012.
James George FRAZER, La rama dorada. Magia y religión, Madrid: FCE 1951.
René GIRARD, La violencia y lo sagrado, Barcelona: Anagrama 1983.
René GIRARD, El sacrificio, Madrid: Encuentro 2012.
Jean GRONDIN, La filosofía de la religión, Barcelona: Herder 2010.
Gavin FLOOD, An Introduction to Hinduism, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1996.
Peter HARVEY, An Introduction to Buddhism, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2012.
Martin HEIDEGGER, Introducción a la fenomenología de la religión, Madrid: Siruela 2005.
Edmund HUSSERL, Fenomenologia (ed. F. Perenya Blasi), Barcelona: Edicions 62 1999.
Edmund HUSSERL, Ideas relativas a una fenomenología pura y a una filosofía
fenomenológica, México: FCE 21962.
Max MÜLLER, Mitología comparada, Barcelona: Visión Libros 1982.
Eleanor NESBITT, Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2016.
Daniel L. PALS, Ocho teorías sobre la religión, Barcelona: Herder 2013.
Gerardus van der LEEUW, Fenomenología de la religión, México: FCE 1964.
Rudolf OTTO, Ensayos sobre lo numinoso, Madrid: Trotta 2009.
Rudolf OTTO, Mística de Oriente y Occidente: Sánkara y Ekhart, Madrid: Trotta 2014.
Rudolf OTTO, Lo santo. Lo racional y lo irracional en la idea de Dios, Madrid: Alianza
32016.
Peter SMITH, An introduction to the Baha?i Faith, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
2008.
David WAINES, An Introduction to Islam, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2003.
Geo WIDENGREN, Fenomenología de la religión, Madrid: Cristiandad 1976