Religion and psychotherapy
Course: Cultural Studies
Structural unit: Faculty of Philosophy
            Title
        
        
            Religion and psychotherapy
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ВП.3.02.04
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            Second
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2022/2023
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            3 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            3
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            To know:
subject, methods, principles of the interrelation of religion and psychotherapy;
the main stages and paradigms of the religion and psychotherapy interrelation;
basic religious psychotechniques;
the role of religion as a psychotherapeutic factor;
Be able to:
justify their worldview position on religious and psychotherapeutic concepts;
understand and objectively evaluate forms of psychological influence;
carry out expert evaluation of various psychotherapeutic methods;
Communication:
use knowledge of foreign languages to analyse information resources;
present research results;
find a strategy for relations with representatives of different worldview orientations;
Autonomy and responsibility:
to have skills of working with information, knowledge of ways to obtain it from various sources;
to solve complex problems related to the identification of concepts of the religion and psychotherapy interrelation, to conduct a tolerant dialogue with their representatives.
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Full-time form
        
    
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            To know:
the main stages and characteristics of the history of religion;
basic concepts of religion;
methods of religious studies;
basic religious concepts and categories;
modern trends in the development of religious studies.
Be able to:
collect and interpret information about the phenomena and phenomena of religion;
apply basic terms and categories of religious studies in the analysis of socio-cultural phenomena and mental processes;
identify current trends in the coexistence of different religions in the context of globalisation and interfaith dialogue.
Have :
basic skills of scientific research and processing of information sources;
critical attitude and forecasting regarding the role of the religious factor in political, economic, cultural and artistic events and phenomena.
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            Topic 1: Religion and psychotherapy: the subject field
Topic 2. Religion, psychological consulting, psychotherapy
Topic 3: Historical stages of the interrelation of religion and psychotherapy
The work of K. Levi-Strauss "The Sorcerer and his magic"
Topic 4. Religious psychotherapy as an alternative psychotherapy 
Religious psychotherapy in the context of psychoanalysis 
Topic 5. Psychotechniques in the history of religion  
Topic 6. Psychotherapeutic possibilities of religious faith 
Topic 7. Religious fanaticism and psychotherapy 
Religious fanaticism and its manifestations
Topic 8: Psychotherapeutic effects of ritual
Topic 9. Religion and psychotherapy in the context of the search for the meaning of life
Massimo Pigliucci's work "How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life".
Topic 10. Modern trends in the of religion and psychotherapy interrelation. 
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            - Eliade M. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy URL: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28022.Shamanism
- Konverskyi A., Predko O., Kharkovshchenko Ye., Nosenok B., Nesterova M. Religious Security: The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Identification of New Contexts. Obnovljeni Život. 2021. No 76(4). Р. 441–456.
- Levi-Strauss K. The Sorcerer and His Magic https://moodle.swarthmore.edu/pluginfile.php/34626/mod_resource/content/0/Levi-Strauss-%20Sorcerer%20and%20His%20Magic.pdf
- Pigliucci M. How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life. New York. Basic Books 2017. 288 p.
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lecture, seminar, self-study
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            Assessment of semester work:
1. Oral report, additions and participation in seminar discussions -24 / 30 points
2. Self-study (synopsis of texts) - 2 / 10 points
3. Self-study (research) -10 / 20 points
4. Self-study (essay writing) - 12 / 20 points
The total grade for the semester consists of the points obtained for classroom work (oral reports, supplements and participation in seminar discussions) and for independent work. All types of work for the semester have
- a maximum of 80 points
- a minimum of 48 points
Final written test - 12 / 20 points
Final assessment is conducted in the form of a test.
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            Ukrainian
        
    Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
                    Olena  
                    Illivna
                    Predko
                
                
                    Department of Religious Studies 
Faculty of Philosophy
            Faculty of Philosophy
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
                        Department of Religious Studies
                    
                    
                        Faculty of Philosophy