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Religion and psychotherapy

ВП.3.02.04

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2023/2024

3 Semester

3

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.

Full-time form

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.

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.

- 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.

Lecture, seminar, self-study

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.

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