doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.

Department vice-head, Department for the Study of Religions

Correspondence Address:
Arna Nováka 1/1, 602 00 Brno

Office: bldg. L/207
Veveří 468/26
602 00 Brno

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Field of study: Study of Religions

Cistercians, heresy and persecution: Politicising the Cistercian anti-heretical fight, 1145-1184 – graduate 2021
Mysteries of Evil: The Thematization of Ritual Devil Worship Imagery in Late Medieval Inquisitorial Trials – graduate 2021
Impact of Factors Involved in the Early Spread of the Isiac Cults Across the Aegean Sea: A Quantitative Evaluation – graduate 2018

Visual and narrative representations of magic in video games and their re-implementation into the contemporary magical practice – ongoing study
A computational analysis of the deponents' beliefs and relationship networks in the inquisitorial register of Bologna (1291-1310) – ongoing study
Alchemical mind: Towards the digital archeology of transmission of the symbolic representation of knowledge – ongoing study
Writings of Petr Chelčický and Lukáš Pražský from a Weberian Perspective – graduate 2024

The Magical Self: An Investigation into the cultural and cognitive mechanism of magical training and identity development – ongoing study
The reception of Christianity in Korea and Vietnam in the light of the linguistic analysis of the Christian terminology – ongoing study