prof. 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 inquisitorial language and relationship networks in the inquisition register of Bologna (1291-1310) – ongoing study
Alchemical Florilegia: Towards a Digital Archaeology of Medieval Texts and Symbols – graduate 2025
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