CHRISTIANITY AND RELIGIONS

M-STO/07 - 6 CFU - 1° Semester

Teaching Staff

ROSSANA BARCELLONA


Learning Objectives

Learning guidelines for various methodologies of History of Religions and critical comparative aptitude for different religious contexts.


Course Structure

The course will be mainly based on lectures, giving space to moments of discussion and debate animated by students. The lectures will be integrated by slides and other useful tools to improve the understanding of the proposed topics.

All themes will be developed with sources and studies critical reading.

The materials used (powerpoints, papers, sources) will be made available on the STUDIUM.



Detailed Course Content

Modulo A (4 cfu): History of historical research on religion: from mythology to comparative religions history. Mediterranean religious history in Antiquity and Late Antiquity: from Judaism to Islam.

Modulo B (2 cfu): Childhood, religions and society.



Textbook Information

A. History and Method (4 cfu):

R. Barcellona, La conoscenza e l’ignoranza delle religioni degli altri. L'Italia, la scuola e l'università, in una prospettiva europea, «Siculorum Gymnasium. A Journal for the Humanities» 69/2 (2017), pp. 209-231.

G. Filoramo-M. Massenzio-M. Raveri-P. Scarpi, Manuale di storia delle religioni, Bari 1998, pp. 1-137; 173-287.

G. Sfameni Gasparro, Introduzione alla storia delle religioni, Bari, Laterza 2011, pp. 231.

 

B. Childhood, religions and society (2 cfu):

R. Barcellona-T. Sardella (a cura di), Lo spazio dell’infanzia tra passato e presente. Profili, problemi, prospettive, Mimesis, Milano 2020, pp. 218.

Sardella, L’anima e il corpo dei bambini. Ambigui percorsi di cristianizzazione (III-V secolo), in A.M.G. Capomacchia-E. Zocca (a cura di), Il corpo del bambino tra realtà e metafora nelle culture antiche, Morcelliana, Brescia 2017, pp. 128-136.

R. Barcellona, Bambini invisibili. Fuori dalla famiglia dentro i canoni, in Ead., Una società allo specchio. La Gallia nei suoi concili, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2012, pp. 247-288.

 

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.




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