Churches, Religions and Multiculturalism

Learning about the main tools to understand and classify religious phenomena.

Acquiring in-depth knowledge about some concepts strictly and differently related to religious issues in general and to early Christianism, such as: Identity, Diversity, Laity.

The course structure will be based on frontal lectures, but students will be expected to contribute actively to the discussion on the topic under consideration with questions and answers. The frontal teaching will be supported by power point slides and other tools. The material presented in class (PowerPoint slides, sources, essays) will be available for download at the Studium platform.

A (3 ECTS): Religions of the Book

- Issues pertaining to the history of religions and methodology.

- Historical evolution and interactions of contemporary monotheisms.

- Founders of Religious traditions.

- Hebrew Bible and Catholic Bible.

- The Koran.

- Jesus in the Koran

B (3 ECTS): Religions and violence in the cinema

- Acquiring knowledge to understand religion as a dimension of cross-culturalism.

- Film and Religions: the birth of a research field and its methodology

- Film and Religions: Interpretative Research Paradigms

- Film, Women and Religions:

1. Hypatia the Philosopher

2. Joan the Pope

3. Gostanza the witch

- Film screening and discussion.

A (3 ECTS):

- G. Filoramo - F. Pajer, Di che Dio sei? Tante religioni un solo mondo, Società Editrice Internazionale, Torino 2011, pp. 170.

- P. Stefani, La Bibbia. L’Antico e il Nuovo Testamento: il libro per eccellenza, Il Mulino, Bologna 2004, pp. 133.

- P. Branca, Il Corano. Il libro della civiltà islamica, Il Mulino, Bologna 2001, pp. 120.

B (3 ECTS):

- S. Botta - E. Prinzivalli (eds.), Cinema e religioni, Carocci 2010, pp. 124.

- S. Botta-T. Canella, Le religioni e le arti: un seminario interdiscpolinare, in «Le forme e la storia» n.s. VI, 2013, 1, pp. 189-198.

- R. Barcellona, La storia in “piazza”. Alejandro Amenábar racconta Ipazia, in S. Botta-T. Canella (a cura di), Le religioni e le arti. Percorsi interdisciplinari in età contemporanea. (Quaderni SMSR 14) Roma 2015, pp. 115-129.

- R. Barcellona, Identità alterata? Riscritture cinematografiche di una leggenda medievale: la Papessa Giovanna in E. Creazzo-G. Lalomia-A. Manganaro (a cura di), Letteratura, alterità, dialogicità. Studi in onore di Antonio Pioletti, «Le Forme e la Storia» n.s. VIII, 2015, 1-2, Miscellanea Pioletti, a cura di I. Creazzo e G. Lalomia, pp. 117-134.

- R. Barcellona, Potenza della strega/Impotenza della donna. Gostanza da Libbiano di Paolo Benvenuti, «Arabeschi. Rivista internazionale di studi su letteratura e visualità» 4, 2014, pp. 15, in rivista@arabeschi.it

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.