CHURCHES RELIGIONS AND MULTICULTURALISM
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: Rossana BARCELLONAExpected Learning Outcomes
Course Structure
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.
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
OptionalDetailed Course Content
Module 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
Module B (3 ECTS): Religions 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.
Textbook Information
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presentation of the program and clarifications on the syllabus. Matters of method and statute of the discipline. | Supplementary teaching materials (made available during lessons or during office hours) |
| 2 | History and meanings of the term religio. | Supplementary teaching materials (made available during lessons or during office hours) |
| 3 | Religions and contemporaneity: belonging without believing or believing without belonging? The sacred and the spirituality: ingredients of civilizations. | Filoramo-Pajer, Di che Dio sei?, capp. 1 e 2 |
| 4 | Classifying religions: criteria and problems. Religious pluralism in history. | Filoramo-Pajer, Di che Dio sei?, capp. 3 e 4 |
| 5 | Religions and identity. | Filoramo-Pajer, Di che Dio sei?, capp. 5, 6, 7 e 8 |
| 6 | the Bible | Stefani, La Bibbia |
| 7 | The Koran | Branca, Il Corano |
| 8 | Jesus in the Corano | Supplementary teaching materials (made available during lessons or during office hours) |
| 9 | Religions and cinema | Botta-Prinzivalli, Cinema e religioni. |
| 10 | Women, religions and cinema | Barcellona, Donne in scena. Saperi, poteri, religioni. |
| 11 | Film screening and discussion. |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
in itinere test will be on module A = written questionnaire or, based on the number of students, seminar activity on topics related to module A
(optional).
The correction will be discussed and the results will be announced during class or reception hours. The vote will be expressed out of thirty and will remain valid for one calendar year. The in itinere test is a tool to verify the degree of learning achieved, but above all the effectiveness of the study method adopted. For this reason, this test will be considered in the definition of the final evaluation at the discretion of the students. final oral exam will be on module B (on modules A and B for those who have not completed the in itinere test).
For the final judgment on the exam, the in itinere test (in agreement with the student) will be taken into account proportionally, but not strictly
mathematically. In the evaluation of the oral exam, will be taken into consideration not only the knowledge of the fundamental contents, but alsothe mastery of historiographic problems, lexical properties and critical and argumentative skills.Non-attending students are required to contact the teacher before taking the exam.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
- Categories and classifications for orienting between religions.
- What is a sacred book?
- Formation of the Koran.
- Interpretative paradigms and cinema of historical-religious interest.
- The reception of historical figures in the cinema.