Teaching code

4S02209

Teacher

Giulia Pedrucci

Coordinator

Giulia Pedrucci

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

• History of religions (i) of the course Bachelor’s degree in Humanities

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-STO/06 - HISTORY OF RELIGIONS

Period

CuCi 2 A, CuCi 2 B

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

Students will be initiated into a critical approach to the judgments provided by different societies on religious phenomena and will therefore be compared with a series of texts and documents describing rituals and practices. The documentation analyzed will propose a broad diachronic vision of the phenomena, such as to allow an evaluation of the different modalities in which they were conceived over time and in different cultures. At the end of the course students must be able to demonstrate understanding of the fundamental problems dealing with in the course, to know how to critically analyze both the sources and the iconographies examined, to expose their arguments in a clear and articulated way.

Prerequisites and basic notions

None.

Program

The course is divided into two parts. The first is on the methodology of the history of religions, and the second is on the topic illustrated below.
Mothering and religions in the classical world and early Christianity. Analysis of the social and religious construction of motherhood by male authorities. Mary's motherhood in the Apocryphal Gospels and how it is reread in contemporary works (Mistero buffo, La buona novella and others).

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Face-to-face lessons.

Learning assessment procedures

Modalità di valutazione: accertamento orale durante l’esame. Le domande che verranno poste saranno volte a verificare il livello di apprendimento e verranno eventualmente chiesti approfondimenti con riferimento a testi e documenti discussi durante il corso. In caso non sia possibile effettuare la prova in presenza, l'esame verrà svolto oralmente tramite Zoom.

Evaluation criteria

Each student will be asked at least two questions: the vote (out of thirty) will be attributed taking into account the knowledge acquired, the ability to range significantly in other disciplines, the ability to establish links between the different moments in the history of religions.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Not relevant

Exam language

Italiano (su richiesta in inglese per Erasmus)