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Laurea magistrale in Scienze filosofiche - Enrollment from 2025/2026

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2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2011/2012

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Prova finale
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activated in the A.Y. 2011/2012
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Prova finale
30
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Teaching code

4S02310

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-STO/06 - HISTORY OF RELIGIONS

Period

Primo semestre dal Oct 4, 2010 al Jan 22, 2011.

Learning outcomes

The reality of many cultural mediations in the religious experience will demonstrate the importance of literature and art as a means of approaching the divine.

Program

Prerequisites:
N.B. Only those who have followed and completed the undergraduate course can apply to this course. It is requested that students have a knowledge of the religious texts, especially the principal texts of the Abramic tradition: Ta.Na.K., New Testament and Coran.

Course content:
Mystical scripture between Apophatism and Silence.
Reading of Noche oscura del alma ("Dark Night of the Soul") of St.John of the Cross in Spanish and Italian edition.

Reading list:
P. A. Carozzi, Rendere sensibile il divino. Le arti nelle religioni, Chimera Editore, Milano 2009.
Giovanni della Croce,La notte oscura,con una nota di A.Morino,traduzione di M.Nicola,Sellerio,Palermo 1995 or other Italian editions.
For original Spanish text, cfr. San Juan de la Cruz,La noche oscura del alma,in Obra completa,edd. L.Lopez Baralt and E.Pacho, Alianza Editorial,Madrid 1991.
P.A. Carozzi, Gerolamo di Stridone o della traduzione biblica, Chimera Editore, Milano 2008.
The student must have at least a basic knowledge of the Bible. It is possible to consult : La Bibbia di Gerusalemme,EDB,Bologna 2007.
Further reading lists will be given during the course.

Didactic methods:
Seminars with active student participation alternating with lectures.

Examination Methods

Oral test. The participation in the seminars of each individual student will also be taken into consideration.

N.B. Those who do not attend the course will have to provide the teacher with a written essay, referring to the course bibliography.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE