HISTORY OF RELIGIONS

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in HUMANITIES

Moduls:

STORIA DELLE RELIGIONI - MODULO 1

6 credits
STORIA DELLE RELIGIONI - MODULO 2

6 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

AF code:

10650910

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Final oral exam

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

Provide students with theoric and methodological guidelines in order to allow them to manage in the field of the Sacred and its historical manifestations.

Contents

Basic ideas on the subjet will be provided as well as very important aspects of some religions chosen among a wide range of types . We will face relevant theoretical and methodological aspects of the History of religions throughout Ernesto de Martino's main works. We will also emphasize the religious field and the structure of relations of forces . Eventually we will deal with examples of the religious history of Sardinia based on the complex connections within its different "levels".

Recommended Bibliography

A. BRELICH, Introduzione alla storia delle religioni: Parte prima, pp. 3-70; Parte seconda: pp. 73-108; Parte terza, pp. 151-182 e 189-229 (Le religioni politeistiche: Mesopotamia, Egitto, India vedica, Grecia, Roma); Parte quarta: three religions by choice.
E. DE MARTINO, Storia e metastoria. I fondamenti di una teoria del sacro, Argo, Lecce 1995, pp. 47-96
P. BOURDIEU, Genesi e struttura del campo religioso (photocopies)
T. PINNA, Il sacro, il diavolo e la magia popolare. Religiosità, riti e superstizioni nella storia millenaria della Sardegna, Sassari, Edes 2012 (excluding the first part, pp. 19-63)

Teaching Methods

Face to face lessons. After listening to them, students are encouraged to express personal reactions.

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