- Docente: Umberto Mazzone
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-STO/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Anthropology, Religions, Oriental Civilizations (cod. 8493)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in History (cod. 0962)
First cycle degree programme (L) in Anthropology, Religions, Oriental Civilizations (cod. 8493)
First cycle degree programme (L) in Humanities (cod. 8850)
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course students will know the essential characteristics of the religious and institutional history of the Western Christian Churches during the 16th-20th centuries focusing on the fundamentals. They will know the main agents and structures which, in this span of time, have created both events and phenomena. They will be able to describe and illustrate the various features of religion encountering cultures (links, hybridization, conflict), using specific instances. They will also have learnt to listen, understand and debate respectfully with different cultures and viewpoints, spotting the tie-ups among different disciplines.
Course contents
The course consists of two teaching modules (6+6 cfu): the first one,will examine the general problems of the Occidental Christian Churches, the second one, will analyse the relations between Chruches and modern and contemporary World.
Students will be introduced to one or more subjects concerning ecclesiastical institutions during Modern and Contemporary Ages and their interaction with society, and will gain the methodological and critical tools needed to carry on a research project.
Title: Catholic Church and Christian Churches facing the crisis of Modernity
Course start:I semester , 21 September 2020
Course timetable:
Monday 9-11
Tuesday 9-11
Thursday 11-13
Where: AULA CAPITANI, SAN GIOVANNI IN MONTE
Readings/Bibliography
6 cfu:
Students attending the course:
Storia del Cristianesimo. L'età moderna, a cura di G. Filoramo e D. Menozzi, vol. III, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008, the essays of E. Campi, Nascita e sviluppi del protestantesimo (secoli XVI-XVIII), pp. 3-150 and P. Vismara, Il cattolicesimo: dalla "riforma cattolica" all' assolutismo illuminato, pp. 151-290.
U.Mazzone, Governare lo Stato e curare le anime. La Chiesa di Bologna dal Quattrocento alla Rivoluzione francese, Padova, Libreriauniversitaria, 2012
U. Mazzone, Cristianesimo. Istituzioni e società dalla Rivoluzione francese alla globalizzazione, Bologna, Archetipo, 2011 (To study: Profilo storico, pp.9-116, and 12 textes from Documenti and 3 textes from Storiografia of your choice)
Students not attending the course will study one book more, choosen from the following:
Gian Luca D'Errico, L'Inquisizione di Bologna e la Congregazione del Sant'Ufficio alla fine del XVII secolo, Roma, Aracne, 2012
Sortilegi amorosi, materassi a nolo e pignattini. Processi inquisitoriali del XVII secolo fra Bologna e il Salento, a cura di U. Mazzone e C. Pancino, Roma, Carocci, 2008
A. Tallon, Il concilio di Trento, Cinisello Balsamo, ed. San Paolo, 2004
Alberto Melloni, Papa Giovanni : un cristiano e il suo concilio, Torino : Einaudi, 2009.
R. Lill, Il potere dei papi. Dall' età moderna ad oggi, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008
P. Prodi, Il paradigma tridentino. Un'epoca della storia della chiesa, Brescia, Morcelliana, 2010
G. Dall’Olio, Martin Lutero, Roma, Carocci, 2013
L. Felici, La Riforma protestante nell’ Europa del Cinquecento, Roma, Carocci, 2016
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12 cfu
Students attending the course:
Storia del Cristianesimo. L'età moderna, a cura di G. Filoramo e D. Menozzi, vol. III, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008, the essays of E. Campi, Nascita e sviluppi del protestantesimo (secoli XVI-XVIII), pp. 3-150 and P. Vismara, Il cattolicesimo: dalla "riforma cattolica" all' assolutismo illuminato, pp. 151-290.
U.Mazzone, Governare lo Stato e curare le anime. La Chiesa di Bologna dal Quattrocento alla Rivoluzione francese, Padova, Libreriauniversitaria, 2012
U. Mazzone, Cristianesimo. Istituzioni e società dalla Rivoluzione francese alla globalizzazione, Bologna, Archetipo, 2011 (To study: Profilo storico, pp.9-116, and 12 textes from Documenti and 3 textes from Storiografia of your choice)
Students attending the course will study one book, choosen from the following, too:
Students not attending the course will study two books, choosen from the following, too:
Gian Luca D'Errico, L'Inquisizione di Bologna e la Congregazione del Sant'Ufficio alla fine del XVII secolo, Roma, Aracne, 2012
Sortilegi amorosi, materassi a nolo e pignattini. Processi inquisitoriali del XVII secolo fra Bologna e il Salento, a cura di U. Mazzone e C. Pancino, Roma, Carocci, 2008
A. Tallon, Il concilio di Trento, Cinisello Balsamo, ed. San Paolo, 2004
Alberto Melloni, Papa Giovanni : un cristiano e il suo concilio, Torino : Einaudi, 2009.
R. Lill, Il potere dei papi. Dall' età moderna ad oggi, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008
P. Prodi, Il paradigma tridentino. Un'epoca della storia della chiesa, Brescia, Morcelliana, 2010
G. Dall’Olio, Martin Lutero, Roma, Carocci, 2013
L. Felici, La Riforma protestante nell’ Europa del Cinquecento, Roma, Carocci, 2016
Teaching methods
Lectures with discussion and source presentations
Assessment methods
Students who attend at least 75% of the lessons are considered to be attending.
This exam is an oral exam through which the critical and methodological abilities acquired by the student during the course will be evaluated; the student will be invited to discuss the issues addressed during the course. The following abilities will be evaluated positively: a student's ability to familiarize him/herself with bibliographical material and sources with the aim of selecting information from the literature that can be used to illustrate aspects and areas of culture pertaining to the discipline.
The ability to reach a critical and systematic vision of the discipline and the ability to demonstrate the possession of a descriptive command and of appropriate field-specific language will be rewarded with a mark of excellence.
Knowledge gaps, inappropriate language and a lack of familiarity with the bibliographical material provided during the course will not receive a pass mark.
Teaching tools
Slides, photographs and documentary material, presentation of movies.
Office hours
See the website of Umberto Mazzone
SDGs




This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.