The student will acquire in-depth and detailed knowledge of relevant issues in the history of Christianity at different times, through the analysis of different types of sources and the comparison with secondary literature. It will acquire scientific research tools and methodological principles necessary for reading the sources. The student will also acquire critical skills in the collection and interpretation of data, in order to express and communicate in a scientifically correct language independent judgments on the analyzed issues.
teacher profile teaching materials
Starting from the historiographical discussion on the relationship between the feminine and the sacred, the course intends to analyse models and experiences of the presence and role of women within Christian Churches, ecclesiastical institutions and religious life, highlighting their paths and their evolution in the last two centuries in conjunction with the epochal changes in society, customs and culture that have involved women and their social, cultural and religious status. Sources produced by women themselves or concerning them and historiographical debates on the presence and role of women in life and management of Churches and in the related spirituality will be taken into consideration.
- PAOLA GAIOTTI DE BIASE, Vissuto religioso e secolarizzazione. Le donne nella “rivoluzione più lunga”, Roma, Studium, 2006.
- Donne cristiane e sacerdozio. Dalle origini all’età contemporanea, a cura di DINORA CORSI, Roma, Viella, 2004, pp. 217-271.
Programme
Women in Modern ChristianityStarting from the historiographical discussion on the relationship between the feminine and the sacred, the course intends to analyse models and experiences of the presence and role of women within Christian Churches, ecclesiastical institutions and religious life, highlighting their paths and their evolution in the last two centuries in conjunction with the epochal changes in society, customs and culture that have involved women and their social, cultural and religious status. Sources produced by women themselves or concerning them and historiographical debates on the presence and role of women in life and management of Churches and in the related spirituality will be taken into consideration.
Core Documentation
- Source dossier provided by the teacher through the online bulletin board.- PAOLA GAIOTTI DE BIASE, Vissuto religioso e secolarizzazione. Le donne nella “rivoluzione più lunga”, Roma, Studium, 2006.
- Donne cristiane e sacerdozio. Dalle origini all’età contemporanea, a cura di DINORA CORSI, Roma, Viella, 2004, pp. 217-271.
Reference Bibliography
Attending students will be provided with other indications during the lessons. Non-attending students are asked to agree on the program with the teacher. It is recommended to those who have never supported an examination on the modern history of Christianity to provide a manual, for example: Storia del Cristianesimo, a cura di G. Filoramo e D. Menozzi, Roma.Bari, Laterza, 1995 or Storia del Cristianesimo, dir. E. PRINZIVALLI, IV. L'età contemporanea (secc. XIX-XXI), a cura di GIOVANNI VIAN, Roma, Carocci, 2015 (Frecce, 195), or another in different language.Type of delivery of the course
We will try to make students acquire the ability to read and critically interpret historical essays and to deepen its historiographical debates, in order to provide them with methodological expertise to independently develop their own research paths, scientifically analysing the sources and the relative historiography. There will then be held methodological lessons and practical research exercises, discussion of the historiography and use of tools and aids.Attendance
Attendance is optional, but it is strongly recommended for the seminar method of the course, which involves the active participation of students.Type of evaluation
A final oral exam is scheduled, but during the lessons there will be methods to assess the profit through the interaction between teacher and students and the elaboration and presentation in class of a paper.