Programme

In this part of the class, will be presented some disciplinary perspective on the study about religion(s); attention will be given to the theme of geography and space as connected to religions from a transdisciplinary perspective. This allows students to observe the religious stratification in a certain territory and theorize its dynamics and strategies. Religious sites are not only places of worship, they are also places where ownership, consuetude, negotiation of interests, creation of symbolic resources, share capital have been challenged. This course provides students with theoretical knowledge of religious space/site, but also with results of some empirical researches about religious sites in cities that are increasingly heterogeneous because of human migration and diaspora phenomena.

Core Documentation

For attending students:
1. Notes taken and readings suggested during the course (see uploaded materials)
2. G. Filoramo, M. Giorda, N. Spineto, Manuale di Scienze della religione Morcelliana Brescia 2019
3. C. Russo, A. Saggioro, Roma città plurale, Bulzoni, Roma 2017 oppure M. Burchardt M. Giorda Materializzare la tolleranza: il luoghi multireligiosi, Annali di Trento FBK 2019

Non-attending students have to replace point 1 with the following:
D. Albera, M. Couroucli, I luoghi sacri comuni ai monoteismi. Tra cristianesimo, ebraismo e islam. Brescia, Morcelliana, 2013.

Reference Bibliography

C. Russo, A. Saggioro, Roma città plurale, Bulzoni, Roma 2017. Burchardt Giorda Materializzare la tolleranza: il luoghi multi, Annali di Trento FBK 2019D. Albera, M. Couroucli, I luoghi sacri comuni ai monoteismi. Tra cristianesimo, ebraismo e islam. Brescia, Morcelliana, 2013.

Type of delivery of the course

Traditional lectures and fieldwork in little groups

Attendance

The attendance is not mandatory

Type of evaluation

Oral text will concern books and notes from the class work. Three open questions