Programme

this course aims to offer a deep knowledge e about the history of some subjects and approaches about religion and in particular about authors, works and approaches on the study of the relationship between religion and space (form the geography of religion to the geography of religions)

We will discuss competences about theories, concepts, terminology and methodologies in the study of religions places and the localization of the sacred in the space, through materiality and relations of planning

This course provides students with theoretical knowledge of religious space/site, but also with results of some empirical researches about religious sites in spaces that are increasingly heterogeneous because of human migration and diaspora phenomena.
The main case study that will be examined is case of multi-faith places in the Mediterranean area, in urban and extra-urban spaces.

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.
M.Giorda M. Burchardt, Materializzare la tolleranza: luoghi multireligiosi tra conflitto e adattamento. “Annali di Studi Religiosi” 20.

Non-attending students have to replace point 1 with one of the following books:
S. N. Eisenstadt, Civiltà Ebraica. L'esperienza storica degli Ebrei in una prospettiva comparativa, Donzelli Editore, Roma, 1993.
G. Flood, L'’induismo. Temi, tradizioni, prospettive, Einaudi, Torino, 2006.
J. Jensen, Che cosa è la Religione, Bulzoni, Roma 2017.
G. Filoramo Che cosa è la religione, Einaudi, Torino 2004.

Type of delivery of the course

Traditional lessons and fieldwork in small groups Keynote/ppt presentations

Attendance

Attendance is kont mandatory

Type of evaluation

Oral text with three open questions about the bibliography and lectures' contents