Acquisition of deepened and detailed knowledge of remarkable questions of the history of the ancient Christianity, analyzing sources of different typology and facing the historiographical debate. Acquisition of the scientific tools of search and of the necessary methodological principles for reading the sources. Ability to express and to communicate in form clear autonomous judgments on the analyzed matters.
Curriculum
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Early Christian sexual ethics
Semester: I, 6 CFU
During the first centuries, Christians elaborated their own sexual ethics, which can be understood only if framed within a broader scenario that includes Greco-Roman philosophical and literary reflection and the Jewish heritage.
The course, through the reading of primary sources and the survey of some significant scholarly approaches to the topic, seeks to explore the main ideas of eros, sexuality and sensuality current in the ancient Christian world and their reflections in the social, cultural and political spheres. In particular, debates about the best form of life - between virginity and marriage -, encratite conceptions, the emergence of a Christian marriage ethic, the condemnation of adultery, and the issue of homosexuality will be considered.
Bibliographic material will be indicated and provided during the course.
Non-attending students
P. Brown, The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity, Columbia University Press, 2008
J. Le Goff, Une Histoire du corps au Moyen-Age, Liana Lévi, Paris 2003.
Programme
Course title 2021-2022Early Christian sexual ethics
Semester: I, 6 CFU
During the first centuries, Christians elaborated their own sexual ethics, which can be understood only if framed within a broader scenario that includes Greco-Roman philosophical and literary reflection and the Jewish heritage.
The course, through the reading of primary sources and the survey of some significant scholarly approaches to the topic, seeks to explore the main ideas of eros, sexuality and sensuality current in the ancient Christian world and their reflections in the social, cultural and political spheres. In particular, debates about the best form of life - between virginity and marriage -, encratite conceptions, the emergence of a Christian marriage ethic, the condemnation of adultery, and the issue of homosexuality will be considered.
Core Documentation
Attending studentsBibliographic material will be indicated and provided during the course.
Non-attending students
P. Brown, The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity, Columbia University Press, 2008
J. Le Goff, Une Histoire du corps au Moyen-Age, Liana Lévi, Paris 2003.
Type of delivery of the course
Course attendance is not mandatory but highly recommended. During the lessons, there will be methods to assess the profit through the interaction between teacher and students and the elaboration (and eventually presentation in class) of a short paper.Type of evaluation
Final exam: The final exam will be oral and will focus on three questions. For attending students one of these will be replaced by a discussion on the results of the short paper. teacher profile teaching materials
Early Christian sexual ethics
Semester: I, 6 CFU
During the first centuries, Christians elaborated their own sexual ethics, which can be understood only if framed within a broader scenario that includes Greco-Roman philosophical and literary reflection and the Jewish heritage.
The course, through the reading of primary sources and the survey of some significant scholarly approaches to the topic, seeks to explore the main ideas of eros, sexuality and sensuality current in the ancient Christian world and their reflections in the social, cultural and political spheres. In particular, debates about the best form of life - between virginity and marriage -, encratite conceptions, the emergence of a Christian marriage ethic, the condemnation of adultery, and the issue of homosexuality will be considered.
Bibliographic material will be indicated and provided during the course.
Non-attending students
P. Brown, The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity, Columbia University Press, 2008
J. Le Goff, Une Histoire du corps au Moyen-Age, Liana Lévi, Paris 2003.
Programme
Course title 2021-2022Early Christian sexual ethics
Semester: I, 6 CFU
During the first centuries, Christians elaborated their own sexual ethics, which can be understood only if framed within a broader scenario that includes Greco-Roman philosophical and literary reflection and the Jewish heritage.
The course, through the reading of primary sources and the survey of some significant scholarly approaches to the topic, seeks to explore the main ideas of eros, sexuality and sensuality current in the ancient Christian world and their reflections in the social, cultural and political spheres. In particular, debates about the best form of life - between virginity and marriage -, encratite conceptions, the emergence of a Christian marriage ethic, the condemnation of adultery, and the issue of homosexuality will be considered.
Core Documentation
Attending studentsBibliographic material will be indicated and provided during the course.
Non-attending students
P. Brown, The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity, Columbia University Press, 2008
J. Le Goff, Une Histoire du corps au Moyen-Age, Liana Lévi, Paris 2003.
Type of delivery of the course
Course attendance is not mandatory but highly recommended. During the lessons, there will be methods to assess the profit through the interaction between teacher and students and the elaboration (and eventually presentation in class) of a short paper.Type of evaluation
Final exam: The final exam will be oral and will focus on three questions. For attending students one of these will be replaced by a discussion on the results of the short paper.