THROUGH STUDY, THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO EVALUATE RELIGIOUS FACT IN THE HISTORICAL SENSE AND ITS IMPACT ON MODERN CULTURE, AS WELL AS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DISCIPLINE.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
The course introduces the conceptual and analytical tools developed within disciplines such as history, anthropology, sociology, law, geography, cognitive sciences, and Digital Humanities, emphasizing their assumptions, objectives, research methods, and fields of application. Particular attention will be devoted to the questions that guide scholarly inquiry into religion, the different types of sources and data employed, and the ways in which these disciplines construct and interpret their object of study.
A cross-cutting theme of the course will be comparison, considered both as a research method and as a critical tool for the analysis of religious practices, beliefs, and institutions. The course will examine the possibilities, limitations, and epistemological implications of different comparative approaches, with particular attention to processes of classification, categorization, and concept formation within Religious Studies.
The course also addresses the question of religion as an analytical category, examining the ways in which the concept of “religion” is defined, applied, and employed in academic research. Students will explore the processes through which scholars identify phenomena, practices, and traditions as belonging to the sphere of religion, while critically reflecting on the interpretive models that guide such operations.
Through research examples and case studies, students will become familiar with different methodologies for the analysis of religious phenomena and will develop the ability to critically evaluate the approaches, categories, and analytical tools employed in contemporary Religious Studies.
1. Notes and readings indicated in the course (see online teaching materials and additional material to be distributed by the lecturer during lectures)
2. G. Filoramo, M. Giorda, N. Spineto, Manuale di scienze della religione, Morcelliana, Brescia 2019.
3. Geertz Armin W., Approcci cognitivi ed evoluzionistici alla religione Patron 2020
OR
G. Lapis, Dopo le “religioni mondiali”, Morcelliana 2022
OR
Brent Nongbri, Prima della religione. Storia di una categoria moderna, traduzione di Alessia Piana, Claudiana 2022.
or
D. Xygalatas, Ritual, Storia dell’umanità tra natura e magia, Feltrinelli 2023
Not attending students will replace point number 1 with:
G. Filoramo, Che cosa è la religione, Einaudi, Torino 2004.
Programme
The course aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the principal theoretical and methodological approaches employed in the study of religion and religions, highlighting the diverse disciplinary perspectives that have contributed to the analysis of religious phenomena.The course introduces the conceptual and analytical tools developed within disciplines such as history, anthropology, sociology, law, geography, cognitive sciences, and Digital Humanities, emphasizing their assumptions, objectives, research methods, and fields of application. Particular attention will be devoted to the questions that guide scholarly inquiry into religion, the different types of sources and data employed, and the ways in which these disciplines construct and interpret their object of study.
A cross-cutting theme of the course will be comparison, considered both as a research method and as a critical tool for the analysis of religious practices, beliefs, and institutions. The course will examine the possibilities, limitations, and epistemological implications of different comparative approaches, with particular attention to processes of classification, categorization, and concept formation within Religious Studies.
The course also addresses the question of religion as an analytical category, examining the ways in which the concept of “religion” is defined, applied, and employed in academic research. Students will explore the processes through which scholars identify phenomena, practices, and traditions as belonging to the sphere of religion, while critically reflecting on the interpretive models that guide such operations.
Through research examples and case studies, students will become familiar with different methodologies for the analysis of religious phenomena and will develop the ability to critically evaluate the approaches, categories, and analytical tools employed in contemporary Religious Studies.
Core Documentation
Attending Students1. Notes and readings indicated in the course (see online teaching materials and additional material to be distributed by the lecturer during lectures)
2. G. Filoramo, M. Giorda, N. Spineto, Manuale di scienze della religione, Morcelliana, Brescia 2019.
3. Geertz Armin W., Approcci cognitivi ed evoluzionistici alla religione Patron 2020
OR
G. Lapis, Dopo le “religioni mondiali”, Morcelliana 2022
OR
Brent Nongbri, Prima della religione. Storia di una categoria moderna, traduzione di Alessia Piana, Claudiana 2022.
or
D. Xygalatas, Ritual, Storia dell’umanità tra natura e magia, Feltrinelli 2023
Not attending students will replace point number 1 with:
G. Filoramo, Che cosa è la religione, Einaudi, Torino 2004.
Reference Bibliography
G. Filoramo, M. Giorda, N. Spineto, Manuale di scienze della religione, Morcelliana, Brescia 2019.Type of delivery of the course
Traditional lessons, fieldwork in small groupsAttendance
Live, with speeches and open questionsType of evaluation
Questions on the programme teacher profile teaching materials
The course introduces the conceptual and analytical tools developed within disciplines such as history, anthropology, sociology, law, geography, cognitive sciences, and Digital Humanities, emphasizing their assumptions, objectives, research methods, and fields of application. Particular attention will be devoted to the questions that guide scholarly inquiry into religion, the different types of sources and data employed, and the ways in which these disciplines construct and interpret their object of study.
A cross-cutting theme of the course will be comparison, considered both as a research method and as a critical tool for the analysis of religious practices, beliefs, and institutions. The course will examine the possibilities, limitations, and epistemological implications of different comparative approaches, with particular attention to processes of classification, categorization, and concept formation within Religious Studies.
The course also addresses the question of religion as an analytical category, examining the ways in which the concept of “religion” is defined, applied, and employed in academic research. Students will explore the processes through which scholars identify phenomena, practices, and traditions as belonging to the sphere of religion, while critically reflecting on the interpretive models that guide such operations.
Through research examples and case studies, students will become familiar with different methodologies for the analysis of religious phenomena and will develop the ability to critically evaluate the approaches, categories, and analytical tools employed in contemporary Religious Studies.
1. Notes and readings indicated in the course (see online teaching materials and additional material to be distributed by the lecturer during lectures)
2. G. Filoramo, M. Giorda, N. Spineto, Manuale di scienze della religione, Morcelliana, Brescia 2019.
3. Geertz Armin W., Approcci cognitivi ed evoluzionistici alla religione Patron 2020
OR
G. Lapis, Dopo le “religioni mondiali”, Morcelliana 2022
OR
Brent Nongbri, Prima della religione. Storia di una categoria moderna, traduzione di Alessia Piana, Claudiana 2022.
or
D. Xygalatas, Ritual, Storia dell’umanità tra natura e magia, Feltrinelli 2023
Not attending students will replace point number 1 with:
G. Filoramo, Che cosa è la religione, Einaudi, Torino 2004.
Programme
The course aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the principal theoretical and methodological approaches employed in the study of religion and religions, highlighting the diverse disciplinary perspectives that have contributed to the analysis of religious phenomena.The course introduces the conceptual and analytical tools developed within disciplines such as history, anthropology, sociology, law, geography, cognitive sciences, and Digital Humanities, emphasizing their assumptions, objectives, research methods, and fields of application. Particular attention will be devoted to the questions that guide scholarly inquiry into religion, the different types of sources and data employed, and the ways in which these disciplines construct and interpret their object of study.
A cross-cutting theme of the course will be comparison, considered both as a research method and as a critical tool for the analysis of religious practices, beliefs, and institutions. The course will examine the possibilities, limitations, and epistemological implications of different comparative approaches, with particular attention to processes of classification, categorization, and concept formation within Religious Studies.
The course also addresses the question of religion as an analytical category, examining the ways in which the concept of “religion” is defined, applied, and employed in academic research. Students will explore the processes through which scholars identify phenomena, practices, and traditions as belonging to the sphere of religion, while critically reflecting on the interpretive models that guide such operations.
Through research examples and case studies, students will become familiar with different methodologies for the analysis of religious phenomena and will develop the ability to critically evaluate the approaches, categories, and analytical tools employed in contemporary Religious Studies.
Core Documentation
Attending Students1. Notes and readings indicated in the course (see online teaching materials and additional material to be distributed by the lecturer during lectures)
2. G. Filoramo, M. Giorda, N. Spineto, Manuale di scienze della religione, Morcelliana, Brescia 2019.
3. Geertz Armin W., Approcci cognitivi ed evoluzionistici alla religione Patron 2020
OR
G. Lapis, Dopo le “religioni mondiali”, Morcelliana 2022
OR
Brent Nongbri, Prima della religione. Storia di una categoria moderna, traduzione di Alessia Piana, Claudiana 2022.
or
D. Xygalatas, Ritual, Storia dell’umanità tra natura e magia, Feltrinelli 2023
Not attending students will replace point number 1 with:
G. Filoramo, Che cosa è la religione, Einaudi, Torino 2004.
Reference Bibliography
G. Filoramo, M. Giorda, N. Spineto, Manuale di scienze della religione, Morcelliana, Brescia 2019.Type of delivery of the course
Traditional lessons, fieldwork in small groupsAttendance
Live, with speeches and open questionsType of evaluation
Questions on the programme teacher profile teaching materials
The course introduces the conceptual and analytical tools developed within disciplines such as history, anthropology, sociology, law, geography, cognitive sciences, and Digital Humanities, emphasizing their assumptions, objectives, research methods, and fields of application. Particular attention will be devoted to the questions that guide scholarly inquiry into religion, the different types of sources and data employed, and the ways in which these disciplines construct and interpret their object of study.
A cross-cutting theme of the course will be comparison, considered both as a research method and as a critical tool for the analysis of religious practices, beliefs, and institutions. The course will examine the possibilities, limitations, and epistemological implications of different comparative approaches, with particular attention to processes of classification, categorization, and concept formation within Religious Studies.
The course also addresses the question of religion as an analytical category, examining the ways in which the concept of “religion” is defined, applied, and employed in academic research. Students will explore the processes through which scholars identify phenomena, practices, and traditions as belonging to the sphere of religion, while critically reflecting on the interpretive models that guide such operations.
Through research examples and case studies, students will become familiar with different methodologies for the analysis of religious phenomena and will develop the ability to critically evaluate the approaches, categories, and analytical tools employed in contemporary Religious Studies.
1. Notes and readings indicated in the course (see online teaching materials and additional material to be distributed by the lecturer during lectures)
2. G. Filoramo, M. Giorda, N. Spineto, Manuale di scienze della religione, Morcelliana, Brescia 2019.
3. Geertz Armin W., Approcci cognitivi ed evoluzionistici alla religione Patron 2020
OR
G. Lapis, Dopo le “religioni mondiali”, Morcelliana 2022
OR
Brent Nongbri, Prima della religione. Storia di una categoria moderna, traduzione di Alessia Piana, Claudiana 2022.
or
D. Xygalatas, Ritual, Storia dell’umanità tra natura e magia, Feltrinelli 2023
Not attending students will replace point number 1 with:
G. Filoramo, Che cosa è la religione, Einaudi, Torino 2004.
Programme
The course aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the principal theoretical and methodological approaches employed in the study of religion and religions, highlighting the diverse disciplinary perspectives that have contributed to the analysis of religious phenomena.The course introduces the conceptual and analytical tools developed within disciplines such as history, anthropology, sociology, law, geography, cognitive sciences, and Digital Humanities, emphasizing their assumptions, objectives, research methods, and fields of application. Particular attention will be devoted to the questions that guide scholarly inquiry into religion, the different types of sources and data employed, and the ways in which these disciplines construct and interpret their object of study.
A cross-cutting theme of the course will be comparison, considered both as a research method and as a critical tool for the analysis of religious practices, beliefs, and institutions. The course will examine the possibilities, limitations, and epistemological implications of different comparative approaches, with particular attention to processes of classification, categorization, and concept formation within Religious Studies.
The course also addresses the question of religion as an analytical category, examining the ways in which the concept of “religion” is defined, applied, and employed in academic research. Students will explore the processes through which scholars identify phenomena, practices, and traditions as belonging to the sphere of religion, while critically reflecting on the interpretive models that guide such operations.
Through research examples and case studies, students will become familiar with different methodologies for the analysis of religious phenomena and will develop the ability to critically evaluate the approaches, categories, and analytical tools employed in contemporary Religious Studies.
Core Documentation
Attending Students1. Notes and readings indicated in the course (see online teaching materials and additional material to be distributed by the lecturer during lectures)
2. G. Filoramo, M. Giorda, N. Spineto, Manuale di scienze della religione, Morcelliana, Brescia 2019.
3. Geertz Armin W., Approcci cognitivi ed evoluzionistici alla religione Patron 2020
OR
G. Lapis, Dopo le “religioni mondiali”, Morcelliana 2022
OR
Brent Nongbri, Prima della religione. Storia di una categoria moderna, traduzione di Alessia Piana, Claudiana 2022.
or
D. Xygalatas, Ritual, Storia dell’umanità tra natura e magia, Feltrinelli 2023
Not attending students will replace point number 1 with:
G. Filoramo, Che cosa è la religione, Einaudi, Torino 2004.
Reference Bibliography
G. Filoramo, M. Giorda, N. Spineto, Manuale di scienze della religione, Morcelliana, Brescia 2019.Type of delivery of the course
Traditional lessons, fieldwork in small groupsAttendance
Live, with speeches and open questionsType of evaluation
Questions on the programme teacher profile teaching materials
The course introduces the conceptual and analytical tools developed within disciplines such as history, anthropology, sociology, law, geography, cognitive sciences, and Digital Humanities, emphasizing their assumptions, objectives, research methods, and fields of application. Particular attention will be devoted to the questions that guide scholarly inquiry into religion, the different types of sources and data employed, and the ways in which these disciplines construct and interpret their object of study.
A cross-cutting theme of the course will be comparison, considered both as a research method and as a critical tool for the analysis of religious practices, beliefs, and institutions. The course will examine the possibilities, limitations, and epistemological implications of different comparative approaches, with particular attention to processes of classification, categorization, and concept formation within Religious Studies.
The course also addresses the question of religion as an analytical category, examining the ways in which the concept of “religion” is defined, applied, and employed in academic research. Students will explore the processes through which scholars identify phenomena, practices, and traditions as belonging to the sphere of religion, while critically reflecting on the interpretive models that guide such operations.
Through research examples and case studies, students will become familiar with different methodologies for the analysis of religious phenomena and will develop the ability to critically evaluate the approaches, categories, and analytical tools employed in contemporary Religious Studies.
1. Notes and readings indicated in the course (see online teaching materials and additional material to be distributed by the lecturer during lectures)
2. G. Filoramo, M. Giorda, N. Spineto, Manuale di scienze della religione, Morcelliana, Brescia 2019.
3. Geertz Armin W., Approcci cognitivi ed evoluzionistici alla religione Patron 2020
OR
G. Lapis, Dopo le “religioni mondiali”, Morcelliana 2022
OR
Brent Nongbri, Prima della religione. Storia di una categoria moderna, traduzione di Alessia Piana, Claudiana 2022.
or
D. Xygalatas, Ritual, Storia dell’umanità tra natura e magia, Feltrinelli 2023
Not attending students will replace point number 1 with:
G. Filoramo, Che cosa è la religione, Einaudi, Torino 2004.
Programme
The course aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the principal theoretical and methodological approaches employed in the study of religion and religions, highlighting the diverse disciplinary perspectives that have contributed to the analysis of religious phenomena.The course introduces the conceptual and analytical tools developed within disciplines such as history, anthropology, sociology, law, geography, cognitive sciences, and Digital Humanities, emphasizing their assumptions, objectives, research methods, and fields of application. Particular attention will be devoted to the questions that guide scholarly inquiry into religion, the different types of sources and data employed, and the ways in which these disciplines construct and interpret their object of study.
A cross-cutting theme of the course will be comparison, considered both as a research method and as a critical tool for the analysis of religious practices, beliefs, and institutions. The course will examine the possibilities, limitations, and epistemological implications of different comparative approaches, with particular attention to processes of classification, categorization, and concept formation within Religious Studies.
The course also addresses the question of religion as an analytical category, examining the ways in which the concept of “religion” is defined, applied, and employed in academic research. Students will explore the processes through which scholars identify phenomena, practices, and traditions as belonging to the sphere of religion, while critically reflecting on the interpretive models that guide such operations.
Through research examples and case studies, students will become familiar with different methodologies for the analysis of religious phenomena and will develop the ability to critically evaluate the approaches, categories, and analytical tools employed in contemporary Religious Studies.
Core Documentation
Attending Students1. Notes and readings indicated in the course (see online teaching materials and additional material to be distributed by the lecturer during lectures)
2. G. Filoramo, M. Giorda, N. Spineto, Manuale di scienze della religione, Morcelliana, Brescia 2019.
3. Geertz Armin W., Approcci cognitivi ed evoluzionistici alla religione Patron 2020
OR
G. Lapis, Dopo le “religioni mondiali”, Morcelliana 2022
OR
Brent Nongbri, Prima della religione. Storia di una categoria moderna, traduzione di Alessia Piana, Claudiana 2022.
or
D. Xygalatas, Ritual, Storia dell’umanità tra natura e magia, Feltrinelli 2023
Not attending students will replace point number 1 with:
G. Filoramo, Che cosa è la religione, Einaudi, Torino 2004.
Reference Bibliography
G. Filoramo, M. Giorda, N. Spineto, Manuale di scienze della religione, Morcelliana, Brescia 2019.Type of delivery of the course
Traditional lessons, fieldwork in small groupsAttendance
Live, with speeches and open questionsType of evaluation
Questions on the programme