Type of course: |
Compulsory |
Language of instruction: |
Romanian |
Erasmus Language of instruction: |
English, French |
Name of lecturer: |
Oliviu-Petru Botoi |
Seminar tutor: |
Oliviu-Petru Botoi |
Form of education |
Full-time |
Form of instruction: |
Class |
Number of teaching hours per semester: |
48 |
Number of teaching hours per week: |
3 |
Semester: |
Summer |
Form of receiving a credit for a course: |
Grade |
Number of ECTS credits allocated |
4 |
Course aims:
Acquiring in-depth knowledge of the moral and social role of the family today;
Realization of the importance of knowing the parents' debts towards the children and of the children towards the parents;
Developing the feeling of patriotism and assuming the Fatherland as a place of salvation in the ethnic communion of the nation;
Broadening the horizons regarding the forms of patriotic extremism - chauvinism and cosmopolitanism;
Knowledge of biblical and patristic grounds for defining and maintaining peace;
Course Entry Requirements:
-
Course contents:
The family in the light of Christian morality;
Christian morality and patriotism;
The Christian conception of peace;
The Church's responsibility in today's world;
Theology and spiritualization of the Christian life (I-IV)
Teaching methods:
Lecture, exemplification, conversation, debate.
Learning outcomes:
Know the moral and social role of the family;
Know the duties of parents to children and children to parents;
Defines patriotism and knows the forms of patriotic extremism;
Knows the Christian conception of peace and the biblical and patristic grounds for peace;
Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:
Lists parents' debts to children;Lists children's debts to parents:Defines the homeland and patriotism;He knows at least one biblical basis for peace;Written paper-interpretative essay – 10%. Frontal evaluation/ Oral exam: 90%.
Recommended reading:
Sophrony Sacharov,
We Shall See Him As He Is, Stravropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist
, Essex
, 1985
, 214
Vladimir Lossky,
Essai sur la théologie mystique de l'Église d'Orient, Cerf
, Paris
, 2006
, 266
Saint Paisios of Mt. Athos,
Spiritual Counsels, Volume 4: Family Life, St. Tikhons Monastery
, Waymart
, 2010
, 318