Course MTC101 · Year I · Autumn 2024-2025

Religious geopolitics: Islam and Christianity in dialogue

Compulsory course in Comparative Theology, taught by Ioan Emil Jurcan.

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Overview

Lecturer
Ioan Emil Jurcan
Seminar tutor
Ioan Emil Jurcan
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Theology - Masters
Field of study
Comparative Theology
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, debate, presentation.

Aims

To analyze the causes for which such manifestations have appeared over time, with a deeper or more low intensity

To analyze the causes for which such manifestations have appeared over time, with a deeper or more low intensity.

To identify and present the causes of acts of violence manifested in the name of religion over time, but more chosen in contemporary times in different parts of the world.

Course contents

1. Religion and violence in prehistory Lecture
2. Religion and violence among ancient peoples infidel
3. Religion and violence in the Old Testament 
4. Religion and Violence in the New Testament 
5. Religion and violence in the first millennium Christian
6. Religion and violence in Islam  
7. Examples of violent religious patterns in the Middle Ages: the Crusades and the Inquisition
8. Religion, Reformation and violence in the sec. XVI 
9. Violent and bloody religions: pre-Columbians
10. Violence in the name of religion in sects neo-Protestants of the contemporary era
11. Amplification of Islamic extremism in the last decades
12. Religions in conflict: Hinduism and Islamism 
13. Persecution in the name of religion: from Nero to atheist communism
14. Authentic Agapic Christian theology at beginning of the third millennium

Learning outcomes

The discipline aims to present the religious extremism of any nuance present in contemporary society, the way violent manifestation of it, as well as the alternative authenticity of an agapic, solidary and empathetic, both in the Christian environment and in other religions.

Assessment

Oral exam 70% and implication in seminar 30%

Recommended reading

Religii în dialog
. Nicolae Achimescu
Edit. Trinitas, Iasi, 2003 · -
Duhul Sfânt şi provocările contemporane ale lumii
Emil Jurcan
Edit. Reîntregirea, Alba Iulia, 1999 · -
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