Overview
Lecturer
Ileana Burnichioiu
Seminar tutor
Ileana Burnichioiu
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
History
Field of study
History
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
lecture, conversation, exemplification.
Aims
The aim of the course is to interpret at an elementary level the information in the bibliography and historical databases, to explain the main concepts, phenomena and historical processes
The course also aims to use the basic concepts and methods of at least one other social science or humanities or a frontier discipline.
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Course contents
- Topics and bibliography. Notions: “religion”, “religious beliefs”, “history of religions ”,“ doctrine ”,“ theology ”,“ dogma ”.
- The history of religions in modern culture: schools, methods, personalities.
- Religious beliefs and practices in Mesopotamia and the Near East.
- Religious beliefs and practices in pre-Hellenic (Crete and Mycenae) and Hellenic Greece.
- Roman religion.
- Zoroastrianism
- Judaism (I)
- The origins of Christianity; source; Jesus of Nazareth; the birth of the Christian Church.
- Religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Slavs.
- Christianity in the Middle Ages
Learning outcomes
The main objective of the course is to introduce major topics, which can provide a comparative perspective of religious beliefs and practices, from prehistory to the so-called “religions of the book”.
Assessment
course written exam 30%, course oral exam 30%, seminar oral exam 40%
Recommended reading
Istoria hasidismului,
Dubnov S.,
București, 1998
Mit şi gândire în Grecia antică
Vernant J.P
București, 1995
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