Type of course: |
Compulsory |
Language of instruction: |
Romanian |
Erasmus Language of instruction: |
English |
Name of lecturer: |
Viorel Alin Albu |
Seminar tutor: |
Razvan Brudiu |
Form of education |
Full-time |
Form of instruction: |
Lecture |
Number of teaching hours per semester: |
42 |
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:
- to define, describe, and explain the key concepts, theories, methods specific to the historical discourse and to develop in students some specific skills about the quantitative and qualitative historical research;
- to identify and use the specific bibliographic and archival resources;
- to develop skills of analysis and interpretation of historical data;
- to identify the most important events and personalities which have marked the historical evolution of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Romanian culture, and to notice the dynamics of events;
- to apply the principle of right interpretation of the historical phenomenon by the just reporting to its influence on the present
Course Entry Requirements:
N/A
Course contents:
1. Bishop Vasile Moga of Transylvania; 2. The Orthodox Church from Moldavia and Wallachia in the first half of the 19th century. Metropolitans Veniamin Costachi and Grigorie Dascalul; 3. Metropolitan Andrei Saguna; 4. The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC) during the reign of Alexandru Ioan Cuza. Church Reforms; 5. ROC between 1865-1918. Autocephaly recognition; 6. The Metropolitanate of Transylvania after the death of Andrei Şaguna. The Greek-Catholic Church of Transylvania in the second half of the 19th century; 7. The Romanian theological education in the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century; 8. ROC after 1918 – Church unification, establishment of the Patriarchate, Law and Statute of organization, Concordat with the Vatican, General Law of the cults; 9. The ROC hierarchy (selectively) between 1918-1948; theological education, literature and church press; 10. The ROC after 1948: Patriarchs Justinian, Justin, Theoctist; the new organization; 11. The ROC after 1989: organization, theological education, inter-religious and inter-confessional relations.
Teaching methods:
Lecture, exemplification, conversation, debate.
Learning outcomes:
- critical, selective and systematic attitude towards historical information;
- ability of applying the principles for understanding a historical document in an appropriate manner, respectively, to take into account all elements involved (linguistic, socio-cultural, political, religious, etc.), and interpret both in a synchronous and diachronic mode;
- critical reading skills on bibliographic sources and ability to initiate own research;
- interpretation and critical evaluation of the history of the Romanian Church in different contexts.
Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:
Written paper-interpretative essay – 20%. Frontal evaluation/ Oral exam: 80%
Recommended reading:
Mircea Păcurariu,
Istoria Bisericii Ortodoxe Române, Trinitas
, Iași
, 2007
, x
Alexandru Moraru,
Istoria Bisericii Ortodoxe Române. Note de curs, ”1 Decembrie 1918”
, Alba Iulia
, 2003
, 142 p
Alexandru Moraru,
Biserica Ortodoxă Română între anii 1885-2000. Biserică. Naţiune. Cultură, IBMBOR
, Bucuresti
, 2006
, 820 p
Alexandru Moraru,
Biserica Ortodoxă Română între anii 1885-2000. Dialog teologic şi ecumenic, IBMBOR
, Bucureşti
, 2006
, 464 p
Alin Albu,
Istoria Bisericii Ortodoxe Române. Evenimente, personalități, instituții, Reintregirea
, Alba Iulia
, 2013
, 388 p