SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGIONS

Course objectives

The course - provides the student with knowledge and understanding of the methodological and critical-problematic aspects of the Discipline as well as application issues; proposes area and sectoral perspectives in which research projects relating to the Discipline are active or can be activated; shows the variability of the fields of interest within which disciplinary skills can be applied (descriptor 1); - develops the student's autonomous ability to relate what has been learned with other SSDs: historical, literary, artistic, cultural, economic, political, historical-religious disciplines, etc. (descriptor 2); - enables the student to use the acquired knowledge and the specific learned language in view of the so-called "transversal skills" (autonomy of judgment, communication skills, descriptors 3-5).

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Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
The course will be divided into two sections. In the first one will be given basic coordinates for the study of the subject and highlighted some different theoretical positions which are therefore particularly significant for the definition of the statute of the discipline (Marx, Durkheim, Weber). In the second part, more specifically monographic, we will ask ourselves about the relationship between religions, society, and media. In other words, how religious systems influence media and the other way around.
Prerequisites
The course is open to master's students interested in the subject.
Books
Attending students will take an oral examination on the following texts: 1) Notes that students will take during the lectures and handouts/ppt distributed during the lectures 2) Pace Enzo, Sociologia delle religioni, Bologna, Fondamento EDB, 2016 (pp. 7-332) 3) Vitullo Alessandra, I religionauti. Studiare l’homo religiosus al tempo del web, Brescia, Morcelliana, 2021 Non-attending students will take an oral examination on the following texts: 1) Pace Enzo, Sociologia delle religioni, Bologna, Fondamento EDB, 2016 (pp. 7-332) 2) Tarzia Fabio, Benedetto contro Francesco. Una storia dei rapporti tra cristianesimo e media, Milano, Meltemi, 2022 2) Vitullo Alessandra, I religionauti. Studiare l’homo religiosus al tempo del web, Brescia, Morcelliana, 2021
Frequency
The student is required to attend as many classes as possible
Exam mode
Attending students will take an oral examination on the following texts: 1) Notes that students will take during the lectures and handouts/ppt distributed during the lectures 2) Pace Enzo, Sociologia delle religioni, Bologna, Fondamento EDB, 2016 (pp. 7-332) 3) Vitullo Alessandra, I religionauti. Studiare l’homo religiosus al tempo del web, Brescia, Morcelliana, 2021 Non-attending students will take an oral examination on the following texts: 1) Pace Enzo, Sociologia delle religioni, Bologna, Fondamento EDB, 2016 (pp. 7-332) 2) Tarzia Fabio, Benedetto contro Francesco. Una storia dei rapporti tra cristianesimo e media, Milano, Meltemi, 2022 2) Vitullo Alessandra, I religionauti. Studiare l’homo religiosus al tempo del web, Brescia, Morcelliana, 2021
Bibliography
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Lesson mode
Lectures, classroom discussion of topics covered
  • Lesson code1036829
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseCultures and Religions
  • CurriculumCurriculum unico
  • Year1st year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDSPS/08
  • CFU6