HISTORY OF THEOLOGY

Armando BISOGNO HISTORY OF THEOLOGY

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DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF7
PHILOSOPHY
2024/2025

YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2021
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
ExamDate
APPELLO GENNAIO13/01/2025 - 09:30
APPELLO FEBBRAIO10/02/2025 - 09:30
Objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
THE GENERAL OBJECTIVE OF THE TEACHING IS THE HISTORICAL-CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS OF WESTERN THEOLOGICAL THOUGHT, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ITS CONTEMPORARY OUTCOMES.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENTS, DEVELOPMENTS, PECULIAR METHODOLOGIES, OF THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL STATUS OF THE MAIN DOCTRINES, SCHOOLS AND THEOLOGICAL PROBLEMS DOMINANT IN THE ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO ORIENT ONESELF BETWEEN THE CLASSICAL TEXTS OF THEOLOGICAL SPECULATION AND BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT DOCTRINES, AND TO IDENTIFY THE LINGUISTIC AND DOCTRINAL PECULIARITIES OF THE DIFFERENT THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- ORIENTING ONESELF IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE AREAS OF RELEVANCE;
- EVALUATE, ON THE BASIS OF THE SKILLS ACQUIRED, SPECIALIZED BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCES;

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED EVEN IN SPECIALIST CONTEXTS

LEARNING ABILITY
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- AUTONOMOUSLY INVESTIGATE THE THEMES IDENTIFIED IN THE DIDACTIC ACTIVITIES;
- TO EXPLOIT THE SKILLS ACQUIRED IN SPECIALIZED STUDY AND WORK AREAS
Prerequisites
A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
Contents
BETWEEN ATHEISM AND THEOLOGY. THE COURSE WILL FOLLOW THE EVOLUTION OF THEOLOGICAL THOUGHT, STARTING FROM GREEK 'NATURAL' THEOLOGY, PASSING THROUGH THE CHRISTIAN 'REVEALED' AND COMING TO THE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY 'PHILOSOPHICAL'. IN THIS WAY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEOLOGY, RELIGION AND POLITICS WILL BE ANALYZED.



1. THE NECESSITY OF THEOLOGY (6H).
IN THE FIRST PART OF THE COURSE, IT WILL BE SHOWN HOW GREEK SPECULATION, PARTICULARLY PLATONIC, BEGAN FROM THE AWARENESS OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE AND THE CONSEQUENT NEED FOR A TRANSCENDENT AND FOUNDATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.

2. RELIGION AS THE ETHICS OF THE PEOPLE (6H).
IN THE SECOND PART, WE WILL DEVELOP THE IDEA, ORIGINATING WITH PLATO AND THEN CLEARLY DISCERNIBLE IN POLYBIUS, LUCRETIUS, AND CICERO, THAT WHILE THEOLOGY IS THE PREROGATIVE OF PHILOSOPHERS AND CONSTITUTES A SORT OF 'NATURAL MORALITY' FOR THEM (BECAUSE IT INDUCES THEM TO A LIFE DEDICATED TO THE SEARCH FOR THE TRANSCENDENT), RELIGION IS THE MORALITY OF THE PEOPLE, THAT IS, IT IS THAT AMOUNT OF TRANSCENDENCE THAT EVEN NON-PHILOSOPHERS CAN GRASP.

3. THE CHRISTIAN WORLD (6H)
THE THIRD PART FOCUSES ON THE MEDIEVAL CENTURIES AND THE INTELLECTUAL AND POLITICAL FUSION BETWEEN THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION AND SALVIFIC-RELIGIOUS EFFORT.

4. THE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD (12H)
IN THE FINAL PART OF THE COURSE, WE WILL ANALYZE SOME FIGURES OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGICAL THOUGHT (LUTHER, ERASMUS, SPINOZA, HEGEL, FREUD, BULTMANN) TO DISCUSS THE EVOLUTION, OVER THE CENTURIES, OF THIS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY, AND RELIGION.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF LECTURES IN THE CLASSROOM WITH THE SUPPORT OF HANDOUTS PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF AN ORAL TEST AIMED AT VERIFYING THE STUDENT'S PREPARATION AND ABILITY TO USE THE SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT IN THE FIELD OF THE HISTORY OF THEOLOGY. DURING THE INTERVIEW, THROUGH THE READING AND COMMENTARY OF TEXTS ANALYZED IN CLASS, THE ABILITY TO CLEARLY AND UNAMBIGUOUSLY COMMUNICATE THE ACQUIRED CONTENT AND METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE WILL BE EVALUATED.

THE MAXIMUM LEVEL (30) IS AWARDED WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES A COMPLETE AND IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE THEORETICAL CONTENTS OF THE COURSE, AND A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEXTS DISCUSSED DURING THE LESSONS.

HONORS (CUM LAUDE) ARE AWARDED WHEN THE CANDIDATE SHOWS FULL MASTERY OF THE LINGUISTIC TOOLS AND VOCABULARY SPECIFIC TO THE DISCIPLINE, AND AN AUTONOMOUS ABILITY TO CONNECT DIFFERENT THEMES AND CONCEPTS DURING THE COURSE OF THE INTERVIEW.
Texts
THE PRIMARY REFERENCE TEXT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS OF TEACHING. THE FILE IS OPEN FOR READING AND COMMENTING TO ALL USERS. THE TEXT WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE COURSE BEGINS.


THE TEXTS ANALYZED DURING THE COURSE WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE INSTRUCTOR IN ANTHOLOGY FORM AND WILL BE TAKEN FROM:
- ESCHILO, LE TRAGEDIE.
- PLATONE, REPUBBLICA E LE LEGGI
- POLIBIO, STORIE
- LUCREZIO, LA NATURA DELLE COSE
- CICERONE, LA REPUBBLICA
- AGOSTINO, CONFESSIONI E LA CITTÀ DI DIO
- TOMMASO, SUMMA TEOLOGICA
- SPINOZA, TRATTATO TEOLOGICO-POLITICO
- FREUD, L'AVVENIRE DI UNA ILLUSIONE
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