Università Roma Tre

I:
History of Christianity: from Jesus to the emergence of Islam. The course aims to introduce the students to the history of Christianisms in Ancient and Early Medieval Times. The use of the plural form "Christianisms" immediately intends to clarify that it doesn't deal with the history of the Roman Catholic Church, but with the variegated developments of Christianity within the first eight centuries. Specific purpose of the course is to start the student to a critical reading of the sources, facing methodological matters and giving ample space to the scholarly debate.
During the course we will visit significant Christian sites.

Bibliography I:
A collection of diverse primary sources organized around some major themes will be provided during the class.

Students who are not able to attend lectures have to read the following books:

R.Penna (a cura di), Le origini del cristianesimo. Una guida, Carocci editore, Roma 2018.

E.Prinzivalli (a cura di), Storia del cristianesimo. 1. L’età antica (secoli I-VII), Carocci editore, Roma 2015.

Further bibliography in English will be provided during the course.

Outlines of the Church history in modern age (XIX-XX century)

In this year the course will focus on the main events and problems of the Catholic Church in the modern age, in particular from the French revolution to the end of twentieth century, studied comparatively in parallel with the other Christian religious confessions. Particular attention will be paid to methodological aspects, privileging the reading of documentary sources and making use of maps, graphs and iconographic sources. The main historiographical debates, the general historical context of the themes dealt with, the terminology proper to the discipline, the interactions of religious institutions with society and culture. will be taken into consideration.

- Source dossier provided by the teacher through the online bulletin board.
- G. MARTINA, Storia della Chiesa da Lutero ai nostri giorni. 3. L'età del liberalismo, Brescia 1995,
- G. MARTINA, Storia della Chiesa da Lutero ai nostri giorni. 4. L'età contemporanea, Brescia 1995, pp. 13-80; 129-398.