Università Roma Tre

The course will explore fundamental questions through a thematic approach:
What is still possible to know about Jesus’person and message) ? Through what processes did a model of Christianity succeed to impose itself on the others? How did change through time the relationship between Christianity and Judaism? What kind of relationship did Christianity establish with political power during these first centuries? How did Christian communities develop their organizational stuctures and how did they establish hierarchies? How did cult, liturgy and theological thought develop themselves? What was the canon formation like? How did Christians christianize times and sites?
During the course we will visit significant Christian historical sites.

E.Prinzivalli (a cura di), Storia del cristianesimo. 1. L’età antica (secoli I-VII), Carocci editore, Roma 2015.
For the students who can not attend class
E.Prinzivalli (a cura di), Storia del cristianesimo. 1. L’età antica (secoli I-VII), Carocci editore, Roma 2015.
M.Rizzi, Cesare e Dio. Potere spirituale e potere secolare in Occidente, Il Mulino “Saggi”, Bologna 2009.