Università Roma Tre

In our society religion and religious issues have an important space, which can be recognized in different forms of belief.
This class offers an introduction to the principle themes and theories which emerge in the history of the studies about religion/religions. We will try to tackle the difficult question "What is religion? What are religions?". In particular, we will discuss different theories about religion, its essence, its function in the society, up to the last approaches which underline the imbrication of religion with cultures, politics and societies.


Key words and topics (body, gender, violence, space) will be discussed in a comparative and historical approach.

Attending students
1. Appunti del corso e letture indicate nel percorso (vedi materiali didattici on line)

2. Cinque capitoli a scelta da:
G. Filoramo, Manuale di storia delle religioni, Laterza, Roma Bari, 2005

3. J. Jensen, Religione, Bulzoni, Roma 2017 oppure
E. Pace (a cura di), Le religioni nell'Italia che cambia. Roma: Carocci, 2013

Not attending students will change 1 and 2 with:
G. Filoramo, Manuale di storia delle religioni, Laterza, Roma Bari, 2005.