OVERVIEW

The course aims to provide the knowledge of the tools to analyze the new frontiers of religious identity and the religious phenomenon in contemporary systems in the Mediterranean area.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The specific objectives of the course are: 1) the study of the religious phenomenon in the interordinational dimension and in the institutional dimension, to deepen the theme of the sacralization of politics and nationalization of religion in the Italian system and in other systems; 2) the critical deepening of the relationship between religions, culture and law of the Mediterranean area, referring particularly to specific common institutes such as family, ministers of worship, food rules.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The objectives of the course are: the study of the religious phenomenon in the interordinational dimension and in the institutional dimension, to deepen the theme of the sanctification of politics and nationalization of religion in the Italian system and in other systems; the critical deepening of the relationship between religions, culture and law of the Mediterranean area, referring particularly to specific common institutes such as family, ministers of worship, food rules.
At the end of the course, the student must know, describe, understand and analyze the dynamics between the religious factor and the political community and the manifestation of the religious phenomenon in the law through the models of comparison and relationship between religions, culture and legal order in the euro-Mediterranean zone.

PREREQUISITES

no special prerequisites required

TEACHING METHODS

The course consists of face-to-face lectures, for a total of 36 hours (equivalent to 6 credits). The exam will be oral.

During the course, accredited seminars will be held, with distribution of relevant material by insertion in aulaweb, which may substitute or integrate parts of the program, to be agreed with the teacher. During the course, the attending students will be able to carry out individual or group work, in agreement with the teacher. The part of the program covered by these works, whose value will be taken into account for the purposes of the final evaluation, will not be required in the final oral exam that will be held in one of the scheduled ordinary sessions.

Attendance to the lessons will be detected in the way that will be explained by the teacher during the first lessons.

If the epidemiological situation requires it, in accordance with the rules of access to university campuses adopted to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching could be carried out remotely, on the Teams Office online platform code 6cyl99a, in accordance with the specifications, which will be published promptly on the Aulaweb channel of the course.

Students are reminded to complete the didactic evaluation questionnaire, an important tool to highlight the criticalities and weaknesses of study courses, at the link: https://valutazione.servizionline.unige.it/.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The objectives of the course are: the study of the religious phenomenon in the interordinational dimension and in the institutional dimension, to deepen the theme of the sanctification of politics and nationalization of religion in the Italian system and in other systems; the critical deepening of the relationship between religions, culture and law of the Mediterranean area, referring particularly to specific common institutes such as family, ministers of worship, food rules.
At the end of the course, the student must know, describe, understand and analyze the dynamics between the religious factor and the political community and the manifestation of the religious phenomenon in the law through the models of comparison and relationship between religions, culture and legal order in the euro-Mediterranean zone.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

For the part related to the relationship between the religious factor and the political community:
Attendees students: The material to be studied will be inserted in the web classroom.
It will be possible to integrate it with the following texts:
G. Dammacco, Diritti e religioni nel crocevia del Mediterraneo, Bari, 2016
P. Consorti, Diritto e religione. Basi e prospettive, Laterza, Bari 2020 (cap. 5, 7, 8, 9)

For the part related to the religious phenomenon in law:
Attendees students: The material to be studied will be inserted in the web classroom. It will be possible to integrate it with the following texts:

S. Ferrari, “Introduzione al diritto comparato delle religioni” (Bologna, Il Mulino 2008), limitatamente ai capitoli III (pp. 35-56), V (pp. 111-172) e VI (pp. 173-226); G.Barberini – M. Canonico, “Elementi essenziali dell’ordinamento canonico” (Giappichelli, Torino 2013), cap. V (pp. 139-212).
Estudiantes Erasmus asistentes: Se insertará el material a estudiar en el aula web. Será posible integrarlo con los siguientes textos:
G. Dammacco, Diritti e religioni nel crocevia del Mediterraneo, Bari, 2016; S. Ferrari, “Introduzione al diritto comparato delle religioni” (Bologna, Il Mulino 2008), cap.III (pp. 35-56), V (pp. 111-172) e VI (pp. 173-226) o in alternativa H. P. Glenn, “Legal Traditions of the World” (Oxford University Press 2010), cap. I, IV, VI; G.Barberini – M. Canonico, “Elementi essenziali dell’ordinamento canonico” (Giappichelli, Torino 2013), cap. V (pp. 139-212).

Non-attending students:

G. Dammacco, Diritti e religioni nel crocevia del Mediterraneo, Bari, 2016; AA.VV., Libertà di espressione e libertà religiosa in tempi di crisi economica e di rischi perla sicurezza, Pisa, 2016 (pp. 145-337);
S. Ferrari, “Introduzione al diritto comparato delle religioni” (Bologna, Il Mulino 2008), cap. I (9-21), II (pp. 23-34), III (pp. 35-56), V (pp. 111-172) e VI (pp. 173-226);G. Barberini – M. Canonico, “Elementi essenziali dell’ordinamento canonico” (Giappichelli, Torino 2013), cap. II (pp. 25-57) e V (pp. 139-212).

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

DANIELA TARANTINO (President)

GIAN MARCO UGOLINI

STEFANIA MANGANO (President Substitute)

MATTEO CARMINE FIOCCA (Substitute)

PIETRO PIANA (Substitute)

LORENZO SINISI (Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

the lessons will start on March 1st and will take place in person every Tuesday and Wednesday, in accordance with the rules of access to university campuses adopted to combat the spread and of the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching could be carried out remotely, on the Teams Office online platform code 6cyl99a, in accordance with the specifications, which will be published promptly on the Aulaweb channel of the course.

METHODS OF CONDUCT:
1. IN MIXED MODE (SIMULTANEOUSLY IN PRESENCE AND ONLINE ON TEAMS):
• March: 1, 2, 15, 16
• April: 5, 6

2. ONLY REMOTELY ON TEAMS (NOT IN PRESENCE):
• March: 8, 9, 22, 23, 29, 30
• April: 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27

DETAILS OF ROOMS, TIMETABLES AND TEAMS:
room 9 Tuesday 16-18, room 7 Wednesday 10-12, teams channel 6cyl99a.

Any other information will be entered in Aulaweb and on teams

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam is done orally and consists of 3/4 questions of the program. During the course, the attending students will have the opportunity to carry out specific assignments, in groups or individually, under the guidance of the teacher. The part of the program covered by these works, whose value will be taken into account for the purposes of the final evaluation, will not be required in the final oral exam, which will be held in one of the scheduled ordinary sessions. During the course, accredited in-depth seminars will be held, with distribution of the relative material through insertion in Aulaweb, which may replace or integrate parts of the program, to be agreed with the teacher.

If the epidemiological situation requires it, in accordance with the rules of access to university campuses adopted to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, exams could be carried out remotely, on the Teams Office online platform code c5ol51f, in accordance with the specifications, which will be published promptly on the Aulaweb channel of the course.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exercises carried out during the course in oral or written form and the final exam aim to verify the acquisition and knowledge of the skills related to the analysis of the relationship between the religious factor and the political community in contemporary times, with special attention to the Italian case, as well as the verification of the acquisition of skills and knowledge on the religious phenomenon in law through the models of comparison and relationship between religions, culture and legal system in the Euro-Mediterranean area

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Timetables and classrooms at: http://www.aulescienzesociali.unige.it/orari/scpol_cds.php

The professor receives at the Law Department at Via Balbi 30, Law History section, 2nd floor or at Albergo dei Poveri, Central Tower, 5th floor, by appointment to be agreed by email to daniela.tarantino@unige.it

In accordance with the regulations relating to the epidemiological situation, the reception could take place in the corresponding teams of the Ricevimenti Tarantino channel, code 37c83m3, by prior appointment with the teacher via email or via teams.

Si la situación epidemiológica lo requiere, de acuerdo con las reglas de acceso a los recintos universitarios adoptadas para combatir la propagación de la pandemia COVID-19, la docencia y exámenes relacionados podrían realizarse de forma remota, en la plataforma en línea de Teams Office, de acuerdo con el pliego de condiciones, que se publicará puntualmente en el canal Aulaweb del curso.