LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will learn to set a philosophical discourse as a possible meeting point for an interfaith dialog that overcomes apologetic and polemic positions; starting from common questions, which are fundamental to human existence, several answers - from several traditions - will be compared. Seminars will enable students to analyze a few classics of this field, and to compare them to contemporary positions and debates.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will develop their critical thinking and their philosophical consciousness regarding the theme of contemporary religious pluralism.

TEACHING METHODS

Lessons will be held in presence. Attendance, although not compulsory, is recommended. Only those who attend lessons in presence will be deemed attending students. The teacher, upon specific request by single students, could allow them to access the recordings of the lessons via Teams at the end of the teaching. Those who request lessons are considered not attending-students.

 Non-attending students are required to add the following book to the indicated program: R. Celada Ballanti, La parabola dei tre anelli. Migrazioni e metamorfosi di un racconto tra Oriente e Occidente, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, Roma 2017.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Contents for students who are taking the 6-CFU course

Genealogy and fate of Western interreligious dialogue. The problem of religious peace

The first part of the teaching proposes a genealogical-deconstructive analysis of interreligious dialogue as it arises in Western thought, the first expression of which is the Dialogue with Tryphon by Justin the martyr. Secondly, it proposes to grasp the modern developments of interreligious dialogue starting from that genesis and finally to show its destiny in our time. 

Contents for students who are taking the 9-CFU course

Part I: Genealogy and fate of Western interreligious dialogue. The problem of religious peace

The first part of the teaching proposes a genealogical-deconstructive analysis of interreligious dialogue as it arises in Western thought, the first expression of which is the Dialogue with Tryphon by Justin the martyr. Secondly, it proposes to grasp the modern developments of interreligious dialogue starting from that genesis and finally to show its destiny in our time. 

Part II: Niccolò Cusano's De pace fidei

The second part is focused on the theme of religious peace, using Niccolò Cusano's De pace fidei as a paradigm.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

The reading list for this course, together with the lecturer's suggestions and instructions are available on the Italian version of the web page.