Unit name | From Hell to Heaven: the Bible and spirituality |
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Unit code | THRSM0129 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Mr. Ferzoco |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Religion and Theology |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will examine the religious culture of Italy from c. 500 to 1500, with emphasis on the later medieval period. Lectures (along with assigned readings) will examine a variety of sources for what they reveal about: models of behaviour; private and public morality; religious practice; and conceptions of the afterlife. Sources will be textual (e.g., lives of saints such as Francis of Assisi) and visual (e.g. Sienese art). These lectures will serve as the first hour of the unit’s weekly meetings, introducing themes and debates which will be the focus of small-group discussion and seminars in the second hour; here, students will discuss issues among themselves before sharing their conclusions with the rest of the class at the end of the meeting.
Aims:
By the end of the unit students will be expected to have:
Additionally (specific to level M), students will be expected to:
4. display high level skills in evaluating, analysing, synthesising and (where apt) critiquing images and ideas
5. apply existing analytical strategies to new evidence with flexibility and creativity
6. demonstrate the capacity for independent research
Seminars - 3 hours per week
One summative essay of 5000 words [ILOs 1-6]