The Teaching Unit aims to work on what can be called the "religious meaning" in order to understand its significance. The aim is to verify whether this religious meaning is constitutive of human existence and its expressions (art, literature, philosophy). It will also be a question of seeing if and how the "religious meaning" allows us to approach religions and their messages in a new way, in particular the Christian religion which is at the foundation of Western civilisation. This work will be carried out by crossing the disciplines of philosophy, literature and theology.
To enable students to become familiar with the "religious sense" and to discover its presence in the most common and profound expressions of human existence. Through the approach of literature, art, philosophy and religious traditions - in particular the Christian tradition - students will be able to familiarise themselves with the fundamentals of each historically recognised religion and to see, if and how, each one answers the questions posed by religious meaning. The course also aims to show the possible articulation between reason and religion, artistic expression and religion.
Course outline 1. The discovery of the 'religious sense', desire and promise: Cesare Pavese "I is an Other": Maurice Zundel what is the religious sense? by Luigi Giussani 2.The world and the person: Romano Guardini: creation and the person. nature and creation God and the 'other The person: who am I? 3.The question of evil: Dostoevsky, the Book of Job, Jean-François Maldamé, Thomas Aquinas and Kant. evil and sin the scandal of evil 4.Who is God? God and his images (in the Bible, in art, in literature, in philosophy) Images of God God's self-image: Love and Trinity God's plan for the world: the Incarnation 5.God saves the world? Reading from the Encyclical Letter Two Caritas is Resurrection and Redemption Does man really need to be saved? Resurrection" as rebirth? God's plan for the world: let it be!
An oral examination during which the student will present orally the work he or she has done by exploring a question from the course and relating it to a philosophical or literary work.
The bibliography will be provided during the course. The syllabus is available on the WEBcampus chapter by chapter.