Seminar : Christianity and other religions

lsrel2920  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Seminar : Christianity and other religions
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Derroitte Henri; Maréchal Brigitte (coordinator);
Language
French
Main themes
In order to achieve these aims, the seminar will
- address one or more thematic issues taken every year within the framework of a different religion (Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism)
- identify, in that particular religion and in Christianity, the deeper structures and essential motives, in order to compare them and analyse what these two traditions may mean to each other
- include periods of magisterial teaching, short papers by students, and team work.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 - understand the methods of comparative study, as well as the prerequisites of the historical, theological and socio-anthropological approachs.
 
-  Approach a theme  issue from one of the major traditions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism), in a comparative study with the Christianity, from a rigorous scientific approach and aware of its limits.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Teaching methods
The seminar will be constituted by a part of Masterful teaching, Students presentations and collective works.
Faculty or entity
CISR


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Certificat universitaire en sciences des religions

Master [120] in Sciences of Religions