HISTORY OF RELIGIONS LM A – 2026-2027

 

Teacher: Prof. Daniele Arru
E-mail: daniele.arru@uniroma2.it
CFU: 6
Course code: 804003995
Degree: Master’s Degree “Scienze della Storia e del documento”
SSD: HIST-04/A (ex M-STO/06)
Course delivery modalities: In-presence
Language
: Italian

Pre-requisites: General knowledge of historical disciplines
Attendance: Optional
Assessment method: Oral examination
Period: 1st  term
Starting day: Thursday, 1 October 2026
Class hours
Monday, 3.00 – 5.00 p.m., Aula P25
Tuesday, 3.00 – 5.00 p.m., Aula Roma
Thursday, 3.00 – 5.00 p.m., Aula Roma
Program:
The course is divided into two parts.
The first has as its object the study of ancient Italics religions, with particular attention to those professed by the Etruscans, the Osco-Umbrians, the Latins and the Romans. The investigation focuses on myths and rituals specific to them. The historical religious concept of “paganism” is then explored.
The second part deepens the study of the category of “traditional religions”, especially applied to African and American religious traditions.
Testi adottati:
  1. Renato Del Ponte, Dei e miti italici, quarta edizione, Genova, Arya, 2020.
  2. Laura Rangoni, Il paganesimo, Milano, Xenia, 2005.
  3. Marco Dal Corso, Religioni tradizionali, Verona, 2013.
  4. Claudia Santi, Lineamenti di storia della religione romana. Metodo e storia degli studi. Nozioni. Figure, Sarzana-Lugano, Agorà & co., 2024, pp. 17-22; 29-44; 219-234.
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