• INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF RELIGIONS
  • THE BIG QUESTION ABOUT RELIGION
  • HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF RELIGION AND APPROACHES
• COMPARATIVE RELIGION
  • COMPARATIVE RELIGION (OR PHENOMENOLOGY OF RELIGION)
  • MYTH
    • MYTH
    • INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM I. A BRIEF OVERVIEW
      • S.2 Buddha's Biography
    • INTRODUCTION TO HINDUISM
      • S 4 Time and Space in Hinduism
    • INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM II. THEMES
      • S.2 The Quranic story of the “People of the Cave” (surat al-kahf). A heritage of the near-eastern/middle-eastern tradition. The promise of resurrection
      • S.3 The "wonders" of the creation of man in Islamic stories
  • SACRIFICE
    • SACRIFICE
    • INTRODUCTION TO HINDUISM
      • S.2 Origins of Indian religions: The Vedic revelation and the Brahmins
    • RELIGIONS AND THE BODY
      • S.4 Body in Buddhism (source 4)
  • THE RITUAL PROCESS
    • THE RITUAL PROCESS
    • RELIGIONS AND THE BODY
      • S.2 Body in Hinduism (source 2)
      • S.3 Body in Judaism,( source 2)
      • S.4 Body in Buddhism (source 1)
      • S.5 Body in Christianity (source 2)
      • S.6 Body in Islam (source 2)
    • INTRODUCTION TO HINDUISM
      • S.2 Origins of Indian religions: The Vedic revelation and the Brahmins (source 3)
      • S.9 The Hindus' way of life: the four stage of life, rites of passage and everyday cult
    • INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM
      • S.10 Buddhist Practice (2). Funerary Rites, Feasts, Exorcisms (source 3)
    • INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY II. THEMES
      • S.4 Sacraments and rites
    • INTRODUCTION TO DAOISM
      • S.5 The birth of Organized Daoism(source 2)
      • S.8 Daoism and Modern China (source 3)
    • INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM II. THEMES
      • S.4 The “visit” to the saints
    • INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM II. THEMES
      • S.4 The main Jewish rites and practices
    • MAJOR RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS
      • Entire module
• PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
  • WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION?
  • CRITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
  • RELIGION AND ETHICS
    • RELIGION AND ETHICS
    • INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM I. A BRIEF OVERVIEW
      • S.3 Main doctrines (1). Karma and Samsara
      • S.4 Main doctrines (2). Four Noble truths, Illumination and Nirvana
      • S.8 Buddhism and Society: the role of the Buddhist Community
    • INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM II. DIFFUSION IN THE WORLD
      • S.4 Buddhism in Japan (source 2)
      • S.6 Buddhism and Modernity (source 3)
    • INTRODUCTION TO DAOISM
      • S.3 The textual foundations of Daoism (source 1& 2)
      • S.6 Daoism and the other religious traditions of China (source 2)
    • INTRODUCTION TO HINDUISM
      • S.8 The Hinduism's View of Society
      • S.3 The Upanishad and the Hindu shared worldview
    • INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM I. HISTORY
      • S.1 The origins of Judaism (source 1b)
      • S.3 Judaism in the Middle and Modern Ages (source 1a)
  • THE THEODICY PROBLEM: THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
  • RELIGIOUS THEMES IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
    • RELIGIOUS THEMES IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
    • RELIGIONS, MIGRATIONS AND MINORITIES
      • S.1 What is the meaning of the words “migration”, “diaspora” and “minorities”
      • S.3 Socio-anthropological motivations of diaspora from Africa to Europe: the case of the Christian minority in the civil war between Ethiopia and Eritrea
      • S.4 Stabilization of religious minorities in Rome, the center of Catholicism: the case of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox community
    • RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPE
      • Entire Module
    • INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY I . HISTORY
      • S.7 Christian churches and the modern world
      • S.8 Vatican II and ecumenism
    • INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM I. HISTORY
      • S.8 Islam between tradition and modernity: revivals and reforms (from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century)
      • S.9 Islamist trends and new directions for liberal thought in contemporary Islam
      • S.10 Islam in the contemporary world
    • INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM II. THEMES
      • S.10 Muslim minorities in Western Europe
• SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
  • SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
  • CIVIL RELIGION
  • RELIGION IN MODERN AND POST-MODERN SOCIETY
    • RELIGION IN MODERN AND POST-MODERN SOCIETY
    • INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM II. DIFFUSION IN THE WORLD
      • S. 6 Buddhism and Modernity
    • INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY I . HISTORY
      • S.7 Christian churches and the modern world
      • S.8 Vatican II and ecumenism
      • S.9 Christians worldwide
    • INTRODUCTION TO DAOISM
      • S.8 Daoism and Modern China
    • INTRODUCTION TO HINDUISM
      • S.12 Modern and contemporary Hinduism
    • INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM I. HISTORY
      • S.8 Islam between tradition and modernity: revivals and reforms (from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century)
      • S 9 Islamist trends and new directions for liberal thought in contemporary Islam
      • S.10 Islam in the contemporary world
    • INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM II. THEMES
      • S.10 Muslim minorities in Western Europe
    • INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM I. HISTORY
      • S.5 Judaism and the Jews in the 20th and 21st Centuries
  • GLOBALIZATION, FUNDAMENTALISM, AND MAXIMALISM
    • GLOBALIZATION, FUNDAMENTALISM, AND MAXIMALISM
    • INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM II. DIFFUSION IN THE WORLD
      • S. 6 Buddhism and Modernity
    • INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY I. HISTORY
      • S.8 Vatican II and ecumenism
      • S.9 Christians worldwide
    • INTRODUCTION TO HINDUISM
      • S.12 Modern and contemporary Hinduism
    • INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM I. HISTORY
      • S.10 Islam in the contemporary world
    • INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM I. HISTORY
      • S.5 Judaism and the Jews in the 20th and 21st Centuries
    • INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM II. THEMES
      • S.5 The main diversity trends in Judaism
    • RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPE
      • S.1 Introduction about contemporary religious pluralism
      • S.2 Religions and urban space in the context of super-diverse European cities
    • RELIGIONS AND FUNDAMENTALISMS
      • Entire Module
  • RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES, INDIVIDUALIZED AND LIVED RELIGION
    • RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES, INDIVIDUALIZED AND LIVED RELIGION
    • INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY I. HISTORY
      • S.1 The emergence of Christianity
      • S.2 Social, political and doctrinal affirmation
    • INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM I: HISTORY
      • S.3 Arabization and islamization
    • INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM II: THEMES
      • S.10 Muslim minorities in Western Europe
    • INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM I. HISTORY
      • S.3 Judaism in the Middle and Modern Ages
      • S.4 Jewish Modernity
      • S.5 Judaism and the Jews in the 20th and 21st Centuries
    • RELIGIONS, MIGRATIONS AND MINORITIES
      • S.1 What is the meaning of the words “migration”, “diaspora” and “minorities”
      • S.4 Stabilization of religious minorities in Rome, the center of Catholicism: the case of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox community
    • INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM II. DIFFUSION IN THE WORLD
      • S.6 Buddhism and Modernity