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.
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
Q2
Teacher(s)
Cornu Philippe;
Language
French
Main themes
To achieve those objectives, the introduction to the methods and the recourse to the reference books will be applied to the comparative study of doctrines, practices or institutions chosen in various religions.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | - to understand critically the methods of the comparative study in sciences of religions, particularly in history of religions; |
| 2 | - to evaluate them; |
| 3 | - to use the reference books for documentation and research in that field. |
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”.
Content
Critical analysis of Comparatism in Religions. Methodology in order to establish a valid comparative study. Hermeneutics, Philology and structural and doctrinal analysis. Exemples of valid and in valid comparative studies in the five main religions. Analysis of students comparative works (TD).
Teaching methods
Public course in classroom, student's short works about comparativ studies (teacher providing documents and topics) with analysis and debate during the sessions.
Evaluation methods
Final writing work about 15 pages on comparative study of a topic (decided with the teacher).
Other information
-Public course with obligarory presence of students.
Bibliography
- Cornu, Philippe, Introduction à l'Histoire des religions, Louvain-la-Neuve, 2017
Teaching materials
- Cornu, Philippe, Introduction à l'Histoire des religions, Louvain-la-Neuve, 2017
Faculty or entity
TEBI
