Aims

By the end of this course, the student:
- should be able to correctly articulate historical step and the theological speeches; to control a systematic critical step with regard to a source of information, whatever it may be; to collect all documentation necessary for research through a rigorous heuristic step and adequate work in library; to conclude a work properly, from the choice of the subject to the drafting of a synthesis;
- should have a general overview of the history of Christianity and be able to locate the events which marked this history.

Main themes

To achieve these goals, the course is divided into two distinct modules. The first (critical history) systematically traverses all the essential stages of the historical step: the choice of the subject and the definition of problems; the retrieval of information; the recourse to "auxiliary sciences"; the critical analysis itself and the synthesis: data processing and written presentation. This course goes over historiography, epistemology and the encyclopaedia of history. The second module (panorama of history of Christianity) gives the students an overall picture of the history of Christianity from the origins to our days. It also aims to raise student awareness of the various standards of living connected with the Church, from the lived daily standard of the Christians to institutional dimensions and the relationship between the Churches and the political power.