Analysis of Religious Processes
Course code
HIK6345.HT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Religioossete protsesside analüüs
Course title in English
Analysis of Religious Processes
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Jaan Lahe (language of instruction:Estonian)
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
"Analysis of Religious Processes" is a course that deals with various topics in the study of religion. The specific topic changes every academic year. In the 2023/24 academic year, the subject of the course is religions and cults in the Roman Empire.
Brief description of the course
The specific topic of the course changes every year. 2019 the topic of the course was gnosticism. This year the theme is religions and cults in the Roman Empire. The course examines various religions, cults and religious movements in the Roman Empire (from the 1st to the 4th century), Greco-Roman religion, Judaism, early Christianity and Manilism. Their mutual relations, activities in Roman society and relations with the state are discussed. Students are required to work through the textbook, read the duplicated texts that the lecturer distributes to them on a regular basis, and prepare and deliver three short presentations in the auditorium, which are discussed in joint seminars.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- the student has systematic knowledge of the religious history of the Roman Empire;
- knows various religions, cults and religious movements common in the Roman Empire;
- can see religion in the context of Roman political and social history;
- orients himself in the basic concepts and theories of Roman religious history.
- the student has systematic knowledge of the religious history of the Roman Empire;
- knows various religions, cults and religious movements common in the Roman Empire;
- can see religion in the context of Roman political and social history;
- orients himself in the basic concepts and theories of Roman religious history.
Teacher
dotsent Jaan Lahe
Additional information
Kohustuslik kirjandus:
Mary Beard, Joh North , Simon Price, Religions of Rome. Vol. 1 (1998); Jaan Lahe, Egiptuse kultused Kreeka-Rooma maailmas. Tuna 3/2004: pdf allalaetav siit: https://www.ra.ee/ajakiri/egiptuse-kultused-kreeka-rooma-maailmas/; Jaan Lahe, Kybele ja Attise kultus. Usuteaduslik Ajakiri 1/2006; pdf allaletav siit: https://usuteadus.ee/wp-content/uploads/2006%20(55)/Lahe.pdf; Jaan Lahe, Mithras - ühe antiikse kultuse olemus ja ajalugu: https://kjt.ee/2016/09/mithras-uhe-antiikse-kultuse-olemus-ja-ajalugu-1-osa/; https://kjt.ee/2016/09/mithras-uhe-antiikse-kultuse-olemus-ja-ajalugu-2-osa/; https://kjt.ee/2016/09/mithras-uhe-antiikse-kultuse-olemus-ja-ajalugu-3-osa/.
Asenduskirjandus:
Valerie Warrior, Roman Religion (2007); Jörg Rüpke, Richard Gordon, Religion of the Romans (2007); James B. Rives, Religion in the Roman empire (2007); Anna Collar, Religious Networks in the Roman Empire (2013); Eric R. Dodds, Paganad ja kristlased ängistuse ajastul (tlk Marju Lepajõe) (2003); Manfred Clauss, Mithras - kultus ja müsteerium (tlk Jaan Lahe) (2018).
Mary Beard, Joh North , Simon Price, Religions of Rome. Vol. 1 (1998); Jaan Lahe, Egiptuse kultused Kreeka-Rooma maailmas. Tuna 3/2004: pdf allalaetav siit: https://www.ra.ee/ajakiri/egiptuse-kultused-kreeka-rooma-maailmas/; Jaan Lahe, Kybele ja Attise kultus. Usuteaduslik Ajakiri 1/2006; pdf allaletav siit: https://usuteadus.ee/wp-content/uploads/2006%20(55)/Lahe.pdf; Jaan Lahe, Mithras - ühe antiikse kultuse olemus ja ajalugu: https://kjt.ee/2016/09/mithras-uhe-antiikse-kultuse-olemus-ja-ajalugu-1-osa/; https://kjt.ee/2016/09/mithras-uhe-antiikse-kultuse-olemus-ja-ajalugu-2-osa/; https://kjt.ee/2016/09/mithras-uhe-antiikse-kultuse-olemus-ja-ajalugu-3-osa/.
Asenduskirjandus:
Valerie Warrior, Roman Religion (2007); Jörg Rüpke, Richard Gordon, Religion of the Romans (2007); James B. Rives, Religion in the Roman empire (2007); Anna Collar, Religious Networks in the Roman Empire (2013); Eric R. Dodds, Paganad ja kristlased ängistuse ajastul (tlk Marju Lepajõe) (2003); Manfred Clauss, Mithras - kultus ja müsteerium (tlk Jaan Lahe) (2018).
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