LC101 - HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY

courses
ID:
LC101
Duration (hours):
48
CFU:
6
SSD:
STORIA DEL CRISTIANESIMO E DELLE CHIESE
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
CULTURAL HERITAGE/ARCHEOLOGIA Year: 2
HUMANITIES/LETTERE CLASSICHE Year: 1
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (01/10/2025 - 31/01/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


The class is designed to provide students with a solid understanding of the History of Christianity as an essential discipline for comprehending the historical dynamics that have shaped world history.
• Knowledge: By the end of the class, students should be able to critically analyze the relationships between Christian Churches and 20th-century totalitarian regimes. They should also develop an understanding of the methodological tools specific to this discipline and explore the various historiographical currents that have addressed the topic. Students will engage in the reading and analysis of historical sources.
• Independent judgment: Students are expected to acquire sufficient skills to analyze the context in which the relationships between Christians and totalitarian regimes developed. They should become capable of understanding and analyzing the sources discussed, critically evaluating them independently, and exploring the related social, cultural, and ethical themes.
• Communication skills: Students should be able to clearly present events and key issues of the history of Christianity in the 20th century using appropriate terminology. To this end, they will be encouraged to enhance their communication skills through active participation and discussion during lessons.

Course Prerequisites


None

Teaching Methods


The course includes lectures with critical reading of sources and the screening of audiovisual materials.

Assessment Methods


Oral exam.
– The oral exam consists of questions asked by the examiner to the candidate.
– The candidate will be evaluated based on the quantity and accuracy of the knowledge expected to have been acquired, their ability to present it, and their capacity to critically examine the development of the issues discussed during the class.
– The assessment is expressed as a grade out of thirty.

Texts


• Students who intend to take the exam as attending students (6 or 9 CFU) must study the lecture notes and the materials provided by the teacher during the lessons. Students who wish to take the exam as attending students must inform the teacher at the beginning of the course. It will not be possible to take the exam as an attending student — without exception — if this choice is not communicated to the teacher by the end of the second week of classes.
• Students who intend to take the exam as non-attending students (9 ECTS) must study the following texts (a + b + c + d):
a) one volume of your choice from the following:
– D. Menozzi-R. Moro (eds.) Cattolicesimo e totalitarismo. Chiese e culture religiose tra le due guerre mondiali, Morcelliana 2004
– La Chiesa cattolica e il totalitarismo, Atti del Convegno (Torino, 25-26 ottobre 2001), a cura di V. Ferrone, Olschki 2004
b) one volume of your choice from the following:
– L. Ceci, L’interesse superiore. Il Vaticano e l’Italia di Mussolini, Laterza 2019
– D.I. Kertzer: Il patto col diavolo. Mussolini e papa Pio XI. Le relazioni segrete fra il Vaticano e l’Italia fascista, Rizzoli 2014
– A. Riccardi, La guerra del silenzio. Pio XII, il nazismo, gli ebrei, Laterza 2022
c) one volume of your choice from the following:
– A. Pepe, «Sparate ma non odiate!». La legittimazione della lotta armata nella Resistenza dei giovani di Azione Cattolica, AVE, 2023
– A. Santagata, Una violenza “incolpevole”. Retoriche e pratiche dei cattolici nella Resistenza veneta, Viella 2021
– G. Vecchio, Il soffio dello Spirito. Cattolici nelle Resistenze europee, Viella 2022
d) one volume of your choice from the following:
– F. Ferrario, Bonhoeffer, Carocci 2016
– G. De Michele, Un delitto di regime. Vita e morte di Don Minzoni, prete del popolo, Neri Pozza, 2023
– A. Palini, Primo Mazzolari. Un uomo libero, AVE, 2019
– E. Putz, Franz Jägerstätter. Un fulgido esempio in tempi bui, Il Pozzo di Giacobbe, 2023
– G. Vecchio, Un « Giusto fra le Nazioni»: Odoardo Focherini (1907-1944). Dall’Azione Cattolica ai Lager nazisti, EDB, 2012
​​​​​​​– P. Zanini. David Maria Turoldo nella storia religiosa e politica del novecento, Paoline, 2013

Contents


Christians, Fascism, and Nazism: From Legitimization to Resistance

Course Language


Italian

More information


For any questions or clarifications, please write to enrico.galavotti@unich.it

Degrees

Degrees (2)

CULTURAL HERITAGE 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
HUMANITIES 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
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