RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS AND SOCIAL ORDER
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: CRISTIANA MARIA PETTINATOCourse Structure
The course will be divided into frontal teaching lessons held by the teacher. On some specific topics, Italian and foreign scholars may be invited to hold seminars capable of offering targeted insights.
If the teaching is given in mixed or distance learning mode, the necessary changes may be introduced with respect to what was previously stated, in order to respect the program envisaged and reported in the syllabus.
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Focusing on on the regulation of the religious phenomenon in the legal systems of the countries belonging to the European Union and the Council of Europe (with a reference to significative non-European experiences), the course outlines the different systems of relations between States and confessional communities, in the light of the principle of secularism as a response to the social and legal issues emerging from religious pluralism and multiculturalism.
Textbook Information
- A. G. Chizzoniti, A. Gianfreda (eds.), Religioni e società. Modelli di relazioni tra Stati e confessioni religiose, Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2024 (except chapters about Jordan and Bahrein).
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Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Law, religion and comparative studies | A. G. Chizzoniti, A. Gianfreda, Religioni e società, Introduction |
| 2 | Italian ecclesiastical law | A. G. Chizzoniti, A. Gianfreda, Religioni e società, I |
| 3 | Vatican legal system | A. G. Chizzoniti, A. Gianfreda, Religioni e società, cap. II |
| 4 | Law and religion in France | A. G. Chizzoniti, A. Gianfreda, Religioni e società, III |
| 5 | Law and religion in UK | A. G. Chizzoniti, A. Gianfreda, Religioni e società, IV |
| 6 | Law and religion in Spain | A. G. Chizzoniti, A. Gianfreda, Religioni e società, V |
| 7 | Law and religion in Greece | A. G. Chizzoniti, A. Gianfreda, Religioni e società, VI |
| 8 | Law and religion in Turkey | A. G. Chizzoniti, A. Gianfreda, Religioni e società, VII |
| 9 | Law and religion in Albania | A. G. Chizzoniti, A. Gianfreda, Religioni e società, VIII |
| 10 | Law and religion in Israel | A. G. Chizzoniti, A. Gianfreda, Religioni e società, IX |
| 11 | Law and religion in Russia | A. G. Chizzoniti, A. Gianfreda, Religioni e società, X |
| 12 | Religious freedom in muslim Charters of rights | A. G. Chizzoniti, A. Gianfreda, Religioni e società, XIII |
| 13 | Law and religion in Canada | A. G. Chizzoniti, A. Gianfreda, Religioni e società, XIV |
| 14 | Law and religion in the USA | A. G. Chizzoniti, A. Gianfreda, Religioni e società, XV |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The exam will consist of an oral test aimed at verifying the knowledge of the subject and the achievement of the educational objectives by the student.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
1) general notion of comparative ecclesiastical law
2)
overview of the relevance of the religious phenomenon in the European panorama
(migrations-integrations-religious pluralism-multiculturalism)
3)
declinations of secularism
4)
different systems of relationship between the State and religious denominations
5)
religious freedom in the legislative and jurisprudential definition
6)
concept of religious confession and individual and collective protection
7)
religious symbols and relevance in the public space
8) State funding intervention for religious denominations
9)
penal protection of religious sentiment
10)
different cultural models of religious education
11)
incidence of religious options in the personal status of the European citizen
(marriage-filiation)
12)
discrimination
13)
religious identity and cultural identity (minorities-new religious movements)
14)
protection of health and religious freedom