Russian spirituality
| Title | Ρωσική πνευματικότητα / Russian spirituality |
| Code | 1504 |
| Faculty | Theology |
| School | Theology |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Coordinator | Eleni Oikonomou |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 60002303 |
Programme of Study: Anamorfōméno PPS Tmīmatos THeologías (2023-2024)
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | Winter | - | 3 |
| Academic Year | 2018 – 2019 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600125652
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Background
- General Knowledge
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600125652
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
The purpose of the course is the interdisciplinary approach of the Russian religious phenomenon and its interactions with the universal civilization.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course is aiming at enhancing the spirituality of the East Slavic societies as imprinted and continues to evolve in the various encounters of their theology with both history and spiritual/material civilization. The following topics are analyzed: Characteristics of the Russian spirituality: monasticism, fool-for-Christ behavior, perpetual immigration. Extreme types of asceticism. The “poetics” of deviation within the sects and the Old Believers’ schism. The influence of German mysticism in Russian spirituality. The spirituality in Russian philosophy (Berdyaev, Bulgakov, Florensky) and literature (Gogol, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy). Lay spirituality: The troubadours of faith, the enchanted folk tale, the Lubok [popular print], the box, the Matryoska Doll. Socio-ecclesiastical roots of the Russian nihilism and anarchism. The October Revolution. Homo Sovieticus. The name of the Father: key for understanding.
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Book
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.6 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 39 | 1.6 |
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
G. Florovsky, Σταθμοί της ρωσικής θεολογίας [Ways of Russian Theology], part I, Greek translation by Eut. V. Yioultsi, Thessaloniki: Pournaras 1986.
Last Update
16-06-2013
