Early Christian tradition and the history of Orthodoxy

Course: Religious Studies 2020

Structural unit: Faculty of Philosophy

Title
Early Christian tradition and the history of Orthodoxy
Code
ОК.11
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
2. Effectively work with information from various sources, critically analyze, interpret, classify, and systematize it in order to solve religious problems. 5. Know and apply the basic concepts, theories and methods of religious studies in professional activities. 6. To characterize the main stages of the history of the world's religions, the peculiarities of the historical typology of religious ideas.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Before starting this course, students must meet the general requirements for knowledge and skills that are required for studying in higher education institutions. Be able to collect and interpret information about religious phenomena; use information and communication technologies. Possess elementary skills of scientific research and information management; critical attitude and forecasting regarding religious events and phenomena.
Course content
The discipline "Early Christian Tradition and the History of Orthodoxy" belongs to the list of mandatory subjects of higher education and is taught in the third semester of the bachelor's degree. The academic discipline introduces students to the early Christian tradition and the history of Orthodoxy. The ideological sources of Christianity, the history of the formation of the creed are considered. The reasons and circumstances of the split between Catholicism and Orthodoxy in 1054 are clarified. The circumstances of the formation and peculiarities of the functioning of Orthodox churches are studied.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. The Bible, or the books of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments: Literally retranslated from the ancient Hebrew and Greek languages into Ukrainian / Trans. Prof. I. Ohienko - Kyiv: Ukrainian Bible Society, 2003. - 1166 p. - ISBN 966-7136-29-9. 2. Hoffmann Y. History of the early Church: the most important aspects / transl. with him Oleg Konkevych edited by Oleksandr Petrynka and Andrii Mykhaleyka. - Lviv: Publishing House of the Ukrainian Catholic University, 2019. - 244 p. – ISBN 978-617-7608-07-2 3. History of writing, sacred books and religious texts: Study guide and textbook 2 vols.: vol 1. / V.I. Lubskyi, E.A. Kharkivshchenko, T.G. Gorbachenko, M.V. Lubska - K: "Center for Educational Literature", 2014. - 448 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Лекції, семінари, самостійна робота
Assessment methods and criteria
Examination evaluation takes place in written form. The ticket consists of 2 questions, each of which is evaluated on a scale of 20 points, which gives a total of 40 points for the exam. A student is not admitted to the exam if he scored less than 20 points during the semester. To receive an overall positive grade in the discipline, the grade for the exam cannot be less than 24 points. In the event that a student scored less than 24 points on the exam, they are not added to the semester grade (regardless of the number of points obtained during the academic period). Thus, the final grade for the discipline (minimum 60, maximum 100 points) consists of the sum of the number of points for the semester (minimum 36, maximum 60 points) and the examination paper (minimum 24, maximum 40 points).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Yevhen Anatoliiovych Kharkovshchenko
Department of Religious Studies
Faculty of Philosophy
Oleksandr Serhiyovych Pasichnik
Department of Religious Studies
Faculty of Philosophy

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Religious Studies
Faculty of Philosophy
Department of Religious Studies
Faculty of Philosophy