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Religions and Cultures (Inter-University Degree)

Master Degree
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  • Vatican City

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What is the objective of the course? What is it?
What does it train you for?

This Master's Degree in Religions and Cultures is an international and inter-university joint master’s degree between the University of Palermo and the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sicily (FATESI), with teaching contributions from the Foundation for Religious Sciences (FSCIRE, Bologna-Palermo).

The course offers keys to the interpretation of current religious phenomena by analysing the world religion history, hermeneutics and cultural representations, with specific reference to the Mediterranean and the Near-East.

Often referred to as the “capital of the Mediterranean”, Palermo is a cultural and religious crossroads whose history has alternated between conflict and peaceful cohabitation: it is an ideal location for the course, where theological and cultural contents on peace can be explored to form a peace mindset.

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What do you learn?

The educational programme of the Master's Degree involves the following areas:

  • Sources and methods in the history of religions and world religions;
  • Hermeneutics of Christian, Jewish, Islamic and Hindu religious texts;
  • The geopolitics, anthropology, and sociology of religious phenomena;
  • Inter-religious dialogue and conflict;
  • Epistemological-doctrinal elaboration in philosophical and theological contexts;
  • Literary and artistic representations of religious beliefs;
  • Ethical-juridical religious system codifications.
Internships at institutions and/or organisations active in inter-religious contexts or in the conservation/communication of the religious heritage (archives, libraries, museums, radio or television stations) aim to refine students’ professional skills.

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What can you do with it?

Career opportunities include:

  • Study and research on religious phenomena at public and private research centres and religious science institutes;
  • Religious or religion-related publishing;
  • Activities requiring expertise in inter-religious communication and relations and specific problems in multi-denominational social contexts, such as those related to cultural mediation;
  • University teaching and research;
  • Access to the following competition classes for school teaching, subject to possession of the specific ECTS: A-11; A-12; A-13; A-18; A-19; A-21; A-23; A-54.