CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MILAN - ECTS

Academic year: 2008-2009

Faculty : Education

Psychology of Communication (Psychology of Religion)

Prof. Mario Aletti

COURSE AIMS

To acquire critical skills on the psychological paths of religious identity and on the specific aspect of religious communication in the current multicultural context.

COURSE CONTENT

Psychology of communication in the contemporary cultural context. Religious communication and communication on religion.

The psychology of religion: subject, models, methods The multi-level interdisciplinary paradigm of Paloutzian and Park.

The neuropsychological perspective. Neuroscience and personal religiosity: the brain, mind and soul. The question of Neurotheology.

The psychodynamic perspective. Winnicott’s model of transitional phenomena and its application to cultural, aesthetic and religious experience. The attachment theory and religiosity.

The psychosocial perspective. J. A. Belzen’s cultural psychology of religion. The religious identity: processes, conflicts, drifts. Pluralism and fundamentalism. “Post-modern” religion and spirituality.

The psychodevelopmental perspective. Religion along the life cycle. Religious education and socialization in childhood and adolescence. Principles of religious psychopedagogy.

READING LIST

For students attending the course: lecture notes

For non-attending students:

an introductory manual chosen from the following:

M. Aletti, Psicologia, psicoanalisi e religione. Studi e ricerche, EDB., Bologna, 1992.

R. W. Hood Jr., B. Spilka, B. Hunsberger, R. Gorsuch, La psicologia della religione. Prospettive empiriche e psicosociali, C S E., Torino, 2001.

One text for in-depth study to be chosen from the following (only the chaps. indicated during lectures):

M. Aletti, G. Rossi (edited by), Attaccamento e religione, Centro Scientifico Editore, Torino, in press.

M. Aletti, G. Rossi (edited by), Identità religiosa, pluralismo, fondamentalismo, Centro Scientifico Ed., Torino, 2004.

M. Aletti, D. Fagnani, G. Rossi (edited by), Religione: cultura, mente e cervello. Nuove prospettive in psicologia della religione/Religio: culture, mind and brain. New perspectives in psychology of religion, Centro Scientifico Ed., Torino, 2005.

M. Palmer, Freud, Jung e la religione, Centro Scientifico Editore, Torino, 2000.

M. Aletti, F. De Nardi (edited by), Psicoanalisi e religione. Nuove prospettive clinico-ermeneutiche, Centro Scientifico Ed., Torino, 2002.

M. Aletti, G. Angelini, G. Mazzocato, E. Prato, F. Riva, P. Sequeri, La religione postmoderna, Glossa, Milano, 2003.

R.F. Paloutzian, C.L. Park, Handbook of the psychology of religion and spirituality. Guildford, New York, 2005.

TEACHING METHOD

Lectures in the lecture room. Possibility of research in seminars.

ASSESSMENT METHOD

Oral exams.

NOTES

Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at http://www2.unicatt.it/unicattolica/docenti/index.html or on the Faculty notice board.

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