Religious Dimensions of the Portuguese Expansion
Objectives
To know and understand the impact of religion on overseas Portuguese Expansion;
Develop a comparative perspective between the overseas expansion of Christianity and the proselytism of other universalist religions;
To distinguish the cultural and religious heterogeneity of the different geographies covered by the Portuguese expansion and understand the different responses in the evangelizing process;
To develop skills for critical analysis of sources.
General characterization
Code
722051341
Credits
10.0
Responsible teacher
Ana Cantante Mota Fernandes Pinto
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 280
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Luís Filipe Thomaz, “Descobrimentos e Evangelização, da Cruzada à Missão Pacífica”, in Congresso Internacional de História – Missionação Portuguesa e Encontro de Culturas – Actas, 4 vols., Braga, 1992 vol. I, pp. 81-129.
João Paulo Oliveira e Costa, “A Diáspora Missionária” in João Francisco Marques e António Camões Gouveia (coord.), História Religiosa de Portugal, vol. II, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores / Centro de Estudos de História Religiosa, 2000, pp. 255-313.
Isabel dos Guimarães de Sá, “Estruturas Eclesiásticas e Ação Religiosa” in Francisco Bethencourt e Diogo Ramada Curto (Dir.), A Expansão Marítima Portuguesa, 1400-1800, Lisboa, Edições 70, 2010, pp. 265-292.
Teaching method
Teaching is provided through an asynchronous e-learning regime, supported by Moodle platform. The course is based on the reading of bibliography and the audio of videos. Teaching is based on collaborative learning, through the individual reading of bibliography texts and their critical analysis in peer forums.
Evaluation method
Evaluation Methodologies - writing a paper, using historical documentation(50%), student's participation in the forums on the moodle platform(30%), writing of book review(20%)
Subject matter
The following topics will be presented and discussed:
The roots of the religious scope of the Portuguese Expansion;
The novelty of the Portuguese Expansion in the processes of religious proselytism;
The ecclesiastical organization in the Portuguese Empire.
The different receptions of Christianity in the spaces of the Portuguese Expansion;
Agents, processes and consequences of the mission