The current public debate pays much attention to strategic communication and the need to have a positive collective identity narrative to strengthen resilience in times of danger. The course explores such narratives within Christianity, and their specific nature given by belief in an active communication between people and God. It traces the origins of creeds, their contents as well as their role for community building. It looks into Orthodox liturgical texts, Protestant confessional texts and Catholic conciliar texts, while investigating also the contributions of those traditions that emphasized the otherness of God. The final part of the course focuses on Modern and Postmodern manifestos, religious as well as cultural, their desires to build community in times of crisis, their strategies and beliefs. Lectures will be accompanied by seminar work in which the students will read extracts of ancient and modern texts, and interpret works of art.
- Učitel: Ivana Noble