Clergy in Ancient Christianity

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Course ID:	3104-WH19ER-RWIS-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.3 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0222) History and archaeology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Clergy in Ancient Christianity
Name in Polish:	Clergy in Ancient Christianity
Organizational unit:	Institute of History
Course groups:	General university courses General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	general courses
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) All who understand English well enough to follow the lecture are welcome.
Short description:	At the very beginning of its existence Christianity did not have priests. Christian communities were rum collectively by ‘overseers’ or ‘elders’. This series of lectures will show how the idea and institution of priesthood appeared and developed, how the church functioned as an institution, and what was the religious, social and economic role of Christian clergy.
Full description:	Synopsis. 1. The background: Roman Empire in Late Antiquity 2. Religions of the Roman Empire and their priests 3. A very short history of ancient Christianity 4. Old Testament Priesthood 5. ‘Supervisors’ and ‘Elders’ in the New Testament 6. Slow emergence of Christian Priesthood 7. Clerics at work 8. Non-liturgical activity 9. Paths of clerical career 10. Communities, networks, friendships and competition 11. Clerics and their families 12. Clerics and society 13. Economy of clerical life 14. Clerics and monks 15. Conclusions The list above names topics which will be discussed at the lectures rather than their specific titles.
Bibliography:	• Brown, P. (1967), Augustine of Hippo. A Biography (Berkeley). • Clark, G. (2011), Late Antiquity. A Very Short Introduction (Oxford) • Dunn, G. (2016), The Bishop of Rome in Late Antiquity (London – New York) • Fear A. et al. (2013), The Role of the Bishop in Late Antiquity. Conflict and Compromise (London – New York) • Harries, J. (1999), Law and Empire in Late Antiquity (Cambridge). • Hunter, D.G. (2007), Marriage, Celibacy, and Heresy in Ancient Christianity: The Jovinianist Controversy (Oxford). • Klingshirn, W.E. (1994), Caesarius of Arles: The Making of a Christian Community in Late Antique Gaul (Cambridge). • Rapp, C. (2005) Holy Bishops in Late Antiquity (Berkeley). • Wipszycka, E. (2016), The Alexandrian Church. People and Institutions (Warsaw)
Learning outcomes:	At the end of this series of lectures its participants should learn about - the emergence diversity of model of Christian priesthood - the ways in which church functioned as an institution - the role of clerics in late antique society The participants should also: - be able to explain links between social, political, and religious changes in late antiquity - note differences between similar religious institutions in diverse historical periods - observe similarities between parallel phenomena in different religious systems
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Attendance (at least 75%) + final test

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