010097 VO Becoming God: Deification from Antiquity to the Present (2018S)
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Language: English
Examination dates
Thursday
28.06.2018
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
05.07.2018
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
Thursday
27.09.2018
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
Monday
19.11.2018
18:30 - 20:00
Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
Lecturers
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Erster Prüfungstermin: DO 28.06.2018 13.15-14.45 Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Weitere Prüfungstermine:
05.07.2018 15.00-16.30 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
27.09.2018 15.00-16.30 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
Thursday
01.03.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
08.03.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
15.03.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
22.03.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
12.04.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
19.04.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
26.04.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
03.05.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
17.05.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
24.05.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
07.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
14.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
21.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Assessment and permitted materials
Oral exam (in English).
Permitted Instruments: None.
Oral exam (in English).
Permitted Instruments: None.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
(Beurteilungskriterien) und der Beurteilungsmaßstab (nach Maßgabe von § 59 Abs. 6 UG).
Oral or written exam (in English).
(Beurteilungskriterien) und der Beurteilungsmaßstab (nach Maßgabe von § 59 Abs. 6 UG).
Oral or written exam (in English).
Examination topics
Examination topics: Lecture content.
Reading list
Reading list
(1) Litwa, M. David. 2012. We are Being Transformed: Deification in Paul’s Soteriology. Berlin: de Gruyter.
(2) Ory Amitay. 2010. From Alexander to Jesus. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
(3) Nickolas P. Roubekas. 2017. An Ancient Theory of Religion: Euhemerism from Antiquity to the Present. London & New York: Routledge.
(4) Spencer Cole. 2006. “Cicero, Ennius, and the Concept of Apotheosis at Rome,” Arethusa 39.3: 531-548.
(5) Francis Oakley. 2006. Kingship: The Politics of Enchantment. Malden, MA & Oxford: Blackwell.
(6) Tamás Dávid-Barrett and James Carney. 2016. “The deification of historical figures and the emergence of priesthoods as a solution to a network coordination problem,” Religion, Brain & Behavior 6.4: 307-317.
(1) Litwa, M. David. 2012. We are Being Transformed: Deification in Paul’s Soteriology. Berlin: de Gruyter.
(2) Ory Amitay. 2010. From Alexander to Jesus. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
(3) Nickolas P. Roubekas. 2017. An Ancient Theory of Religion: Euhemerism from Antiquity to the Present. London & New York: Routledge.
(4) Spencer Cole. 2006. “Cicero, Ennius, and the Concept of Apotheosis at Rome,” Arethusa 39.3: 531-548.
(5) Francis Oakley. 2006. Kingship: The Politics of Enchantment. Malden, MA & Oxford: Blackwell.
(6) Tamás Dávid-Barrett and James Carney. 2016. “The deification of historical figures and the emergence of priesthoods as a solution to a network coordination problem,” Religion, Brain & Behavior 6.4: 307-317.
Association in the course directory
066 800 M3
Last modified: Fr 03.02.2023 00:13
The aim is to introduce students to the academic study of religion and to the main beliefs and practices associated with the ideas of deification of humans. The course will cover various examples, ancient and modern, of deified individuals.Students will:
• acquire knowledge of what constitutes ‘deification’, and how can be studied in a comparative context;
• acquire knowledge of the different myths, stories, and ritual deification practices of different cultures, across time and space; will identify the different and complex nature of the deification traditions; and will be able to compare this vivid religious and political institution from antiquity to the modern times.Description:
Deification, or apotheosis, is a very popular phenomenon across many cultures and traditions. Human history is replete with examples of deified individuals either as a result of their power or due to some special abilities. The course will examine certain examples from different cultural contexts, including posthumous deification and self-deification of individuals, in an array of ancient and modern understandings of the phenomenon: from Ancient Greece and Rome to Jesus Christ, and from the Japanese Emperor to Hollywood stars, popular singers, and athletes. Particular emphasis will be placed on the blurry lines between the notion of divinity and humanity.Method:
Lectures with visual and textual material in English.