THEO 279: Roman Catholicism / Pilgrimage John Felice Rome Center (JFRC) Dr. Colby Dickinson Summer Session One 2016, 23 May 23 June 2016 cdickinson1@luc.edu Tues and Thurs: 9 am 12 pm Course description This course will offer a personal encounter intellectually, artistically, and spiritually with Christian pilgrimage and worship throughout the centuries as a mode of exploring the Roman Catholic faith. With Rome as our classroom, we will investigate the theological, historical, sociological, and literary contours of pilgrimage (and the accompanying roles of saints, relics and miracles) in order to arrive at a deeper theological understanding of Roman Catholicism. Course Text Sumption, Jonathan, The Age of Pilgrimage: The Medieval Journey to God. Mahwah, NJ: HiddenSpring, 2003 (1975). All other course texts will be made available to students on Sakai. The readings, in general, are to be performed like reading travel guides, with purposely no daily chosen readings, but rather to be taken up like fieldwork in general. Students are therefore advised to read all texts assigned on an ongoing basis. Course Format There will be 3 in-class lectures/presentations at JFRC classroom. All other classes are on-site to specific Churches, catacombs and so forth (see course schedule below for details on where each class is to be held). Major Course Assignments You will complete the following assignments as part of this course: Participation for this course is essential. You will be expected to attend everything we do together, and to comment, ask questions, be enthusiastic and generally participate in any way you are able. A 1-2 page response/reflection paper will be due each week on Tuesday morning concerning the sites visited the previous week as well as in-class lectures. The exact format of these reflections will be up to the student, though they should take care to synthesize the readings, site visits and personal experiences. A travelogue based on a trip to a pilgrimage site, and which is made on your own during your time in Italy. This should be at least 3-5 pages in length. A take-home exam of approximately 4-5 pages to be emailed to me as a Word document at the end of the term. You will be given the exam questions in-class toward the end of the session. Final, concluding presentations will be given by each student on the last day of class. These are to be a 5 minute general reflection on what you observed and learned in the course, specifically in relation to course readings and discussions. All papers for the course should be approximately 10-12 pt font, Times New Roman, 1.5 spacing, 1 inch margins. Course expectations Never miss a class. Never. I mean it. Likewise, always be on time, especially for on-site classes which means that you will have to be there by 9 am each time. I will wait for no one. Be courteous to one 1
another and respectful of the places we visit (including what you wear, etc.) For more information on dress codes, see http://www.saintpetersbasilica.org/touristinfo.htm#dresscode for some examples as well. Please be prepared to ride the metro, take the bus or train, and so forth, throughout the morning, as we will occasionally be hoping on and off public transportation in order to access particular sites around Rome. You can buy bus and metro passes at the front desk at the JFRC, so please do so if you need them. Relative Weight in Grading. Participation (20%), Reflection papers (30%), Pilgrimage travelogue (15%), Take home exam (20%), Final presentation (15%) Letter Grades by Percentage. A (93-100), A- (90-92) B+ (87-89), B (83-86), B- (80-82) C+ (77-79), C (73-76), C- (70-72) D+ (67-69), D (63-66), D- (60-62) F (0-59) Course Schedule 22 May (T) (at JFRC) In-class lecture and discussion at JFRC: Introduction to Roman Catholicism and the historical development of pilgrimage as a Catholic performance of faith Readings: Sumption, The Age of Pilgrimage, pp. 5-49 Turner & Turner, Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture, pp. 1-39 Schnell and Pali, Pilgrimage today: The meaning-making potential of ritual Warfield, Baker and Foxx, The therapeutic value of pilgrimage: A grounded theory study The Handbook of Indulgences, pp. 19-25, 46-47 Paul VI, Indulgentiarum Doctrina 24 May (Th) (begin at Santi Giovanni e Paulo, Metro to Colosseo) Foundations: The churches during persecution: Ss. Giovanni e Paulo, S. Stefano Rotondo, S. Clemente (5 euros with student ID), walk by of the Colisseo and Forum, the Prison Mamertino Readings: Sumption, The Age of Pilgrimage, pp. 50-68 Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain, pp. 114-125 29 May (T) (begin at Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi) Overview of Roman pilgrimage (walk down from Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi), Chiesa di San Pietro in Montorio (via the Reale Accademia di Spagna), S. Maria in Trastevere, S. Cecilia in Trastevere (with visit to the archaeological viewing under the Church), S. Maria in Cosmedin (where the bocca della verità, or mouth of truth is kept) Readings: Cavanaugh, Migrations of the Holy, pp. 69-87 Lewis-Kraus, A Sense of Direction 31 May (Th) (at JFRC) In-class lecture/discussion at JFRC: Saints, relics and miracles along the pilgrim s journey 2
Readings: Sumption, The Age of Pilgrimage, pp. 160-193 The Reliquary Chapel of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart Farley, The Bone Collectors, pp. 1-3 Melczer, Relics and Pilgrimages, pp. 1-7 Veneranda Dies sermon 5 June (T) (begin at S. Maria Maggiore, Metro to Repubblica) The 7 Pilgrim Churches of Rome: S. Maria Maggiore, S. Prassede, Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli 7 June (Th) (begin at S. Giovanni in Laterano, Metro to San Giovanni) The 7 Pilgrim Churches of Rome: S. Giovanni in Laterano, La Scala Santa (a visit to the Sancta Sanctorum is 3.50 euros per person), S. Croce in Gerusalemme Readings: Sumption, The Age of Pilgrimage, pp. 136-159 12 June (T) (begin at S. Agnese fuori le mura, Metro to S. Agnese/Annibaliano) Catacombs and the early Church: S. Agnese fuori le mura and S. Costanza and the Catacombs underneath, 8 euros per person for the catacombs), talk about Catacombs of S. Callisto, S. Sebastiano, via Appia Antica (if you are interested in exploring S. Callisto and S. Sebastiano, take bus 218 from the stop across from San Giovanni in Laterano to the Fosse Ardentine stop) Readings: Sumption, The Age of Pilgrimage, pp. 239-271 MacCulloch, The Reformation, pp. 400-405 14 June (Th) (at JFRC) In-class lecture and discussion at JFRC: discussion of The Age of Pilgrimage and student experiences of the 7 pilgrim churches Readings: Sumption, The Age of Pilgrimage, pp. 338-368 Turner, Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors, pp. 166-228 Belloc, The Path to Rome, pp. 24-31, 262-270 19 June (T) (begin at S. Pietro, bus 913, or 990) The 7 Pilgrim Churches of Rome, continued: S. Pietro, walk by Ospedale S. Spirito in Sassia, Sacro Cuore D. Suffragio (for viewing the Museum of the Souls of Purgatory), S. Maria del Popolo, end at Villa Borghese Readings: Sumption, The Age of Pilgrimage, pp. 308-338 Feiler, The New Allure of Sacred Pilgrimages, pp. 1-4 Feiler, Walking the Bible 21 June (Th) (begin at S. Paolo fuori Mura, Metro to Basilica San Paolo) The 7 Pilgrim Churches of Rome, continued: S. Paolo fuori Mura, with a discussion of S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura Readings: Sumption, The Age of Pilgrimage, pp. 271-307 Mahoney, The Singular Pilgrim, pp. 1-7 26 June (T) (begin at Pantheon, bus 913 from JFRC to its end just across the Tiber River) 3
The relationship of Church and culture: Pantheon, S. Maria Sopra Minerva, Sant Ignazio, Il Gesu (and, time permitting, Sant Agostino (for Caravaggio s Madonna of the Pilgraims ) and Piazza Navona Readings: Scriven, Geographies of Pilgrimage: Meaningful Movements and Embodied Mobilities Morse, Pilgrimage, pp. 92-102 28 June (Th) (at JFRC) Final lecture, discussion, general considerations on the course and, mainly, final student presentations Bibliography Bartholomew, Craig and Fred Hughes, eds., Explorations in a Christian Theology of Pilgrimage, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004. Bradley, Ian, Pilgrimage: A Spiritual and Cultural Journey, Oxford: Lion Hudson, 2010. Coelho, Paulo, The Pilgrimage, New York: HarperOne, 2008. Cousineau, Phil, The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker s Guide to Making Travel Sacred, Berkeley, CA: Conari Press, 2012 (1998). Eade, John and Michael J. Sallnow, eds., Contesting the Sacred: The Anthropology of Christian Pilgrimage, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2013. Feiler, Bruce, Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses, New York: Perennial, 2001. Forest, Jim, The Road to Emmaus: Pilgrimage as a Way of Life, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2007. Hager, June, Pilgrimage: A Chronicle of Christianity through the Churches of Rome, Cassell, 2001. Korn, Frank J., A Catholic s Guide to Rome: Discovering the Soul of the Eternal City, New York: Paulist Press, 2000. Lash, Jennifer, On Pilgrimage: A Time to Seek, London: Bloomsbury, 1991. Lewis, Joan, A Holy Year in Rome, Manchester, NH: Sophia Institute Press, 2015. Lewis-Kraus, Gideon, A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful, New York: Riverhead, 2012. Luff, S. G. A., The Christian s Guide to Rome, New York: Fordham University Press, 1967. Mahoney, Rosemary, The Singular Pilgrim: Travels on Sacred Ground, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. Martin, James, Jesus: A Pilgrimage, New York: HarperOne, 2014. McGurn, Barrett, The Pilgrim s Guide to Rome: For the Millennial Jubilee Year 2000, New York: Viking, 1998. Mockett, Marie Mutsuki, Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey, New York: W.W. Norton, 2015. Papandrea, James L., Rome: A Pilgrim s Guide to the Eternal City, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2012. Reader, Ian, Pilgrimage: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Rudolph, Conrad, Pilgrimage to the End of the World: The Road to Santiago de Compostela, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. Stendhal, A Roman Journal, ed. and trans. Haakon Chevalier, New York: Collier, 1957. Sumption, Jonathan, The Age of Pilgrimage: The Medieval Journey to God, Mahwah, NJ: HiddenSpring, 2003 (1975). Tóibín, Colm, The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe, New York: Pantheon, 1994. Turner, Victor and Edith L.B. Turner, Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture, New York: Columbia University Press, 1978. Webb, Diana, Medieval European Pilgrimage, c. 700 c. 1500, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. Wright, N.T., The Way of the Lord: Christian Pilgrimage Today, Grand Rapids, MIL Eerdmans, 2014 (1999). 4
The site http://romanchurches.wikia.com/ is a major resource as well. 5