Permanent training program in
Understanding today's world: historical and social keys*.
*Program in Christianity and Contemporary Culture
16 weeks
September 22, 2026
to February 2, 2027
12 ECTS credit
Campus Madrid
University of Navarra
Face-to-face classes:
Monday 15:00-18:30
onlineclass :
Thursday 20:00-21:00
2.040€
possibility of applying bonuses and scholarships
Program partially subsidized by FUNDAE. Institutional agreements.
A journey that starts in May '68, and that aims to unravel some of the historical and social keys of contemporary culture, also analyzing the evolution of the Church in that period, the role of Christians in political life, and the evident transformation of society and the family.
Content
4 subjects
May '68: an intellectual history
After Vatican II: Christianity in Today's World
The transformation of society and the family
Religion and secularism in the public space
Faculty & Advisory Board
Pablo Pérez
Full Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Navarra
Pablo Pérez
Researcher and professor at the University of Navarra
Santiago Casas
Professor of Contemporary Church History at the University of Navarre.
Onésimo Díaz
Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Navarre.
Dolores Hernandez
Professor of Human Geography at the University of Navarra, Spain
Maria Calvo
Professor of Administrative Law at Universidad Carlos III, Universidad Carlos III
Raquel Lázaro
Director of the department of Philosophy of the University of Navarra
Gregorio Guitián
Senior Associate Professor of Moral Theology and Dean of the School of Theology at the University of Navarra, Spain
Program in Christianity and Contemporary Culture
CERTIFICATION OF THE degree scroll
The course Understanding today's world: historical and social keys is certified as a Permanent training Program (12 ECTS credit), and is one of the four courses that make up the Master's Degree in Christianity and Contemporary Culture of the University of Navarra.
All these courses are independent of each other. Agraduate student or university graduate who completes the four courses and does his Master's Degree Final project (12 ECTS credit), can obtain the degree scroll Master of Permanent training in Christianity (60 ECTS credit).
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What our students say
Faith, a current challenge
"With the classes you put your faith into play, reinterpret it, update it, and put it in the light of the contemporary world."
Intellectually restless people
"Sometimes you have like a dichotomy between Christianity and its universe of ideas and contemporary culture. It seems that they are unconnected realities. And that can't be so: We are contemporary culture."
Great masters
"The category of the professors, their closeness and availability to talk with us inside and outside the classroom... that has been a gift and a great opportunity. Also the discussion with classmates, which continues at lunch, coffee... is very enriching."
Learning in freedom
"It is very motivating, because there is great respect for any opinion and everything that is said. You have total freedom to think what you want, without imposing any ideology on yourself."
Integrating what has been learned
"I appreciate the freedom of the format. It gives you the opportunity to take what's been said in class, integrate it, run it through your filter and then come up with a response to reality that is your own response."
Master's Degree for life
"It has helped me a lot to grow as a person. To develop my own critical thinking and formulate some solid ideas about issues that the real world then presents to me."
What teachers say
Javier Sánchez-Cañizares
"Christianity has always had the need to dialogue with the culture of its time."
Raquel Lázaro
"We seek to avoid simplifications and provide clues for everyone to find their own answers."
Juan Luis Lorda
"Christianity is part of the past, of our roots and of our contemporary culture."
Ricardo Piñero
"Reason and faith merge at the heart of Christian humanism, giving rise to a full understanding of the person."
Schools and research Centers involved
School of Philosophy and Letters | School of Theology | School of Science | School of Medicine | School of Education and Psychology | School of Business and Economics |Core Curriculum Institute | Institute for Culture and Society | group CRYF-Science Reason and Faith |research Ethics committee | Church History Institute | group History of Spain in the 20th Century | group de research Virtue Ethics in Business | University of Navarra Museum | GEAC group on Aesthetics and Contemporary Art | IESE Business School
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