Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | 170201005114 | NEW MOVEMENTS IN RELIGION | Elective | 3 | 5 | 2 |
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Level of Course Unit |
First Cycle |
Objectives of the Course |
The student knows new religious movements. He discerns the basic peculiarities, the processes of emergence and development of new religious movements. He analyzes their beliefs and social structures. He studies basic sources that affect their beliefs and social structures. He compares these movements with similar movements that appear in other environments. |
Name of Lecturer(s) |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mehmet MASATOĞLU |
Learning Outcomes |
1 | Knows the basic characteristics of the new religious movements. | 2 | New religious movements interpret the facts | 3 | New religious movements in which the conflict occurring in the structure of society, to adopt and analyze relationships change. | 4 | New religious movements by making a comparison of global and local scale syntheses of the information |
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Mode of Delivery |
Evening Education |
Prerequisites and co-requisities |
None |
Recommended Optional Programme Components |
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Course Contents |
1- The concept of “New Religious Movement” and Movements that are Included by the Concept. 2- Diversity in Contemporary New Religious Movements 3- Basic Characteristics of New Religious Movements
4- UFO Sects 5- God’s Community 6- Charismatic Movement 7- Satanism 8- Mid-exam
9- Mormons 10- New Paganism 11- Hare Krishna Movement 12- Opus Dei 13- Quakers
14- Jehovah’s Witnesses 15- General Evaluation 16- Final Exam |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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1 | The concept of the new movements and formation processes | | | 2 | Basing features of the new movements | | | 3 | New religious movements, religion, sect, cult, and the difference of ideologies | | | 4 | New religious movements reject the world of sociological analysis | | | 5 | Sociological analysis of the movements that accepts the world that is | | | 6 | Entered into a compromise with the world sociological analysis of new religious movements | | | 7 | Some of the new religious movements that emerged in the West: Jehovah's Witnesses | | | 8 | Exam | | | 9 | Latter-Day Saints | | | 10 | Moon’s | | | 11 | Saintology church | | | 12 | New religious movements and local religious movements in Turkey, comparison of the effects of | | | 13 | Satanism | | | 14 | Emergence of new religious movements in the Islamic world: Bahailik, Qadiyani etc | | |
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Recommended or Required Reading |
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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | SUM | 100 | |
Final Examination | 1 | 100 | SUM | 100 | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | SUM | 100 |
| Language of Instruction | | Work Placement(s) | - |
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Workload Calculation |
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Midterm Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Attending Lectures | 14 | 1 | 14 |
Self Study | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Reading | 14 | 1 | 14 |
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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