Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
TİB-23-110ÇAĞDAŞ KELAMDA YENİLİK ARAYIŞLARIElective126
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Students have the knowledge about the contemporary problems of Islamic theology and have the ability to offer solutions to these problems
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd. Doç. Dr. Mürsel ATA
Learning Outcomes
1Have the general knowledge about the contemporary Islamic tendencies
2Know the historical contexts of the problems, tendencies and schools
3Can analyze in what aspects they differ from orthodox belif
4Can produce propers answers relying on the Dynamics of the Islamic theolgy
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Problems of kalam
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1The problems for kalams viewpoint
2The influence of ontology and epistemology of kalam to the problems
3The main problem: Atheism
4The problem of theodicy
5The heretical tendencies in the religious movements
6reencarnation
7Soul and the problems about the life of the soul
8Kalam’s viewpoint on reencarnation
9Secularism
10Satanism
11Dunya Kardesleri Birlig
12Bahaism
13Alevism
14The Alavi practice
15
16
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Adnan Bülent Ünal, A. Bülent Baloğlu (ed.), Kelâmın İşlevselliği ve Günümüz Kelâm Problemleri 2. Ahmet Güç, Satanizm 3. Ali Köse (ed.), Sekülerizm Sorgulanıyor 4. Aydın Topaloğlu, Teizm ya da Ateizm: Tanrıtanımazlığın Felsefî Boyutlar
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Makeup Examination122
Attending Lectures1010100
Discussion248
Question-Answer224
Brain Storming236
Seminar111
Writing Paper144
Self Study224
Individual Study for Homework Problems224
Individual Study for Mid term Examination5525
Individual Study for Final Examination339
Reading339
Homework339
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)188
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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