Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
FDB-23-136DİN BİLİMLERİNDE ARAŞTIRMA YÖNTEMLERİ - IElective116
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To equip students with the basic methodological and conceptual issues related to study of religions
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd. Doç.Dr. Yusuf MACİT
Learning Outcomes
1Studenets; evaluates religious studies within the frame of their appearance conditions.
2Comments on phenomenon of religion’s place, importance and function with regards to religious studies.
3Realizes paradigms and major claims of religious studies.
4Porecasts future of religion and scientific theories through previous studies.
5
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Students comprehend the classification of social science and the place of the study of religion among them Students will learn how to benefit from the material on various social-scientific schools Students comprehend the issues of understanding and interpretation Students can evaluate the science of the study of religion within the framework of the discussions in philosophy of science and in the context of paradigm shift in social sciences
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction: Introduction of the topics and the course material
2Social sciences and the study of religion
3Anthropological approaches to religion
4Historical-phenomenological approaches to religion
5Psychological approaches to religion
6Sociological approaches to religion
7Paradigm change in the classical social science
8The impact of the debates in the philosophy of science upon the study of religion
9Interpretation and understanding in the study of religion
10Problem of objectivity in the study of religion
11Issues of universality and locality in the study of religion
12 Historical reality and historical constructionism in the study of religion
13Debates on the future of the study of religion
14General evaluation of the topics discussed
15
16
Recommended or Required Reading
-William E. Paden, Kutsalın Yorumu, Çev. Abdurrahman Kurt, Sentez Yay., İstanbul, 2008. Ömer Mahir Alper (ed.), Batı’da Din Çalışmaları, Metropol Yay., İstanbul, 2002. James L. Cox, Kutsalı İfade Etmek, Çev. Fuat Aydın, İz Yay., İstanbul, 2004. Inger Furseth, Pal Repstad, Din Sosyolojisine Giriş, Çev. İ. Çapcıoğlu, H. Aydınalp, Birleşik Kitabevi, Ankara, 2011.
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
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Attending Lectures14342
Self Study71284
Homework9654
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)180
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4
LO5
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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