Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
FDB-23-102DİN SOSYOLOJİSİNE GİRİŞElective126
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To help student to realize major theories of religion, to criticize previous theories of religion and make new interpretations.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd. Doç. Dr. Fatih Özkan
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.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
To evaluate religious studies within the frame of their appearance conditions. To comment on phenomenon of religion’s place, importance and function with regards to religious studies. To realize paradigms and major claims of religious studies. To forecasts future of religion and scientific theories through previous studies.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Definition of religious sciences and origins
2Phenomenon of religion from the perspective of the science of religion
3Discussion on origin of religion in religious studies
4Sociological religion theories and its criticism
5Psychological religion theories and its criticism
6Antropological religion theories and its criticism
7Phenemenogical religion theories and its criticisim
8Basic paradigms of religious studies: 1)Evolutionist and Eurocentric perspectives
92) Positivism and determinism
103) Reductionism
11 New paradigmes in religious studies
12Spirituality and religion
13Religion and scientific studies on future
14General discussion
15
16
Recommended or Required Reading
- Brian Morris, Din Üzerine Antropolojik İncelemeler, Ankara 2004. - Ömer Mahir Alper, Batı’da Din Çalışmaları, İstanbul 2002. - Zeki Özcan, Din Bilimi Yazıları I, İstanbul 2001. - W.E.Paden, Kutsalın Yorumu Bursa 2008. - E.Evans-Pritchard, İlkellerde Din, Ankara 1999.
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
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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