COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE PLACE OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS: PROBLEMS, INTERACTIONS, SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5205 THE PLACE OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS: PROBLEMS, INTERACTIONS, SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAKKI ŞAH YASDIMAN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To provide students to get knowledge about positions of women in various religions. It is aimed that student will learn how the scriptures are mentioning about women.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students shall learn the place and importance of women in Judaism.
2   Students shall learn the place and importance of women in Christianity.
3   Students shall learn the place and importance of women in Hinduism.
4   Students shall learn the place and importance of women in Buddhism.
5   Students shall have the ability of comparison of perceptions of women in various religions.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: The aims and sources of the lecture
2 Women in Jewish history
3 Women in Jewish scriptures
4 Women in Christian history
5 Women in Christian scriptures
6 Women in Zoroastrianism
7 Women in Indian Culture
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Women in Hindu scriptures
10 Buddha s attitude about women
11 Women in Buddhist world
12 Women in Eastern Religions
13 Comparison of perceptions of women
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Liliana Vana, Yahudilikte Kadın, Çev. Mehmet Aydın, Nüve kültür Merkezi, 2013.
2) Arvind Sharma, Women in World Religions, South Asia Books, 1995.
3) Mary Pat Fisher, Women in Religion, Pearson Longman, 2006.
4) Ursula King, Women in the World s Religions: Past and Present, Paragon House, New York, 1987.
5) Leona M. Anderson and Pamela Dickey Young, Women and Religious Traditions, Oxford University Pres, Ontario, 2004.
6) Serenity Young, ed., An Anthology of Sacred Texts by and About Women, Pandora, New York, 1993.
7) Judith R. Baskin, Jewish Women in Historical Perspective, Ed., Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1991.
8) Rachel Biale, Women and Jewish Law: The Essential Texts, Their History, and Their Relevance for Today, Schocken Books, New York, 1995.
9) Hans Küng, Women in Christianity, Trans. by John Bowden, Continuum, London, 2005.
10) A.S. Altekar, The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization, Motilal Banarsidass Pub., Delhi, 2005.
11) Isaline Blew Horner, Women Under Primitive Buddhism: Laywomen and Almswomen, Motilal Banarsidass Pub., Delhi, 1999.
12) Hammet Arslan, "Budizm'de Kadının Konumu", Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Ilahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, sayı: 34, ss. 147-179.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Brain Storming , Testing, Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hammet.arslan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Reading 3 3 9
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
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LO.23453
LO.33453
LO.43453
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