COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAKKI ŞAH YASDIMAN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To get know new religious movements; to give information about the reasons of these movements; the founders and main features of these movements. To help students in analyzing the reasons and results of these movements.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Main sources:
A.Rafet Özkan, Kıyamet Tarikatları: Yeni Dinî Hareketler, Istanbul 2006.

- Ali Köse, Milenyum Tarikatları: Batı'da Yeni Dinî Akımlar, Istanbul 2006.

- Mehmet Aydın, Türkiye'ye yönelik Batı Kökenli Dinî Cereyanlar, Istanbul 2010.

- Ronald Enroth, Tarikatlar ve Yeni Dinler, Istanbul 1998.

- Eileen Barker, New Religious Movements; A Practical Introduction, London, 1989.

- Irving Hexham, Understanding Cults and New Religions, Michigan 1987.

Secondary Sources:

- Şinasi Gündüz, Şiddet ve Sevgi Ikliminde Hıristiyanlık (Rağbet, 2006).

- Bıyık, Küresel Bir Din Projesi Olarak Moonculuk: Tek Din, Tek Dil ve Tek Millet

Oluşturma Projesi (Birey, 2002).

- Ahmet Güç, Satanizm: Şeytana Tapmanın Yeni Adı (Alfa, 1999).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, questioning, homework-practices, library, seminar and group works.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Homework/presentation: Each student has to prepare homework and present it in class.
Exam: In one semester, there are two, one mid-term and a final, exams sit in and classical.
Attendance: is obligatory.
Students achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, homework assignments, final exam and active participation to the lectures.

Assessment Criteria

The attendances of students are being considered and have to be at least 70%.
The grade is calculated as if Mid-term Exam 40%; homework/presentation 20% Final exam 40%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yasdiman@yahoo.com; hakki.ydiman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 14:30 15:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes