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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FDB 6265	DAILY LIFE AND RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET CEM ŞAHIN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To investigate the reasons and affects of the societies experiencing the daily life facing the modernity, current trends and the origin of the religious paradox with a diachronical approach.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Gains the ability to analyze the relationship between everyday life and religiousness.
2	Analyzes the modern components of the religiosity in everyday life.
3	Interprets the problem of discrimination of pious against the variety of cultural heritage.
4	Learns the typologies of religiosity in Turkiye.
5	Analyzes the reference power of religion in the face of the issue of the Muslim modernization.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	The concept of everyday life
2	Everyday life 'science' and life styles
3	The transformation of everyday life and religion
4	Concepts of religiousness and religiosity
5	Changing lives and consumed religion
6	Modern components of religiousness
7	The Republic, religion and cultural policies against religiosity
8	Turkiye religiosity
9	Typologies of religiosity in Turkiye
10	Transformation of religiosity and new typologies
11	Muslim modernization and guarantee of modernity: Laicité and secularity
12	The Modern Muslim and demanding religiousness
13	Religion as a reference point and the new meanings
14	Religiousness of the modern

Recomended or Required Reading

Primary References:
1. Necdet Subaşı, Gündelik Hayat ve Dinsellik, Iz Yayınları, Istanbul 2004.
2. Adil Çiftçi, Anlayıcı Yaklaşım ve Din Sosyolojisi Için Uzanımları, Ankara Okulu Yay., Ankara 2004.
3. Adil Çiftçi, Din Sosyolojisi ve Yöntem Toplumbilim Yazıları II., Ankara 2011.
4. Henri Lefebvre, Modern Dünyada Gündelik Hayat, Metis Yayınları, Istanbul 2010.
5. Kollektif, Türkiye'de Dindarlık, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul 2012.
6. Alain Coulon, Etnometodoloji, Küre Yay., Istanbul 2010.
Secondary References:
1. Necdet Subaşı, Öteki Türkiye'de Din ve Modernleşme, Vadi Yayınları, Ankara 2003.
2. Ali Akdoğan, Geleneksel Toplumdan Modern Topluma Geçişte Dini Hayat, Rağbet Yayınları, Istanbul 2002.
3. Ruth Wallace & Allison Wolf, Çağdaş Sosyoloji Kuramları, çev. L. Elburuz, M. R. Ayas, Doğu Batı Yay., Istanbul 2011.
4. Books by Nilüfer Göle.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Telling, Question&Answer, Discussion, Case study.

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

Besides the questions testing if the students have learnt the knowledge they must have learnt, there will be classic questions which are intended to increase their power of interpretation.

Assessment Criteria

The success of students is being evaluated based on their performance at midterm exam, final exam, and course achievement.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmetcem.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 14:00 - 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	3	42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	5	70
Preparation for midterm exam	1	20	20
Preparation for final exam	1	30	30
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.8	PO.9	PO.13
LO.1	5	3	3	4	5	5
LO.2	5	3	3	4	5	5
LO.3	5	3	3	4	5	5
LO.4	5	3	3	4	5	5
LO.5	5	3	3	4	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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