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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ILT 4018 HISTORY OF RELIGIONS COMPULSORY 4 0 0 5

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI IHSAN YITIK

Offered to

Theology

Course Objective

To show History of Religions themes, methods and its relations to other religious sciences as an independent discipline; to ensure understanding of major features of historical and living religious traditions and faiths.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learn the nature of problem of defining the religion, and different definitions of religion, and theories about the origin of the religion 2   Perceive History of Religions themes, methods and its relations to other sciences 3   Grasp the differences between traditional Islamic sciences and modern Religious Studies in terms of their methods and points of views 4   Learn venture of History of Religion in Islamic world, modern West and Turkey 5   Perceive emergence, development, faith, ritual and ethical system of historical and living religions and their relations with each other

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Importance of History of Religions in theological education 2 History of Religions: Themes, Methods and its relations with other Sciences of Religion 3 Religion in terms of History of Religions: Definitions, theories on its origins and main dimensions 4 Traditional Anatolian religions and their features 5 Traditional Persian religions: Zoroastrianism, Mithraism and Mandeans 6 Traditional Turkish Religion: beliefs and practices 7 Traditional Chinese and Japan religions: Confucianism, Taoism and Shintoism 8 Mid-term 9 Indian Religions: Main features of Indian religions 10 Hinduism: Historical development and sacred texts 11 Hinduism: Doctrines (karma, reincarnation, yoga, meditation) 12 Religions emerged from Hinduism: Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism 13 Buddhism: Historical development and sacred texts 14 Buddhism: main doctrines 15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Yaşayan Dünya Dinleri, ed. Şinasi Gündüz, DIB Yayınları, Ankara, 2007. 2. A. Küçük, G. Tümer, Alparslan Küçük, Dinler Tarihi, Berikan Yayınevi, Ankara, 2010. 3. Mahmut Aydın, Anahatlarıyla Dinler Tarihi, Ensar Yayınları, Istanbul, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecture and debate

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.yitik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 2 26 Preparation for midterm exam 13 1 13 Midterm 5 5 25 Final 5 10 50 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 LO.1 1 1 1 LO.2 1 1 1 LO.3 1 1 1 LO.4 1 1 1 LO.5 1 1 1