COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPROARY MOVEMENTS IN SUFISM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 4147 CONTEMPROARY MOVEMENTS IN SUFISM ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HIMMET KONUR

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

Sufism is a religious though system and institution that has penetrated and taken effect social fabric (of Islamic societies) as well as faith and worship life of Islamic societies. Although its legal status has preferred different, in all Islamic societies has been seen its impact and Marks. Significant changes and developments have taken place concerning our religious and social life in our recent history. These are closely related to Sufism and it's institutions. The purpose of this course is to review significant changes occurring in relations between Sufism and community life, to put forth the problems of Sufic life in our recent past and today and to prepare the ground for developing solution proposals about these problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student becomes aware of discussions related to the religious and Sufic life in Tanzimat (reforms) and Meşrutiyet (constitutional government) years.
2   He knows point of view of various religious groups and intellectual environments to the Sufic life in the Tanzimat and Meşrutiyet years.
3   He learn legal changes and adjustments made about religious and mystical life when the transition to the republic period.
4   He knows the positive and negative results caused in the historical process by these regulations.
5   He recognizes certain Sufi groups that are active today. He estimates about the future of the Sufic life in our country.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Point of view about the religion in the years of Tanzimat and Meşrutiyet
2 Point of view about religious men in the years of Tanzimat and Meşrutiyet
3 Relationships of Islamists with Ittihad ve Terakki(Union and Progress)
4 Relationships of members of Sufism with Ittihad ve Terakki and Islamists
5 The contribitions of Sufic Members to the Milli Mücadele (National Struggle)
6 The legal regulations in the period of the Republic (Cumhuriyet)
7 Point of view of Sufic members about regulations concerning dervish lodges.
8 Mid-Term exam
9 Positive and negative results of the closure of Dervish lodges.
10 Sufic communities that are active in the present day-I
11 Sufic communities that are active in the present day -II
12 Sufic themes in the literary and historical artifacts of the present day
13 Sufism and Urban Islam
14 The role of the Sufism in conversion events in the West
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1- 20. Yüzyılda Din, Tasavvuf ve Tarîkatlar, (ed. Hasan Onat, Demokrasi Platformu Dergisi)
2- Ismail Kara, Islamcıların Siyasi Görüşleri, Istanbul 1994.
3- Mustafa Kara, Türk Tasavvuf Tarihi Araştırmaları, Istanbul 2005.
4- Mustafa Kara, Din, Hayat ve Sanat Açısından Tekkeler ve Zâviyeler, Istanbul 1990.
5- Mustafa Kara, Metinlerle Günümüz Tasavvuf Hareketleri, Istanbul 2002.
6- Ismail Kara, Cumhuriyet Türkiye sinde Bir Mesele Olarak Islâm, Istanbul 2008.
7- Mehmet Altan, 'Kent Dindarlığı Öldü mü ', Sabah Gazetesi, 24.01.2005.
8- Ilber Ortaylı, 'Müzakere', TDV Türk Dünyasının Dini Meseleleri Sempozyum Kitabı, Ankara 1998.
9- Mehmet Altan, Kent Müslümanlığı, Istanbul 2010.
10- Ismail Kara, Şeyh Efendi'nin Rüyasındaki Türkiye, Istanbul 1998.
11- Ali Köse, Neden Islam'ı Seçiyorlar , Istanbul 1997.
12- Eva de Vitray-Meyerovitch, Islam'ın Güleryüzü, Istanbul 1998.
13- Mihriban Özelsel, Halvette Kırk Gün, Istanbul 2002.
14- Y. Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Nur Baba.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

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 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE 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

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

himmet.konur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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