COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RELIGION AND VIOLENCE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6272 RELIGION AND VIOLENCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CIHAD KISA

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

The goal of this course is to provide students with a critical examination of violence and its origins from a bio-psycho-social perspective and to gain knowledge and understanding regarding to relationship between religion and violence and connection between human beings and violence.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehend factors which are influencial for emergence of violence.
2   Analyzes the perspectives of religions to violence
3   Evaluates how recognise violence by human being in our time
4   Percieves sociological perspective of religious life

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General overview of violence
2 Biological factor in violence
3 Psychological factor in violence
4 Instinct theory of aggression
5 Social factor in violence
6 Ideology and Violence
7 Extremism
8 Mid-Term Exam.
9 Religions and violence
10 Faithful person and violence
11 Sacrifice and Violence
12 Ethics and violence
13 Protective factors for future violence
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Haluk Yavuzer (1982), Çocuk ve Suç, Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul; 3.
2. Juergensmeyer,M.(2003), Terror in the Mind of God, University of Lee A. Kirkpatrick. Attachment, Evolution and The Psychology of Religion, Guilford Press.
3. Teehan J. (2010). In the Name of God: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Ethics and Violence. Blackwell

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.

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Assessment Criteria

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Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cihad.kisa@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 14:00 -16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
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 3 3
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Reading 10 3 30
Web Search and Library Research 4 7 28
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 174

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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