COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 3244 CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI IHSAN YITIK

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

To make clear the situation of Muslim-Christian relations and their point of view to common problems of humanity, to discuss the possibility of reimplementation of cohabitation experienced successfully in history, to gain knowledge about the roots of the problems these faced by the followers of these religions in political and social spheres and to try solution to these problems, and to make true comments on some issues experienced by the followers of these religions

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Will have common knowledge on the relations of Muslims and Christians since the first time they met;
2   Will learn the new thoughts on the solutions to the problems which appear recently and are transferred from the past;
3   Will discuss the possibility of cohabitation by learning the process of Muslim-Christian relations;
4   Will gain knowledge about the Muslims living in Christian countries and the Christians living in Muslim countries;
5   Will know the organizations playing role in the studies of inter-religious dialogue by evaluating the aims of these studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 First Meeting of Muslims and Christians and Early Relations
2 Muslim-Christian Relations in Middle Ages and Early Crusades
3 Christianity and Islam in the Context of Modernism and Religion
4 A General Look at Contemporary Christian-Muslim Relations
5 Perception of Islam in the West and Muslims
6 Perception of Islam in the US and Muslims -I
7 Perception of Islam in the US and Muslims -II
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Religion and Terrorism: Islam and Terrorism
10 Religion and Terrorism: Christianity and Terrorism
11 Perception of Christianity and Christians in Islamic World -I
12 Perception of Christianity and Christians in Islamic World -II
13 Inter-religious Dialogue and Goals
14 Inter-religious Dialogue and Organizations
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Müslüman Hıristiyan Ilişkileri Tarihi, Prof. Dr. Ziya Kazıcı, Kayıhan Yayınları, 2011
2. Müslüman-Hıristiyan Diyaloğu, Yrd. Doç. Dr. Mustafa Alıcı, Iz Yayıncılık, 2010
3. Islam Toplumunda Hıristiyanlar, Levent Öztürk, Ensar Neşriyat, 2012
4. Günümüzde Islam ve Hıristiyanlık, W. Montgomery Watt, Iz Yayıncılık, 2002
5. Other articles, news, and comments published in newspapers and journals.
Optional Sources:
Photographs, newspapers, journals & magazines, movies & documentaries
Other Sources:
Related Articles published in journals, maps, atlas, photographs, chronologies, genealogical charts, CD's, movies, documentaries, tablets, coins...

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Reading, research, Q&A, lecture, watching movies and documentaries, presentation, discussion, homework and practice

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


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

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suleyman.genc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Open

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

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