COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILA 4421 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET TÜRKERI

Offered to

Theology (Evening)
Theology

Course Objective

To raise individuals who are open to discussion and able to accept that religion can be
criticised So, they can sustain a religion and a modern faith that is compatible with
science, rational and able to provide to happiness of a enlightened and thinking
society.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student, at the end of the semester, will be able to differentiate the prejudgements that prevent thinking straight, and the things whether they are related to religion by getting know them.
2   Will get know the classical and modern literature; and get information about the history of philosophy of religion.
3   Will be able to study philosophically on religious texts and state modern comments about them.
4   Through the understanding the nature of religion they will be able to grasp the inner and conscience's dimensions of it.
5   Will be able to understand the nature of some views that enrich the religious thought, such as pluralism etc.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, Methodology, Philosophy and its subdisciplines
2 What is Philosophy of Religion And Related Areas
3 Arguments for Existence of God: Ontological and Cosmological
4 Arguments for Existence of God: Teleological Arguments and Moral Arguments
5 Arguments for Existence of God: Argument from Religious Experience, Mysticism, Praying
6 Talking about God; Adjectives
7 Religious Language
8 Mid-term Exam
9 The Problem of Evil: Theodicy
10 Free Will and Determinism
11 Concepts of God: Theism, Deism
12 Concepts of God: Pantheism, Panentheism
13 Revelation and Miracles
14 Faith, Beliefs, Interest, Supposition, Doubts, and Knowledge

Recomended or Required Reading

The relevant sections of Turkish books titled "introduction to philosophy" and "introduction to philosophy of religion".
Mehmet Aydın, Din Felsefesi.
Hanifi Özcan, Epistemolojik Açıdan Iman.
Recep Alpyağıl (ed.), Klasik ve Modern Metinlerle Din Felsefesi Dersleri Için Yardımcı Kitap, Iz Yayıncılık.
Rıfat Atay (ed.), Din Felsefesi, Lisans Yayıncılık.

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


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

Students should be prepared before the class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmet.turkeri@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Web Search and Library Research 4 2 8
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 61

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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