COURSE UNIT TITLE

: KELAM IN ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIS 5156 KELAM IN ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Basic Islamic Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MURAT MEMIŞ

Offered to

Basic Islamic Sciences

Course Objective

To discover the relations between theologies of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and to research their similarities ve differences on the approaches to the subjects of the basic beliefs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students, will have information about the structure of tree kind of theology.
2   will have information on the different methods and problems of theology.
3   will have information on the impact of the Jewish and Christian theology on the Islamic Theology.
4   Will obtain the assessment opportunities on the concept of God and his nature.
5   will gain the opportunity to see and evaluate the relationship between God and universe and human-being.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The meaning of Kalam
2 The Theologies of Judaism and Christianity general information
3 The effects of Christian and Jewish Theology on Kalam
4 The uniqueness of God in Islam and Trinity in Christianity
5 Explanation of God s attributes
6 The Qur an: Created speech or not
7 Trinity and Incarnation: According to Islam
8 Creation of Universe
9 Atomism in Theology
10 Causality in Theology
11 The problem of Destiny
12 Discussions on Human Freedom
13 Perception of Salvation in religions
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Required Textbooks:
1. Austryn Wolfson, Kelam Felsefeleri
References:
Other Sources:
1. Alister McGrath, Christian Theology
2. Binyamin Abrahamov, Islam Kelamı

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research ,question and answer, assignment and practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm and Final Exam:
In Mid-term and final exam, the students are asked questions in classical style about the resources, the schools, the scholars of the History of Islamic Theology and literature and their salient features.
Homework:
The student prepares a composition about the resources, the schools, the scholars of the History of Islamic Theology, and then presents this composition in printed output.

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term, homework assignment 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)

murat.memis@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday, between 2.00-4.00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 17 17
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7
LO.12
LO.23
LO.334
LO.444
LO.54

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