COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6214 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET TÜRKERI

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To show the establishment of philosophy of religion, its developments and the level of today. How the topics that are being discussed in philosophy and philosophy of religion were being discussed throughout history.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student will know at the end of the course, the history of philosophy of religion and its problems
2   They will get knowledge about some world religions and their philosophical values and coherency
3   They will get information about how a person can study religious topics in light of philosophy, by looking at the examples in history.
4   The order of importance and priority of religious topics in philosopher's eyes.
5   They will have knowledge about the reflections of religious topics on people's cultural life.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Contemporary Issues about What is Philosophy of Religion
2 Contemporary Issues about Religion and Epistemology
3 Contemporary Issues about God's Existence
4 Contemporary Issues about God's Existence
5 Contemporary Issues about God's Adjectives
6 Contemporary Issues about the Conceptions of God
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Contemporary Issues about the Problem of Evil and Free Will
9 Contemporary Issues about the Problem of Religious Diversity
10 Contemporary Issues about the Relation between Religion and Science
11 Contemporary Issues about the Relation between Religion and Morality
12 Contemporary Issues about the Problem of Death and Immortality
13 Contemporary Issues about Philosophy of Religion in terms of Modern Religious Movement
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Recep Alpyağıl (ed.), Klasik ve Modern Metinlerle Din Felsefesi Dersleri Için Yardımcı Kitap, Iz Yayıncılık.
H. D. Lewis, History of Philosophy of Religion.
David Hume, Din Üstüne.
R. Descartes, Metafizik Düşünceler.
B. Russell, Mistisizm ve Mantık.
B. Spinoza, Etika
E. Wierenga, Philosophy of Religion in the Twentieth Century.
S. Palmquist, Philosophy of Religion after Kant and Kierkegaard.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, research, question - answer, studying on examples, homework and practice

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students' achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, homework assignments, final exam and active participation to the lecture

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

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 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 4 4
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Reading 7 3 21
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 185

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555

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