COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Religious Tourism

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Religious Tourism

Course Objective

To provide students to understand the pilgrimage in the World's Living Religions in terms of faith tourism. The basic aims of the lectures are examining the religious journeys and their importance in the mentioned religions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Dallen J. Timothy & Daniel H. Olsen, Tourism, Religion and Spiritual Journeys, Routledge, London, 2006.
2. Kevin Hannam & Anya Diekmann, Tourism and India: A Critical Introduction, Routledge, London, 2011.
3. Simon Coleman & John Elsner, Pilgrimage: Past and Present in the World Religions, Harvard Uni. Press, Massachusetts, 1995.
4. David Martin Gitlitz & Linda Kay Davidson, Pilgrimage and the Jews, Praeger Publishers, 2006.
5. Ian Bradley, Pilgrimage: A Spiritual and Cultural Journey, Lion Book, England, 2009.
6. Victor Turner & Edith Turner, Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture, Columbia Uni. Press, New York, 2011.
7. F. E. Peters, The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places, Princeton Uni. Press, Princeton, 1994.
8. Knut A. Jacobsen, Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition: Salvific Space, Routledge, London, 2013.
9. Diana L. Eck, Banaras: City of Light, A. Knopf Book, New York, 1982.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To be announced soon.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced soon.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced soon.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced soon.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assis. Prof. Dr. Hammet ARSLAN

Office Hours

To be announced soon.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes