COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NATURE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5134 NATURE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET AYDIN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To reach reliable sources about the structure of Islamic thought intellectually and scientifically; to study theological and philosophical thoughts objectively; to overcome dangerous reductionist views and simplifications that arise in several claims about Islamic thoughts; in this field, to gain historical, cultural, theological, philosophical and scientific broaden of view. Overall, to review every kind of schools and movements that that built Islamic thought and how they are founded, developed, the methods that they used, basic terms and views of them, and their theological and philosophical backgrounds; and finally to clarify what they mean for contemporary people of today's world.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students will be learned how Islamic thought was born, its boundaries and its main subjects.
2   They will get to know the main schools of Islamic thought (Salaf, Kalam, Philosophy, Tasavvuf-sufism)
3   They will learn the process of these schools were born and developed and their methods.
4   They will be able to evaluate the relation between Salaf, Kalam, Tasavvuf(Sufism) and philosophy.
5   They will get reliable and strong information about Islamic thought.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The definition, main subjects, areas and the boundaries of Islamic thought.
2 The born and developing periods of Islamic thought.
3 The structure and originality of Islamic thought.
4 Islamic thought schools and the main sources that give information about them.
5 The born of rational thinking in Islam - The relation between rational thinking and Salafî thinking.
6 The Salafî Thought: its representers, periods it has had, knowledge and religious views of them.
7 The critics against Salafî thought. The born of Kalamî thought and its schools.
8 The method that used in Kalam and atomism. The relation of Kalam with Fıqh, philosophy and Tasavvuf(Sufism)
9 The born of Islamic philosophy, its developing process and its schools.
10 The peripatetic Islamic philosophy and its problems.
11 The ishraq philosophy and its problems.
12 The philosophy of Sufism and Irfân (lore) tradition: Wahdatul Shuhud, and Wahdatul Wucud.
13 The innovation(Ihya) and improvements movements in Islamic thought: Islamic modernism its effects and problems.
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Islam Düşüncesi, Ülken Yayınları, Istanbul 1995
2. Süleyman Uludağ, Islam Düşüncesinin Yapısı, Dergâh Yayınları, Istanbul 1994.
3. Fazlur Rahman, Islam, çev., Mehmet Dağ ve Mehmet Aydın, Selçuk yayınları, Ankara.
4. Fazlur Rahman, Islam'da Ihya ve Reform: Bir Islam Fundamentalizmi Incelemesi, Ankara Okulu, Ankara 2006.
5. Seyyid Yahyâ Yesribî, Irfan Felsefesi, çev., Kenan Çamurcu, Insan Yayınları, Istanbul 2010.
6. Ebu'l-Alâ Afîfî, Tasavvuf: Islam'da Manevî Hayat, Iz Yayıncılık, Istanbul 1999.
7. M.M.Şerif, Islam Düşüncesi Tarihi, I-IV, Insan yayınları, Istanbul 1990.
9. Muhammed Ikbal, Islam'da Dinî Düşüncenin Yeniden Doğuşu, çev., N. Ahmet Asrar, Birleşik Yayıncılık, Istanbul trsz.
10. Ilhan Kutluer, Yitirilmiş Hikmeti Ararken, Iz yayıncılık, Istanbul 2011.
11. Muhammed Âbid el-Cabirî, Arap-Islam Kültürünün Akıl Yapısı, Kitabevi, Istanbul 2000.
12. Muhammed Âbid el-Cabirî, Arap-Islam Aklının Oluşumu, Kitabevi, Istanbul 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, research, questioning, assignments.

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

The students can approach analytically and critically to the knowledge that they have learned about these schools and thought movements, their foundation, developing periods and important stages the schools evolved, as well as to their methods, problems and their relations and links to each other. And the students could clarify what all these means to the contemporary people.

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

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmetaydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday, 3:00-4:00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 139

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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