COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5137 SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET CEM ŞAHIN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

Constructs of religious groups in society, with their own hierarchical and self-enclosed systems, social, cultural and political areas that formed to examine the direction of effects. The issues addressed not only at the local level by examining some of the global religious groups, local and global, religious groups, the characters will be evaluated.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learns how religious groups have occurred.
2   Understands the positive or negative effects members of religious groups in society.
3   Makes a comparison with similar and different aspects of all religious groups.
4   Tries to interpret the general characteristics of religious groups in the local and global scale.
5   Contributes to develop new typologies of religious groups.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General characteristics and types of social groups
2 General characteristics and types of religious groups
3 Natural religious groups: Family
4 Clan
5 Local associations: Villages and Towns
6 Tribe and nation
7 Societies based on gender and age
8 Pure religious groups
9 Pure religious groups among primitive religious groups and national religions: a) Hidden religious societies b) secret societies
10 Pure religious groups at the level of universal religions
11 The comparison of the concept of the authority of the religious group with "charisma"
12 The effects of religious groups in the socio-cultural and political field
13 Sociological analysis of some local religious groups
14 Sociological analysis of some religious groups around the world

Recomended or Required Reading

Primary References:
1. Niyazi Akyüz, Dinin Örgütsel Iklimi Dini Gruplar, Gündüz Eğitim ve Yayınları, Ankara 2008.
2. Hüseyin Arslan, Dini Gruplar ve Siyaset, Ankara Okulu Yayınları, Ankara 2012.
3. Mehmet Bayyiğit, Din Sosyolojisi, Palet Yayınları, 2013.
4. Mehmet Rami Ayas, Türkiye de Ilk Tarikat Zümreleşmeleri, Iz Yayıncılık, Istanbul 2008.
Secondary References:
1. Bryan Wilson, Dinî Mezhepler,çev. A.I.Yitik ve A.B.Ünal, Iz Yayıncılık, Istanbul 2004.
2. Ünver Günay, Din Sosyolojisi, Insan Yayınları, Istanbul 2000.
3. Ali Köse, Milenyum Tarikatları/Batıda Yeni Dini Akımlar, Truva Yayınları, Istanbul 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Telling, Question&Answer, Discussion, Case study

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

Besides the questions testing if the students have learnt the knowledge they must have learnt, there will be classic questions which are intended to increase their power of interpretation.

Assessment Criteria

The success of students is being evaluated based on their performance at midterm exam, final exam, and course achievement.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmetcem.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 14:00 - 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.14335
LO.24335
LO.34335
LO.44335
LO.54335

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