COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERPRETIVE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5174 INTERPRETIVE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION 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 ADIL ÇIFTÇI

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To show how to use and conduct theories of understanding and interpretation on Islamic sciences and texts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   They will learn modern theories of understanding and interpretation.
2   They will see how they are conducted in Islamic sciences.
3   They will read Islamic texts with theories of understanding and interpretation.
4   They will meet Muslim prominent sociologists in hermeneutics.
5   They will focus on developing new theories of understanding and interpretation.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Hermeneutics and Islam
2 Hermeneutics and the Quran
3 Hermeneutics and Tafseer
4 Interpretive Sociology and Tafseer
5 Interpretive Sociology and Qalaam
6 Hermeneutics and Fiqh
7 Hermeneutics and Fiqh Methodology
8 Hermeneutics and Sects
9 Hermeneutics and Sufism
10 Hermeneutics and Hadith
11 Fazlur Rahman and critical-historical approach
12 Izutsu ve Semantics
13 Arkoun ve Structuralist approach
14 New Islamic Sciences
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Adil Çiftçi, Anlayıcı Yaklaşım ve Din Sosyolojisi için Uzanımları.
Fazlur Rahman, Islam.
Fazlur Rahman, Islami Yenilenme: Makaleler I-IV, çev. Adil Çiftçi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Research, Interactive, Term paper and application of theory.

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 * 0.10 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Students will be assessed based on their scores in mid-term and final exams along with their participation in the seminars throughout the semester.

Assessment Criteria

The success of attendant will be evaluated according to his or her degree of mid-term and final exams, and his or her contribution and argumentation performance.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students will be ecpected to all courses during the semester and to prepare a term paper.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

adil.ciftci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 16:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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