COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE RELIGION: BELIEFS, WORSHIPS, AND PRACTICES IN SEMITIC AND INDIAN-ORIGIN RELIGIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5201 COMPARATIVE RELIGION: BELIEFS, WORSHIPS, AND PRACTICES IN SEMITIC AND INDIAN-ORIGIN RELIGIONS 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 HAKKI ŞAH YASDIMAN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To provide students to understand the religious practices and festivals of Abrahamic religions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students shall learn how the worship done in Judaism.
2   Students shall learn the importance of the Solomon s temple in the history of Judaism.
3   Students shall learn how the worship done in Christianity.
4   Students shall learn the importance of the church in Christianity.
5   Students shall learn the mythological origin of the Jewish and Christian festivals.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: The aims and sources of the lecture
2 Temple in Judaism
3 Daily rituals of Judaism
4 Sabbath: Weekly ritual of Judaism
5 Objects used in rituals by the Jews
6 Mythological origin of the Jewish festivals
7 Pesah and Sukkot: Basic Jewish Festivals
8 Midterm Exam
9 The church in Christianity
10 Daily rituals of Christianity
11 Ocharist in Christianity
12 Objects used in rituals by the Christians
13 Some passages of Gospels about festivals
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Adem Özen, Yahudilikte Ibadet, Ayışığı, Istanbul, 2001.
2) Ali Erbaş, Hıristiyanlıkta Ibadet, Ayışığı, Istanbul, 2003.
3) Ahmet Güç, Dinlerde Mabet ve Ibadet, Ensar Neşriyat, Istanbul, 2005.
4) Mehmet Katar, Hıristiyan Bayramları Üzerine Bir Araştırma , Dinî Araştırmalar, 2001, cilt: III, sayı: 9, s. 7-27.
5) Mehmet Katar,, Hıristiyanlıkta Paskalya (Başlangıçtan Günümüze Isa nın Diriliş Kutlamaları), Ankara, 2003.
6) Münir Yıldırım, Ortodoks Kilisesinde Paskalya , Dinî Araştırmalar, 2005, cilt: VII, sayı: 21, s. 67-76.
7) Abraham Ezra Millgram, Jewish Worship, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1975.
8) Reuven Hammer, Entering Jewish Prayer: A Guide to Personal Devotion and the Worship Service, Schocken Books, New York, 1994.
9) Hayyim Schauss, The Jewish Festivals: A Guide to Their History and Observance, Schocken Books, New York, 1996.
10) Theodor H. Gaster, Passover: Its History and Traditions, Greenwood Pub., USA, 1999.
11) Geoffrey Parrinder, Worship in the World s Religions, Faber and Faber Limited, London 1961.
12) Susan J. White, Foundations of Christian Worship, Westminster John Knox Press, London, 2006.
13) Geoffrey Wainwright, The Oxford History of Christian Worship, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 2006.
14) Franklin M. Segler & Randall Bradley, Christian Worship: Its Theology and Practice, B&H Publ., USA, 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Brain Storming , Testing, Homework

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

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Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hammet.arslan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Reading 3 3 9
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.13435
LO.23435
LO.33435
LO.43435
LO.53435