COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF RELIGION II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5018 COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF RELIGION II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ERKAN GÖKSU

Offered to

History

Course Objective

To give information on nature of worship, different kinds of worship, and their roles on individual and social lives. To present the anatomy of religion by examining different rituals and practices.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students become aware of theoretical and practical sides of religious rituals.
2   Students learn their impact on individual and social life.
3   Students learn differences and their causes in religious life.
4   Students develop empathy towards different beliefs and practices.
5   Students become aware that religions are living and developing organisms not a statical ones.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The definitions and kinds of worship.
2 Rituals related with human life.
3 Periodical rituals.
4 Social and psychological roles of worship.
5 Human: as a manifestation or created by God
6 The concept of pilgrimage in different traditions.
7 The problem of theodicy.
8 Mid-term Exam
9 The concept of after-life and paradise in monotheistic religions. .
10 The ultimate salvation: the theory of Karma-rebirth.
11 The ways of salvation in religions: Asceticism and worship.
12 The ways of salvation in religions: Yoga and meditations.
13 Religion in modern world: religious pluralism and the problem of ultimate truth.
14 Future of religions.

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Mircea Eliade, Dinler Tarihine Giriş, Çev. Lale Arslan, Kabalcı Yay. Istanbul 2003
2) Joachim Wach, Dinler Tarihi: Bilimsel Bir Disiplin Olarak Kuruluşuna Teorik Bir Giriş, Çev. Fuat Aydın, Ataç Yay. Istanbul 2004
3) Ekrem Sarıkçıoğlu, Başlangıçtan Günümüze Dinler Tarihi, Kardelen Yay., Isparta 1999
4) Baki Adam, Karşılaştırmalı Dinler Tarihi, MEB Yayınları, Istanbul 2002
5) W. Owen Cole, Six Religions in the Twentieth Century, Hulton Educ., Great Britain 1987
6) Allan S. Evans, What Man Believes: A Study of the World s Great Faith, McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd, Canada 1973.
7) James C. Livinstone, Anatomy of the Sacred: An Introduction to Religion, Macmillan Pub., New York 1989
8) Kedar Nath Tiwari, Comparative Religion, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 1990

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, homework, seminar.

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

To be evaluated according to the results of mid-term exam.
To be evaluated according to essays and presentation.
To be evaluated according to the results of the final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.yitik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 49

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.143
LO.233
LO.333
LO.433
LO.533

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