COURSE OUTLINE
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS SCIENCES
HISTORY OF RELIGIONS
Course Title
Code
Semester
L+P Hour
Credits
ECTS
HISTORY OF RELIGION II
201803
8
2+0
2
3
Requirements
None.
Language of
Instruction
Turkish
Course Level
Undergraduate
Course Type
Compulsory
Course Coordinator
Enes Veli (lecturer)
Instructors
Enes Veli (lecturer)
Assistants
Abdullah Dilek (researcher)
To obtain academic, detailed, comparative and phenomenological
Goals
information about Judaism, Christianity as well as the major and
contemporary religious movements.
1) Identifying the fundemental features and phenomenon of Judaism and
Christianity, with Abrahamic tradition and sharing the common
geography and history with Islam in a detailed and comparative way.
2) Recognizing the situation of Judaism and Christianity in the ancient
and modern times.
Learning Outcomes
3) Comprehending the Jewish and Christian view of other religions.
4) Getting familiar with the contemporary religious movements such as
Jehovah Witnesses and Moonism.
5) Being informed of the relationship between Abrahamic Religions and
their common features.
The historical periods, belief systems, sects (ancient and modern), sacred
Content
texts, current situations of Judaism and Christianity; the major religious
movements, occuring in the contemporary term as well as the common
issues and relationship of Abrahamic Religions.
COURSE SCHEDULE
Week Topics
1
Introduction to Judaism: Who is Jewish; the rise of Judaism and the key
terms of Jewish people.
2
The history of Jewish people/Judaism, Jewish sects (ancient and modern)
Study Materials
3
The Jewish sacred texts
4
Belief system and worship ways in Judaism
5
Introduction to Christianity: the word of ‘Christian’, the rise of
Christianity and Jesus’ life
6
The history of Christianity, the Councils and the Christian sects
7
The Christian sacred texts and the Apocrypha
8
The Christian belief system and worship ways (the sacraments)
9
The Jewish and Christian views of the other religions
10
The comparation of the Torah, Gospels and Quran in terms of the
common stories
11
The comparation of Abrahamic Religions in terms of worship ways and
places of worship
12
Contemporary religious movements: Jahovah Witnesses and Moonism
13
Contemporary religious movements: Babism, Bahaism and Qadianism
14
General review
RESOURCES
Main Resources
[1] Günay Tümer-Abdurrahman Küçük, Dinler Tarihi, Ocak Yayınları,
Ankara, 2002.
[2] Şinası Gündüz (ed), Yaşayan Dünya Dinleri, Diyanet İşleri Bakanlığı,
Ankara, 2007.
[3] Salime Leyla Gürkan, Yahudilik, İSAM Yayınları, İstanbul, 2008.
[4] Şinasi Gündüz, Hristiyanlık, İSAM Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007.
[1] Baki Adam, Yahudi Kaynaklarına Göre Tevrat, Pınar Yayınları, İstanbul,
2002.
[2] Baki Adam, Yahudilik ve Hristiyanlık Açısından Diğer Dinler, Pınar
Yayınları, İstanbul, 2002.
[3] İsmail Taşpınar, Hacı Abdullah Petricî’nin Hristiyanlık Eleştirisi, İnsan
Additional Resources Yayınları, İstanbul, 2008.
[4] Hakan Olgun, Luther ve Reformu: Katolisizm’i Protesto, Fecr Yayınları,
Ankara, 2001.
[5] Mehmet Aydın, Müslümanların Hristiyanlara Karşı Yazdığı Reddiyeler ve
Tartışma Konuları, TDV Yayınları, Ankara, 2012.
[6] Ekrem Sarıkçıoğlu, Diğer İnciller, Fakülte Kitabevi, Isparta, 2005.
MATERIAL SHARING
Documents
Assignments
Exams
ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES
QUANTITY
PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms
1
40
Quizzes
0
0
Assignment
1
15
Total
100
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE
40
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL
GRADE
60
Total
100
Course Category (B)
For the units in the exemption of the Faculty of Engineering (Tuning)
Basic Vocational Courses
X
CONTRIBUTION OF THE COURSE TO THE PROGRAM OUTCOMES
No Program Learning Outcomes
Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1
The students can recite the Holy Qur’ān and translate it according to the rules appropriately.
In addition to his own field of classic language, students be enabled to reach a level of
2
contemporary English yielding comprehension of the texts and be able to relate them orally and in
writing.
The students are to comprehend the words and the actions of the Prophet, recognize his Qurānic
3
attitudes, to know the course stages of the sayings of the Prophet, how the methods of the hadīth
did develop, the integrity of Qur’ān and hadith, and to know the position, the problems and various
interpretations of hadīth in Islam.
4
5
6
7
The students learn about Islāmic jurisdiction from the classic and contemporary sources, within the
history of jurisdiction to be able to compare Islamic jurisdiction system with other systems.
The students recognize Islāmic tenets in the lines of logical and narrational values, and be to
comprehend the problems and the solutions of philosophy.
The students be able to know the various classic and contemporary movements and their
characteristics through the history of Islam.
The students understand the different mystical thoughts, their orders, their leaders and ideas of
ascetism and the history of mysticism in general.
The students learn about the religious education within the history of education, to recognize the
8
classic and the modern education and can compare them, and comprehend the medium and the
methodology of education with self confidence.
9
The students will develop a solid foundation through benefitting from learning philosophy, sociology
and psychology and the data acquired from their field of science and from their methods.
X
10
The students will learn about the contemporary religions and the religions existed in the past, their
X
basic teachings and their characteristics.
The students recognize the history and the stages Islamic civilization has being through, the inter-
11
relations of various civilizations, will be able to evaluate and analyze the synthetic methods of
Islamic sciences and civilization and within the rules of criticism be able to know the strengths and
weaknesses of them.
The students will be able to learn about the Islamic literature through studying some well-known
12
examples, be acquainted with music, be able to perform some basic music, to recognize the
difference of Islamic architecture and be able to compare it with others and be able to recognize the
Islamic decoration art, its past and main works.
ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities
Quantity
Duration
(Hour)
Total
Workload
(Hour)
Course Duration
14
2
28
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)
16
2
32
Assignments
1
6
6
Presentation / Preparing Seminar
1
6
6
Mid-terms
1
10
10
Final examination
1
10
10
Total Work Load
92
Total Work Load / 30 (h)
3.06
ECTS Credit of the Course
3