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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | SEÇ4392017371 | CONTEMPORARY WORLD RELİGİONS | Elective | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | First Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | Students know the effects of human behaviors in culture and religion context. Students become aware of the roles of individuals, groups and ideas in various cultures. Students know and appreciate the value and contribution of various human experiences. Students will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with events and human experiences that have shaped human history since its inception. Students have knowledge about the common subjects of human experience such as holiness, evil, suffering and suffering, love and compassion, wisdom, justice, hereafter, salvation and freedom. | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Asim DURAN | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | 1 To demonstrate knowledge of the origins of each of the major world religions with specific interest in the social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of the founders and earliest adherents of each of the major religions.
2 To identify and briefly explain the major teachings and practices of each of the world religions studied.
3 To engage in the learning process by noting the key metaphysical presuppositions and positions of each of the religions studied
4 To develop an awareness of the influence that each of the religions studied has had on the world as we know it.
5 To demonstrate the ability to use basic research tools available in the field of religion and philosophy, and draw reasonable conclusions on the basis of careful study. |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Formal Education | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | none | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | none | | Course Contents | | What is religion? In the course of the History of Religions which started with the question of the origin of religion and the understanding of the main theories about religion and the classification of religion is the subject of examination. Secondly, the Mesopotamian and Egyptian beliefs, which are the dimensions to influence other religions, are treated as outlined. Thirdly, African beliefs are examined as an example of local tribal beliefs. Religions, which are also called "Living World Religions", are the religions of Indigenous Religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jaynism, Sikhism), Far Eastern Religions (Chinese Religions - Daoism and Confucianism - Shintoism and Near Eastern Religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) This course focuses on the examination of all the religions that have been carried out as if they were found to reflect on the lives of their members in the frame of their emergence, historical development, basic beliefs and worship. | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | Introduction: Religion and History of Religions | | | | 2 | The Problem of Understanding of Religious Traditions | | | | 3 | Some Basic problems of History of Religions | | | | 4 | Asian Religions: Hinduism | | | | 5 | Budism | | | | 6 | Skism and Jainism | | | | 7 | Chinese Religions | | | | 8 | Mid Exam | | | | 9 | Japanese Religions | | | | 10 | zoroastrism | | | | 11 | Judaism | | | | 12 | Christianity | | | | 13 | Traditional African Religions | | | | 14 | Final Exam | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | Mahmut Aydın, Ana Hatlarıyla Dinler Tarihi: Tarih, İnanç ve İbadet, İstanbul: Ensar Yayınları, 2013. Şinasi Gündüz (ed.) Yaşayan Dünya Dinleri, Ankara: Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı Yayınları, 2013. Mircea Eliade, Dinsel İnançlar ve Düşünceler Tarihi, I-III, İstanbul 2003. Abdurrahman Küçük vd. Dinler Tarihi, Ankara: Berikan Yay. 2009. Anna Marie Schimmel, Dinler Tarihine Giriş, İstanbul 1999 Ali Şeriati, Dinler Tarihi, I-II, Ankara: Fecr, 2012. Ekrem Sarıkçıoğlu, Başlangıçtan Günümüze Dinler Tarihi, Isparta, 2004. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Hinduizm ve Budizm , İstanbul, 2000 | | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
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| SUM | 0 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri | 40 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | | Work Placement(s) | | none |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Final Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Attending Lectures | 14 | 3 | 42 | | 1 | 20 | 20 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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