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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 | | SOS310.1B | Sociology of Religion | Elective | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | First Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | This course focuses on religion, society, the social function of religion, the interaction of religion and society, religiousness, religious attitude, religious behavior, the relationship between religion and other social institutions. | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | Prof. Dr. Yakup KAHRAMAN | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | analyse the phenomenon of religion from three main perspectives (Marx, Weber, Durkheim) | | 2 | relate the concepts: religion, unconsciousness, and archetype | | 3 | vrelate religion and culture | | 4 | relate ritual symbolism, ritual process, and the social structure | | 5 | relate monotheist religions and gender |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Normal Education | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | None | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | None | | Course Contents | | Religion and society, religious groups, social stratification and differentiation, religion and social change, religion and social integration will be covered. Religious authority, religion, state relations, religious institutions and organizations,
Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | Introduction: Religion as ideology, Hegel, Marx, religion and class structure, anthropological tradition, Durkheim's sociology of religion
| | | | 2 | Methodological notes, religion and ideology, sociology of religion and religious behaviour
| | | | 3 | Weber's sociology of religion
| | | | 4 | The social psychology of World religions, protestant sects and the spirit of capitalism, World-rejecting religions and their directions
| | | | 5 | Religion and psychology, religion and emotions, Freud's biological theory of meaning, totem and taboo, religion and collective unconscious
| | | | 6 | The psychopathology of belief, Fromm: psycoanalysis of some types of religious lives
| | | | 7 | Religion as archetype
| | | | 8 | exam | | | | 9 | Anthropological studies on religion: meaning and function, anthropology and history, interpretation of symbols, ritual symbolism and social structure, ritual process
| | | | 10 | Religious thought: structure and hermeneutics, Levi-Strauss and totemism, savage mind, modes of thought, religion as culture, structural-Marxism
| | | | 11 | Islam from the viewpoint of sociology of religion, social structure and culture in the Ottoman Empire, "Volk" Islam in the Republican Era, a sample of empirical research
| | | | 12 | Social change and increase in religiosity, social change and tarikat
| | | | 13 | Monotheist religion and woman, İslam and woman, Islamist women in Turkey and in the Middle East: components of ideology, class, identity, and sexual politics
| | | | 14 | Rising religious movements in the World, Jewish radicalism, Evangelism, religious movements and the New Right, new age
| | | | 15 | Secularisation in everyday life and the secularisation of religion as an institution
| | | | 16 | final | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | Kurt, A, 2012; Din Sosyolojisi. Bursa: Sentez Yayınları.
Clark, P. 2012; Din Sosyolojisi: Yaşadığımız Dünya. Ankara: İmge Yayınları.
Sevinç, B. 2012; Diyalog ve Korku. İstanbul: İz Yayıncılık.
Berger, P. L. 2011; Kutsal Şemsiye: Dinin Sosyolojik Teorisinin Ana Unsurları, (Çev. Ali Coşkun), Rağbet Yay., İstanbul.
Günay, Ü. 2011; Din Sosyolojisi, İnsan Yayınları, İstanbul
Solmaz, B. ve Çapçıoğlu, İ.(der). 2006; Din Sosyolojisi, Klasik ve Çağdaş Yaklaşımlar, Çizgi Kitabevi, Konya
Zuckerman, P. 2006. Din Sosyolojisine Giriş, (Çev. İhsan Çapcıoğlu- Halil Aydınalp), Birleşik Kitabevi, Ankara. | | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
| | Workload Calculation | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Attending Lectures | 14 | 2 | 28 | | Self Study | 14 | 1 | 14 | | Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 7 | 1 | 7 | | Individual Study for Final Examination | 14 | 1 | 14 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | LO1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | | LO2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | LO3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | LO4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | LO5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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