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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
ILA413.19Comparative TheologyElective473
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To obtain more reliable information about the meaning and function of religion by comparatively showing the main issues such as God, revelation, holy book, afterlife, environment and understanding of women in different religions, and thus to perceive religion as a factor that contributes to peace within and between societies.
Name of Lecturer(s)
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Learning Outcomes
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2Dinlerin ortak yanları ve farklılıkları
3Dinler ve güncel meseleler karşısındaki konumları
4Din, politika, ekonomi, kadına bakış ve değişim
5Karşılaştırmalı dinler tarihinin tarihî gelişimini ve metodolojisini kavrar.
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
none
Recommended Optional Programme Components
none
Course Contents
Beliefs such as god, holy book, prophecy and morality in religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam; Hinduism, Buddhism, Jayanism).
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1The emergence of the history of religions as an independent disciplinenonenone
2Comparative history of religions as a scientific disciplinenonenone
3Comparative method and hermeneticsnonenone
4Application of the comparative methodnonenone
5Comparative history of religions in the East and the Islamic worldnonenone
6Comparative history of religions in the Westnonenone
7God, messenger, book, angel, etc. comparisons on topicsnonenone
8Arasınav
9Yahudiliğin diğer dinlerle karşılaştırılması
10Hıristiyanlık ve diğer dinler
11İslamiyet ve diğer dinler
12Budizm ve diğer dinler
13Hinduizm ve diğer dinler
14Modern dünyanın sorunları ve dinlerin yanıtları
15Genel sonuç ve değerlendirme
16Final
Recommended or Required Reading
G. T. Bettany, World Religions, Ekrem Sarıkçıoğlu, History of Religions from the Beginning to the Present, Joachim Wach, History of Religions, Mircea Eliade, History of Religious Beliefs and Thoughts Inch. BarCharts - Comparative Religions (Quickstudy: Academic); QuickStudy; Chrt edition (March 3, 2003) Huston Smith - The World's Religions (Plus); HarperOne; 50 Anv edition (May 12, 2009) John Bowker - World Religions: The Great Faiths Explored & Explained; DK ADULT; Reprint edition (February 20, 2006) Frank Byron Jevons - An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion (Classic Reprint); Forgotten Books (April 27, 2013) Karen Armstrong, History of God, Ayraç Publishing House, Ankara 1998. J. Runzo - N. M. Martin, The Meaning of Life in World Religions, Istanbul: Say Publications, 2002. Mehmet Paçacı, Death and Beyond in the Holy Books, Ankara School Publications. Albrecht Noth, Holy War and Struggle in Islam and Christianity, Istanbul: Özne Publications, 1999. Ahmet Güç, Temple and Worship in Religions, Bursa: Thought Kitabevi Publications, 2011.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
none
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination13030
Final Examination16060
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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