Bayburt University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
ILA409.4B	Politics and Society	Elective	4	7	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To provide students with information on the philosophical and social development of the relationship between religion and politics throughout history both in the West and in the Islamic world, to provide them with encompassing and critical approaches to contemporary practices and ideas, to help them understand the problems and debates that exist within this framework.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ramin Sadıgov

Learning Outcomes

1	Have knowledge about the basic concepts of religion and state relations, understand them with their historical development and use them correctly
2	Learns the development process of religion and state relations in the Western world within the framework of religious and social structure, philosophical and historical development affecting this process.
3	Learn the basic approach of the Qur'an and Sunnah about the religion-state relations in the Islamic world, have information about the first period and subsequent applications and understand the medieval Islamic political thought developed within this framework
4	Gains knowledge of state models in the context of religious-state relations and secular practices in the West and the Muslim world in the modern era.
5	Learns the criticisms of traditional Islamic political thought and comprehends the modern debates on Islam's approach to state administration, democracy and secularism.

Mode of Delivery

Second Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

none

Recommended Optional Programme Components

none

Course Contents

The relationship between religion and politics in the Islamic world Relationship between religion and politics in the Western World The role of religion and politics in guiding society Religion and Politics

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction to topics and resources
2	Basic concepts: Religion, state, secularism, freedom of religion
3	Christianity and Islam about the relationship between religion and politics, historical development in Christianity
4	Reflections on the relationship between religion and state in the West I: Calvin: Religious approach and Lock: Liberal approach
5	Reflections on the relationship between religion and state in the West II: Montesquieu: Instrumental approach and Gramsci: Critical approach
6	Batı’da dinin gerilemesi: Rönesans ve Reformla birlikte dine bakışta meydana gelen değişim, Aydınlanma Felsefesi ve Fransız Devrimi’nin etkisi
7	The understanding of the state of the Holy Quran and Hz. Muhammad's political practices
8	Midterm Exam
9	Basic concepts and institutions in the framework of religion-state relationship in Islam I
10	Basic concepts and institutions in the framework of the relationship between religion and state in Islam II
11	Politic tradition in medieval Islamic thought, Maverdi, Ghazali and Ibn Cemaa's views.
12	Islamic thought, Maverdi, Ghazali and Ibn Cemaa's views.
13	State models and secularism in the modern era within the framework of religion-state relations
14	Discussions on Islam's approach to secularism and democracy and practices in Muslim countries
15	Comparison of East and West in terms of religion-state relations in modern era
16	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Maurice Barbier, Modern Batı Düşüncesinde Din ve Siyaset, (Çev. Ö. Gözel), İst., 1999. Albert Bayet, Dine Karşı Düşüncenin Tarihi, (Çev. C. Süreya), İst., 1970. M. Emin Köktaş, Din ve Siyaset, Ank., 1997. Jacques Robert, Batı’da Din Devlet İlişkileri, (Çev. İzzet Er), İst., 1998. Erwin Rosenthal,Ortaçağ’da İslam Siyaset Düşüncesi, (Çev. A. Çaksu), İst., 1996

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
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

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	14	2	28
Question-Answer	14	2	28
Self Study	12	3	36
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	14	14
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	14	14
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6
LO1	4	3	3	3	3	4
LO2	2	3	2	3	4	1
LO3	3	4	4	4	4	4
LO4	5	2	4	4	4	4
LO5	3	4	3	4	3	4

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High