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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
FS0401.07Today the Islamic World and Muslim MinoritiesElective243
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
to analyze Turkey’s religious movements and religious differences in the understanding of the historical, political, religious, socio-psychological point of view, the positive and negative effects, and demonstrate the Muslim societies.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd. Doç. Dr. ABDUL AZİZ ARTIŞ, Yrd. Doç. Dr. MEHMET SEVER
Learning Outcomes
1Know and evaluate the relationship between Religion and sect-movement.
2Knows the reasons for differences between Muslims thought on religious matters.
3Knows the historical development of theological and institutional structures of different religious movements in Turkey.
4Knows religious movements that emerged in Turkey in recent centuries output and the basic ideas of cause-and-media.
5Knows the existence of different movements is naturel and that be tolerated althought not accepted.
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
The aim of the religious movements in Turkey, the resources, the religious current concept of the relationship of religion and politics, religious movements were the factors which influence the development of the existing religious movements; religious movements and religious-intellectual analysis of the structural, business sectors, traditional and innovative religious movements , these currents profiles of leaders and followers; religion approach to higher currents.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction: Course description, objectives, resources, related sciences.
2Concept of religion movement,, religion-politics relationship of the factors which influence the development of religious movements.
3Religion-state relations in the Ottoman Period.
4Religion-state relations in the Republic of Turkey.
5An alternative Islamic civilization in the modern world possible?
6possible problems waiting Muslims in the process of change.
7Structure and religious communities in Turkey
8A critical approach to religious movements notification methods of Islam
9Religious and political view of Islamism in Turkey
10Sufi trends and common characteristics.
11Iskender Evrenesoğlu and Mihr Foundation
12Nur Community, resources, and basic approaches and areas of activity
13The basic teachings of Qun’anist groups
14Approach to religious independent from the religious movements
Recommended or Required Reading
Hasan Onat, Din Anlayışında Değişim Süreci, Ank. 20032 Sönmez Kutlu, Din Anlayışında Farklılaşmalar Türkiye’de Alevîlik-Bektaşîlik, Ank. 20033 Niyazi Berkes, Türkiyede Çağdaşlaşma, İstanbul-ts4 Mümtazer Türköne, İslamcılığın Doğuşu, Ank. 20035 Nilüfer Göle, İslam ve Modernlik Üzerine Melez Desenler, İstanbul 20006 Sönmez Kutlu, “İslam Düşüncesinde Tarihsel Din Söylemleri”, İslâmiyât Dergisi, Cilt:IV, Sayı: 4 (2001)7 Sönmez Kutlu: Çağdaş İslam Akımları ve Sorunları, Ankara 2008.8 Şerif Mardin, Bediüzzaman Said Nursi Olayı, İstanbul 19959 Şerif Mardin, Türkiyede Din ve Siyaset, İstanbul 199110 Şaban Sitembölükbaşı, Türkiyede İslamın Yeniden İnkişafı (1950-1960), İstanbul 1995.
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
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