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| Code | FDB853 |
| Name | Religion in Contemporary Social Theory |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Term | Fall |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Belirsiz |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. ABDULLAH ÖZBOLAT |
| Course Instructor |
Prof. Dr. ABDULLAH ÖZBOLAT
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
The aim of this course to give a possibility of appreciation to the students of the sociology of religion about their subjects which they deal with in the context of the contemporary social theory.
Course Content
This course will focus on basic perspectives on social theory. In this course, classical and contemporary social theories as a set of ideas that provide explanation for human society will be examined.
Course Precondition
none
Resources
1. William Outhwaite (2019). Sosyal Teori, Çev. Ümit H. Yolsal, İstanbul: Say Yayıncılık. 2. Cevat Özyurt ; Ejder Okumuş (Ed.) (2016). Çağdaş Sosyal Teoride Din, Ankara, Hece Yayınları. 3. Inger Furseth; Pal Repstad (2023). Çağdaş Sosyologların Toplum ve Din Görüşleri, Çev. Ömer Faruk Darende, Abdulvahap Taştan, Kayseri: Kimlik Yayınları. 4. Cevat Özyurt - İbrahim MAZMAN (Ed.)(2015) - Sosyal Teoride Din, Ankara, Hece Yayınları. 5. Daniel Pals, Dokuz Din Kuramı, Çev.Ed. Özcan Akdağ-Mustafa Ulu, Kayseri: Kimlik Yayınları.
Notes
6. Stephen P. Turner (Ed.) (2020). Sosyal Teori ve Sosyoloji Klasikler ve Ötesi (çev. Nurullah Ardıç vd.) İstanbul, Küre Yayınları. 7. Ramazan Adıbelli (2021). Mircea Eliade ve Din, Dinler Tarihinde Felsefe ve Metodoloji, İstanbul: DBY Yayınları. 8. Ruth Wallace-Alison Wolf (2004). Çağdaş Sosyoloji Kuramları, Klasik Geleneğin Genelleştirilmesi, çev. S Elbuz, R. Ayaz, İzmir, Punto Yayıncılık.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Students learn frameworks, main subjects, methods, terminology and literature of contemporary social theory. |
| LO02 | Students learn the sources of contemporary social theory. |
| LO03 | Students grasp emergence of contemporary social theory. |
| LO04 | Students gain ability to understand, recognize, analyze and critic main problems of sociology of religion and contemporary social theory examine them through different sociological points of view and they will be eligible to know and understand required sources. |
| LO05 | Students can analyze related texts. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Deepen the ability to use the basic concepts of the field in a specific area. | 4 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Evaluates the literature in national and international level. | 3 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Makes research in literature. | 2 |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Uses the equipments used in the studies in the field. | |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Develops research proposals based on the literature. | 2 |
| PLO06 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Analyze, synthesize and evaluate new and complex ideas related to the field. | 2 |
| PLO07 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Can do original research in the field. | |
| PLO08 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Determines a topic from the proposals and develops a report on this topic. | 4 |
| PLO09 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Discuss and present the research report. | |
| PLO10 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Using individual and team work skills in national and international projects | |
| PLO11 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Doctorate proficiency exam can produce results from the sources obtained during the preparatory work. | |
| PLO12 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Interpret the acquired knowledge in written and oral form. | |
| PLO13 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Effective use of a foreign language to follow international literature in the field | |
| PLO14 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | He / She knows the basic sources of his / her forehead to use in scientific studies. | |
| PLO15 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Can work independently and as a member of a team. | |
| PLO16 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Follow ethical rules | |
| PLO17 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | To be able to follow the international literature related to his / her field in written and oral communication and to have foreign language knowledge. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Religion in Kant and Hegel | Reading of the relevant sections of the textbook and recommended resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 2 | The Place and Importance of Religion in Comte's Sociology; Religion as an Illusion and Ideology in Marx | Reading of the relevant sections of the textbook and recommended resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 3 | Religion as a Means of Social Integration in Durkheim's Sociology | Reading of the relevant sections of the textbook and recommended resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 4 | Weber and the Sociology of Religion; Max Weber's Sociology of Islam | Reading of the relevant sections of the textbook and recommended resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 5 | Sigmund Freud and the View of Religion; Carl Gustav Jung: Academic Personality and Understanding of Religion; Frazer's Evolutionary Theory of Religion | Reading of the relevant sections of the textbook and recommended resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 6 | Religion as a Conceptual Analyzer in Wittgenstein; The Place of the Concept of Religion in Sorokin's Thought | Reading of the relevant sections of the textbook and recommended resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 7 | Talcott Parsons' Theory of Religion, Herbert Blumer's Symbolic Interactionism: Micro Contexts of Social Systems and Religion | Reading of the relevant sections of the textbook and recommended resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Revision of previous issues | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Victor Frankl: Meaning Therapy(logotherapy) and Religion | Reading of the relevant sections of the textbook and recommended resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 10 | Eliade's Understanding of Religion in the Dialectic of the Sacred and Profane | Reading of the relevant sections of the textbook and recommended resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 11 | Ernest Gellner, Islam and Modernity | Reading of the relevant sections of the textbook and recommended resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 12 | The Place and Importance of Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann in the Sociology of Religion | Reading of the relevant sections of the textbook and recommended resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 13 | System Theory and Religion: Niklas Luhmann's Theory of Religion | Reading of the relevant sections of the textbook and recommended resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 14 | Anton Zijderveld's Analyses of Society and Religion; The Position of Religion in the Modern World by Charles Taylor | Reading of the relevant sections of the textbook and recommended resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 15 | Clifford Geertz's Understanding of Religion | Reading of the relevant sections of the textbook and recommended resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 16 | Term Exams | Revision of previous issues | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Revision of previous issues | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 9 | 10 | 90 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 156 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 6,24 | ||
| ECTS | 6 ECTS | ||