COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6070 HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ALI IHSAN YITIK

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To deal with emergence and historical development of Christianity. To contribute true understanding the references in Islamic sources on Christianity. To understand modern problems in the light of history.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Know socio-cultural environment in the emergence of christianity
2   Learn historical development of christianity
3   Understand truly the references in the Islamic literature on Christianity
4   Understand the relations between Abrahamic religions
5   Perceive possibility and problems of Muslim-Christian dialog
6   Can make assesments on future of interreligious dialog and Christianity

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Emergence of christianity
2 Early Christianity (33-325)
3 Last Roman Christianity (313- 476)
4 Christianity in Middle Ages: First Period (476-799)
5 Christianity in Middle Ages: Middle Period (800-1299)
6 Christianity in Middle Ages: High Middle Ages (1300-1520)
7 Reform and Counter Reform
8 Mid-term exam
9 Church and Enlightenment
10 New movements in christendom
11 Orthodox Church
12 Catholic Church
13 Protestanism
14 Future of Christianity

Recomended or Required Reading

Edward Gibbon, Roma Imparatorluğu nun Gerileyiş ve Çöküş Tarihi (I-II), çev. Asım Baltacıgil, Istanbul 1987.
Mircea Eliade, Dinsel Inançlar ve Düşünceler Tarihi (I-II-III), çev. Ali Berktay, Istanbul 2009.
Ninian Smart, The Religion Experiance of Mankind

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, answer-question

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + RST * 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of attendant is examined by examination and lecture performances

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.yitik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 14-15

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 9 117
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1433354
LO.2433354
LO.3433354
LO.4433354
LO.5433354
LO.6433354

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