COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILA 4413 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HANIFI ÖZCAN

Offered to

Theology
Theology

Course Objective

To raise individuals who are open to discussion and able to accept that religion can be
criticised So, they can sustain a religion and a modern faith that is compatible with
science, rational and able to provide to happiness of a enlightened and thinking
society.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student, at the end of the semester, will be able to differentiate the prejudgements that prevent thinking straight, and the things whether they are related to religion by getting know them.
2   Will get know the classical and modern literature; and get information about the history of philosophy of religion.
3   Will be able to study philosophically on religious texts and state modern comments about them.
4   Through the understanding the nature of religion they will be able to grasp the inner and conscience s dimensions of it.
5   Will be able to understand the nature of some views that enrich the religious thought, such as pluralism etc.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Analyses of the terms: Philosophy, Religion, Systematic Philosophy, Philosophy of Religioni Religious Philosophy and Theology (Kalam)
2 The relation of Philosophy of Religion with Religious Sciences
3 Main features of philosophical and religious thoughts
4 The terms: conception, endorsement and imagination
5 Epistemological Problems: Nature of believing and faith; The relations of faith-knowledge, faith-belief, belief-knowledge
6 The problem of Revelation: the nature, language and understanding of revelation and its relation to the culture
7 The terms: true, truth, and reasonable and the problem of miracles.
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Discussions on Religious Language; God-Talk.
10 Metaphysical Problems: Attribution-Being Attributed relation and the problem of attribution.
11 What kind of existence is God The term of Godness and main concepts of God.
12 Cosmological Problems: God-Human Relation, God-Universe Relation.
13 Evidence and the logic of Evidency; The place and value of Evidence in Religion
14 The place and value of Reason in Religion; Religion of Reason and Religion of Evidence.

Recomended or Required Reading

-The relevant sections of Turkish books titled "introduction of philosophy" and
"introduction of philosophy of religion".
-Mehmet S. Aydın, Din Felsefesi.
-Hanifi Özcan, Epistemolojik Açıdan Iman.
-Hanifi Özcan, Matüridi'de Dini Çoğulculuk.
-Hanifi Özcan, Matüridi'de Bilgi Problemi.
-Hanifi Özcan, Türk Düşünce Hayatında Matüridilik.
-Hanifi Özcan, Farabi'nin Iki Eseri: Siyaset Felsefesine Dair Görüşler ve Mutluluk Yoluna Ulaştırma.
-Books, titled "history of philosophy" in Turkish.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along
with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students should be prepared before the class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hanifi.ozcan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Web Search and Library Research 4 2 8
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.12251
LO.21151
LO.32141
LO.42251
LO.51151

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