COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MU'TEZILE KELAMI

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILA 2451 MU'TEZILE KELAMI ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET ILHAN

Offered to

Theology
Theology

Course Objective

The main objective of this course is to put forward the theological ideas of Mu'tazila, which is considered the founders of Kalam. In doing so, it aims more correctly to describe the opinions and believes of the theologians of Mu'tazila, comparing with each other.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will learn the basic difficulties which Kalam encountered in modern period .
2   will recognize the critics and basic foundations of opposition to the Kalam.
3   will find opportunity to make comparison between modern and classical methodologies of Kalam.
4   will understand the new insights concerning the Kalam, in modern era.
5   will learn the basic orientations of the modern period of Kalam.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The historical environment which Mu'tazila emergences in.
2 The first Mu'tazilite Theoligans: Vasil b. Ata and Amr b. Ubayd
3 School of Basra: Abu al-Huzayl and Nazzam
4 School of Baghdad: Bishr b. al-Mutamir and al-Ka'bi
5 The silver age of Mu'tazila: Jubbais and Qadi Abd al-Jabbar
6 The contrubition of Mu'tazila to Islamic theology
7 The Theory of knowledge and rationalism on Mu tazila
8 Mid-term Exam
9 The understanding of divine attributes on Mu'tazila: The principle of tawhid
10 The divine acts on Mu'tazila: The principle of justice I
11 Realition between God and human: The principle of justice II
12 The belief in Judgement Day on Mu'tazila: The issues of vaad and vaid
13 The princple of "al-manzila" on Mu'tazila
14 Mu'tazila and politics: The theory of Imamah
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Josef v. Ess, "Mu tezile: Islamın Akılcı Yorumu I-II", Harran Üniversitesi Ilahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2008-2009.
2. Selim Özarslan, "Mu tezile: Basra ve Bağdat Mu tezilîleri ve Başlıca Görüşleri", Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Ilahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, VII/1 (2003).
3. Ilyas Çelebi, "Mu tezile nin Klasik Islâm Düşüncesindeki Yeri", Kelâm Araştırmaları, 2:2 (2004).
4. Osman Aydınlı, Islâm Düşüncesinde Aklîleşme Süreci, Ankara 2001.
5. Ilyas Çelebi, Islâm Inanç Siteminde Akılcılık ve Kadı Abdülcebbar, Istanbul 2002.
6. Diyânet Islâm Ansiklopedisi Maddeleri: "Vâsıl b. Atâ", "Amr b. Ubeyd", "Ebu'l-Huzeyl el-Allaf", "Ibrahim en-Nazzâm", "Bişr b. el-Mu'temir", "Ebu'l-Kâsım el-Ka bî", "Ebû Ali el-Cübbâî" "Ebû Hâşim el-Cübbâî", "Kâdı Abdülcebbâr", "Mu tezile".

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

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

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmet.ilhan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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