COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC THOUGHT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILA 2479 INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC THOUGHT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET AYDIN

Offered to

Theology
Theology

Course Objective

To provide for students knowledge about definitions of Islamic thought, its topics, schools. This course provides for students an understanding of Islamic thought as a whole also evaluation of its problems and using this thought in his or her life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student will learn definition of Islamic thought and its topic, schools;
2   will grasp relation between schools;
3   will see construction of Islamic thought and its originality;
4   will recognize successes and failures of Islamic thought schools;
5   will gain knowledge about revivization movement raised in Islamic thought.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of Islamic thought, its topic, circle, borders
2 Raising of Islamic thought and development
3 Construction of Islamic thought and its originality
4 Source books on Islamic Philosophy
5 Salafi Thought: Reprsentatives, Stages, Epistemology and understanding of religion
6 Thought of Reason (Ray) Raising, Representatives, relation between supporter of reason and supporter of narration
7 Islamic jurisprudence, Islamic jurisprudence philosophy, Struggle for sentence(Ictihad), evidences of jurisprudence
8 Midterm exam
9 Theology Kalam and its schools, raising, naming, problems
10 Place of atomism in Islamic theology, Relation between Kalam and Jurisprudence, Relation between Kalam an Philosophy
11 Islamic philosophy definition, topics, zone and borders
12 Philosophical schools in Islam, Peripatetics, Ishrakis and its problems
13 Islamic mystisizm: Sufi Gnosis, Wisdom, Vahdet şuhud unity in external world, Unity in existence, Representatives, New creation, manifestation, perfect human, ayan-ı sabite
14 Revivization in Islam. Revivization movement before modernizm, Problems of reform movement

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Islam Düşüncesi, Ülken Yayınları, Istanbul 1995.
2. Süleyman Uludağ, Islam Düşüncesinin Yapısı, Dergâh Yayınları, Istanbul 1994.
3. Fazlur Rahman, Islam, çev., Mehmet Dağ ve Mehmet Aydın, Selçuk yayınları, Ankara.
4. Fazlur Rahman, Islam'da Ihya ve Reform: Bir Islam Fundamentalizmi Incelemesi, Ankara Okulu, Ankara 2006.
5. Seyyid Yahyâ Yesribî, Irfan Felsefesi, çev., Kenan Çamurcu, Insan Yayınları, Istanbul 2010.
6. Ebu'l-Alâ Afîfî, Tasavvuf: Islam'da Manevî Hayat, Iz Yayıncılık, Istanbul 1999.
7. M.M.Şerif, Islam Düşüncesi Tarihi, I-IV, Insan yayınları, Istanbul 1990.
8. Seyyid Hüseyin Nasr-Oliver Leaman, Islam Felsefesi Tarihi, çev., Şamil Öçal-Hasan Tuncay Başoğlu, Açılımkitap, Istanbul 2007.
9-Muhammed Ikbal, Islam'da Dinî Düşüncenin Yeniden Doğuşu, çev., N. Ahmet Asrar, Birleşik Yayıncılık, Istanbul trsz.

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

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmetaydin@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
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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