COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MODERN ISLAMIC SCHOLARS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILA 2474 MODERN ISLAMIC SCHOLARS 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 introduce contemporary Muslim scholars and their thoughts based on their lives and books or articles so that students will understand the background and assumptions of their thoughts from the first-hand sources. In doing so, to enable them to approach those scholars in a critical way. To analyze those scholars' methodologies and approaches towards the Quran, the Sunnah, Sufism, the Fiqh and politics, especially women issue, religion-politics, religion-economy, religion-peace-war, religion and secularism, religion-science, religion-tradition, religion-ethics and so forth, so that they will be able to carry their thoughts to the current issues.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will examine the concepts of 'Contemporary/Modern' and 'Scholar', so that they will apprehend what 'Contemporary Muslim Scholars' means.
2   Will learn prominent scholars' lives, struggles and thoughts on God-universe-human, politics, ethics, art, relilgion-peace-war, women issues, environmental problems, terror, health such as Muhammed Ikbal, Seyyid Kutup, Mawdudi, Ali Seriati, Necip Fazıl Kısakurek and so on.
3   Will gain the ability to approach them in a critical way instead of accepting or denying them wholly..
4   Will analyze the Islamic sciences such as Tafseer, Hadith, Fıqh, Sufism and so on with the distinctive thoughts and opinions of comtemporary Muslim scholars.
5   Will be able to conduct their thoughts to the current daily-basis issues.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Conceptual Analysis (Modern, Islam, Scholar)
2 Contemporary Muslim Scholars
3 Muhammed Abduh
4 Mawdudi
5 Muhammed Iqbal
6 Sayyeed Qutub
7 Ali Seriati
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Ishmael Raci Faruqee
10 Aliya Izzet Begovic
11 Sayyeed Hussein Nasr
12 Mehmed Akif Ersoy
13 Izmirli Ismail Hakki
14 Nureddin Topcu and Necip Fazil Kısakurek

Recomended or Required Reading

Karadaş, Cağfer, Çağdaş Islam Düşünürleri, Istanbul 2007.
Işcan, Mehmet Zeki, Muhammed Abduh'un Dini ve Siyasi Görüşleri, Ist. 1998.
Birişık, Abdulhamit, Mevdudi: Hayatı, görüşleri ve Eserleri, Istanbul 2007.
Seyyid Kutup, Islam Düşüncesi, Çev. Akif Nuri, Istanbul 1979.
Faruki, Ismail Râcî, Tevhid, Çev. Dilaver Yardım, Istanbul 1987.
Eliaçık, R. Ihsan, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Istanbul, trs.
Eliaçık, R. Ihsan, Islamın Yenilikçileri, C.I-III, Istanbul, 2000-20002..
Eliaçık, R. Ihsan, Aliya Izzetbegoviç, Istanbul, trs.

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
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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