COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IDA 3002 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Primary Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HANIFI ÖZCAN

Offered to

Primary Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To provide rational thinking and objective speaking on basic claims of religion.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will learn the subject of the philosophy of religion.
2   The Student comprehends philosophical approach to religion.
3   The Student will learn different between theology and philosophy of religion.
4   The Students learn basis conceptions in Philosophy of Religion.
5   The Students will learn different ideas on the existence of God.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Meaning of Philosophy of Religion and Its Problems
2 Arguments of Existence of God: Ontological Argument and Cosmological Argument.
3 Teleological Argument, Evidence of Moral and Argument of Religious Experience
4 Properties of God and Religious Language
5 The Problem of Theodicy and Human Freedom
6 Relationship between God and World: Deism, Pantheism and Process Philosophy.
7 Atheism and Critics
8 Midterm Exame
9 The Problem of Mortal and Immortality
10 Relationship between religion and science
11 Relationship between religion and art.
12 Relationship between religion and ethics.
13 The Problem of Revelation and Miracle.
14 The concept of Faith and Belief

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Aydın Işık, Bir Felsefi Problem Olarak Vahiy ve Mucize, Elis Yay., Ankara, 2006.
2. Mehmet Aydın, Din Felsefesi, Izmir Ilahiyat Vakfı Yay., Izmir, 2002.
3. Aydın Işık, Inanç Krizi, Ötüken Yay., Istanbul, 2009.
4. Aydın Işık, Din ve Estetik, Tibyan Yay., Izmir, 2011.
5. Latif Tokat, Dinde Sembolizm, Elis Yay., Ankara, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aydin.isik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

15.00-16.00

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 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 71

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1545
LO.2545
LO.3545
LO.4545
LO.5545