COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PAST TO PRESENT RELIGIONS AND WOMEN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 7013 PAST TO PRESENT RELIGIONS AND WOMEN COMPULSORY 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Women's Studies Non-thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BEKIR ZAKIR ÇOBAN

Offered to

Women's Studies Non-thesis

Course Objective

Aim of this course is to deal with how gender perceiving in world religions, and to study religions point of views on gender in respect of sacred texts, traditions and legal norms; and to point out whether discriminations are stem from religions itself or history and culture; and to seek potential of religions to overcome sexism and gender discrimination.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to learn how gender is perceived in religious traditions and sacred texts
2   to be able to perceive similarities and differences between religions on gender
3   to be able to see religious fundamentals of which gender discriminations are based on
4   to be able to distinguish the difference between religious and cultural gender discrimination
5   to have an idea on whether religious traditions can make a positive contribution to gender discrimination or not

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Woman in prehistoric beliefs
2 Woman in Judaism
3 Woman in Christianity
4 Islam and woman
5 Islam and woman
6 Woman in east and far-east religions
7 Woman in orthodox and mystic traditions
8 Critical approaches to woman-religion relations
9 Today s religion and woman problems
10 Feminist theology
11 A Matriarchal Muslim Community: Minangkabau
12 Separating religious and cultural

Recomended or Required Reading

1- L. Joy Peach, Woman in World Religions, 2001.
2- A. Sharma, Woman in World Religions, 1987.
3- Fatmagül Berktay, Tek Tanrılı Dinler Karşısında Kadın, 1996.
4- Hidayet Şefkatli Tuksal, Kadın Karşıtı Söylemin Islam Geleneğindeki Izdüşümleri, 2000.
5- Özlem Topcan, Yahudilik ve Hıristiyanlık Dini Geleneklerinde Toplumsal Cinsiyet, Yükseklisans Tezi (Ankara Ün. Sos. Bil. Enst. Kadın Çalışmaları, 2010).
6- A. M. Clifford, Introducing Feminist Theology, 2009.
7- Annamerie Schimmel, Ruhum Bir Kadındır (Islamda Kadın), 1999.
8- Rıza Savaş, Hz. Muhammed Devrinde Kadın, 1991.
9- Islamiyat Dergisi, Kadın Özel Sayısı, 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discourse, research homework.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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)

bekir.coban@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 15:00 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 0

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.154
LO.243
LO.344
LO.454
LO.5534

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