Faculty of Islamic Sciences · Islamic Sciences (Arabic 30%) · Undergraduate
Course Objective
The aim of this course is to reveal the expansions of religion in general, and Islam in particular, in various regions and periods after its institutional emergence in history; In particular, to discuss the understanding of existence and knowledge of the period we call the "modern period" and the places where it overlaps and diverges from the basic claims of religion, and to develop new interpretations on the problematic aspects of these two world views, especially in terms of religion, by giving information about the implications and extensions of the Islamic worldview and the modern worldview.
Course Content
The content of the course includes the basic claims of religion and revealing the creeds that give a certain religion its basic feature in order of importance, modern epistemology, which is among the basic claims of science, what scientific laws or principles are and where their values stand in the context of time and space.
Required Resources
W.M. Watt, İslami Hareketler ve Modernlik, (Çev. Turan KOÇ), İstanbul 1997.
Fazlur Rahman. İslam ve Çağdaşlık. Ankara, 1990. ve İslam,
Ali KÖse, Dinin Geleceği, İstanbul, 2025.
Recommended Resources
Macit Fahri, İslam Felsefesi Tarihi, çev., Kasım Turhan, İklim Yayınları, İstanbul 1992. M.M. Şerif (ed.), İslam Düşüncesi Tarihi, (İslam Felsefesi ve Filozofları Bölümü), insan Yayınları, c.I-IV, İstanbul 1990. Seyyid Hüseyin Nasr-Oliver Leaman (ed.), İslam Felsefesi Tarihi, çev., Şamil Öçal, Hasan Tuncay Başoğlu, Açılımkitap Yayınları, c.I-III, İstanbul 2007.
Course Learning Outcomes
- to find solutions to the problems faced by members of various religions.
- As a result of the course, the student judges the religion-related provisions in international legal documents in terms of basic teachings of living religions.
- It has horizons in matters between international law and religion
Core Area Distribution
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Midterm | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concepts of Tradition and Modernity in general. | İbrahim Kalın, İslam, Aydınlanma ve Gelecek, İstanbul - 2024. |
| 2 | The age of enlightment: Islam and Modernity. | İbrahim Kalın, İslam, Aydınlanma ve gelecek, İstanbul -2024 |
| 3 | Enlightment and truth. | İbrahim Kalın, İslam, Aydınlanma ve Gelecek, İstanbul - 2024. |
| 4 | Worldviews: Religious, philosophical, scientific. | İbrahim Kalın, "Medeniyetin Kendini Görme Biçimleri" |
| 5 | Traditional seing itself of Islam. | W. M. Watt, İslamu Hareketler ve Modernlik, Çev. T. Koç, çeşitli bbaskılar. |
| 6 | Islamic instituetions in middle ages. | W.M.Watt, İslami Hareketler ve Modernlik. |
| 7 | Revivalist movements in Islam. | W.M.Watt, Islamic Fundamentalism and modernity. |
| 8 | Ara Sınav | Ara Sınav |
| 9 | Responses to influences from the West. | W. M. Watt, İslami Hareketler ve modernlik. İstanbul. (Çeşitli baskıları) |
| 10 | Erosion of traditional self-view. | W.M. Watt, İslami Hareketler ve Modernlik. |
| 11 | Islam's way of seing itself. | W.M. Watt, İslami Hareketler ve Modernlik. |
| 12 | Sacred, secular and science: Islam and Science. | İbrahim Kalın, İslam, Aydınlanma ve gelecek. |
| 13 | IClassical İslamic modernism and education. | Fazlur Rahman, İslam ve Çağdaşlık, Çeşitli Baskılar) |
| 14 | Modernism in the Islamic World today. | Fazlur Rahman, İslam ve Çağdaşlık, Çeşitli Baskılar) |
| 15 | Reconstruction of Islamic scienses. | Fazlur Rahman, İslam ve Çağdaşlık, Çeşitli Baskılar) Muhammed İkbal, İslamda Dini Düşüncenin Yeniden İnşası, Çev. R. Acar. |
| 16 | Final Sınavı | Final Sınavı |