| Course Title | Code | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conceptions of God | FDB 512 | 3 + 0 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Level | Graduate |
| Course Type | |
| Mode of delivery | Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion, Presentation, Problem Solving, Seminar, Homework. |
| Course Coordinator |
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tuğba TORUN |
| Instructors | |
| Assistants | |
| Goals | To reveal the conceptions of God in philosophical thought. To consider the God-universe relationship. Evaluating the conceptions of God in terms of theism. |
| Course Content | General conceptions of God 2. Monotheism 3. Deism 4. Pantheism 5. Panentheism 6. Atheism 7. Evidence of God's Existence 8. Attributes of God 9. Talking about God 10. Synonymous language 11. The pure language 12. Representative language 13. Eschatological verification 14. God moral relationship |
| Learning Outcomes |
- To have knowledge about the conceptions of god that have emerged throughout the history of thought. - The relationship of myths to belief in God - To be informed about the sources of modern conceptions of God. - To be able to establish a relationship between modern god beliefs and classical beliefs. |
| Week | Topics | Learning Methods |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Ancient Greek Myths: From Heroic Gods to Divine Heroes | |
| 2. Week | God in Mythology | |
| 3. Week | Xenophanes and the Sophists' understanding of God | |
| 4. Week | Darwin and evolution's understanding of god | |
| 5. Week | Marx's conception of God | |
| 6. Week | Freud and Jung's understanding of god | |
| 7. Week | Midterm exam | |
| 8. Week | W. James' conception of god | |
| 9. Week | John Dewey's understanding of God | |
| 10. Week | T. Hobbes' Conception of God | |
| 11. Week | F. Nietzsche's Conception of God | |
| 12. Week | J.P. Sartre and existentialism | |
| 13. Week | Discussion of the article “On object relations theory and God vision” | |
| 14. Week | Belief in God in the age of technology |
| Xenophanes, Fragments |
| Mircae Eliade, The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion |
| Eliade, Myth and Religion |
| Rudolf Otto, Idea of the Holy |
| Werner Jaeger, The Theology of the Early Greek Philosophers |
| Program Requirements | Contribution Level | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | Measurement Method |
|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course's Level of contribution | None | Very Low | Low | Fair | High | Very High |
| Method of assessment/evaluation | Written exam | Oral Exams | Assignment/Project | Laboratory work | Presentation/Seminar |
