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FDB 512 - Tanrı Tasavvurları

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Course Information

Course Title	Code	Language	Type	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
Conceptions of God	FDB 512	Turkish	Compulsory		3 + 0	3.0	6.0

Prerequisite Courses
Course Level	Graduate
Mode of delivery	Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion, Presentation, Problem Solving, Seminar, Homework.
Course Coordinator	Doç. Dr. Tuğba TORUN
Instructor(s)
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

#	Öğrenme Kazanımı
1	To have knowledge about the conceptions of god that have emerged throughout the history of thought.
2	The relationship of myths to belief in God
3	To be informed about the sources of modern conceptions of God.
4	To be able to establish a relationship between modern god beliefs and classical beliefs.

Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)

Week	Topics/Applications	Method
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

*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies

Program Requirements	DK1	DK2	DK3	DK4

Recommended Sources

Ders Kitabı veya Notu	Text : İlk Yunan Filozoflarında Tanrı Tasavvurları Text : Platon ve Mitoloji Text : Soyut Kutsal Anlayışından Somut Kutsala Text : Filozofların, Teologların, Psikologların Tanrı Anlayışı
Diğer Kaynaklar	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

ECTS credits and course workload

ECTS credits and course workload		Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Ders İçi	Class Hours	2	8	16
Ders Dışı	Preparation, After Class Study	2	8	16
	Research	5	6	30
	Interview	2	5	10
	Presentation (Preparation)	2	5	10
	Practice	1	14	14
	Other Activities	3	5	15
Sınavlar	Midterm 1	2	8	16
	Midterm 2	2	8	16
	Homework 1	5	6	30
	Homework 2	3	5	15
	Quiz 1	2	5	10
	Quiz 2	2	5	10
	Final	1	14	14
	Classroom Activities	14	3	42
Total Workload				264
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5		ECTS Credit of the Course		25.5 6.0