Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Introduction to the History of Religions FDB 563 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 Dr. Öğr. Üyesi BİLAL TOPRAK
Instructor(s)
Goals To inform the student about the environment that prepared the emergence of the history of religions as a science, the differences that distinguish it from other disciplines, and the great religious traditions in the world.
Course Content religious studies before the nineteenth century; the emergence of the history of religions as an independent research field; Theoretical developments in research on the history of religions and the effects of changes in the perception of science on them and religions in the world today.
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Gaining the ability to collect data, literature review and analysis that will create scientific knowledge in the field of history.
2 Gaining the ability to contribute in at least one area in the theoretical, methodological and practical context of scientific studies.
3 It deals with the nature of the beliefs that have taken place in the history of humanity and their relations with each other.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week The Problematic Value of the History of Religions
2. Week Concept Analysis: Religion, Sacred, Unholy, Image, Symbol, Space/Temple, Time, Cosmos
3. Week The Problematic History of the History of Religions-Issues
4. Week Historical Course of the Methodology of the History of Religions
5. Week Theories on the Origin of Religion
6. Week Historical Course of Methodology in the History of Religions-II Modern and Post-Modern Processes
7. Week Mid-term
8. Week Phenomenology and History of Religions
9. Week Comparative History of Religions
10. Week Religious Pluralism and Truth Discourse
11. Week Reading religion through material culture I: Stone, Incense and Drum
12. Week Reading religion through material culture II: Cross, Bread and Spirit
13. Week History of Religions in Turkey from the Ottomans to the Present
14. Week Trends and General Evaluation in the History of Religions in Today's Turkey
*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
Recommended Sources
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Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Bilal Toprak, Din Arkeolojisi ve Göbekli Tepe, MilelNihal Yayınları, 2020. Cengiz Batuk, Türkiye’de Dinler Tari Edward Evans-Pritchard, İlkellerde Din, çev. Hüsen Portakal, Öteki Yay., Ankara, 1999. Eric Sharpe, Dinler Tarihi: Tarihsel Bir Anlatı, çev. Fuat Aydın, Sakarya Üniv. Kültür yay., 2013. Fuat Aydın (ed.), Dinler Tarihinde Çağdaş Yaklaşımlar -1945’ten günümüze-, Ankara: Eskiyeni, 2017. James L. Cox, Kutsal’ı İfade Etmek: Din Fenomenolojisine Giriş, çev. Fuat Aydın, İstanbul: İz, 2004. Joachim Wach, Dinler Tarihi, çev. Fuat Aydın, Ataç Yayınları, 2004. Kürşat Demirci, Dinler Tarihinin Meseleleri, İstanbul: İnsan, 1997. Mehmet Aydın (ed.), Dinler Tarihinde Metodoloji Denemeleri, Konya: Din Bilimleri, 2003. Mircea Eliade, Arayış: Tarih ve Dinde Anlam, çev. Cem Soydemir, Doğu Batı Yayınları, Yayınları, 2017. Mircea Eliade, Dinler Tarihine Giriş, İstanbul: Kabalcı, 2003.Bilal Toprak, Din Arkeolojisi ve Göbekli Tepe, MilelNihal Yayınları, 2020. Cengiz Batuk, Türkiye’de Dinler Tarihi Çalışmalarının Tarihsel Seyri, Din Bilimleri Akademik Araştırma Dergisi, 2009, 9/11, 71-97.
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 3 3
Homework 1 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Practice 14 3 42
Practice End-Of-Term 14 3 42
Classroom Activities 14 3 42
Total Workload 142
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 6.0