Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kara mkara@uludag.edu.tr , 0224 243 10 66-60402, U.Ü. İlahiyat Fakültesi
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Objective of the Course:
To recount the process of sufi thought and from the point of view indicate its contact to Islamic thought.
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development
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Learning Outcomes:
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To evaluate sufi thought.;
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To compare thought of Islamic mysticism with Islamic thought.;
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To analyse relationship Sufism with philosophy. ;
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To deal with sufi thought in terms of idea of union of religions. ;
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Course Content:
Week
Theoretical
Practical
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Early pietistic movements
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First pieties in Islam
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The transformation from zuhd to Sufism
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The structure of Islamic mystical thought
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The relationship between philosophy and Islamic mysticism.
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The structure of philosophy of Islamic mysticism.
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The influences of the philosophical systems on the philosophy of Islamic mysticism.
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The major figures in the historical development of the philosophy of Islamic mysticism.
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Allah in the Islamic mystical thought.
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The universe and being in the Islamic mystical thought.
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Human being in the Islamic mystical thought.
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The relationship between wahtad al-wujud (the unicity of being) and pantheism.
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Illumination
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The unity of religions and the inter-religions dialogue in the Islamic mystical thought.
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Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
1. Arberry, Sufism, London 2001. 2. Afifi, The mystical philosophy of Ibn Arabi, Cambridge 1939. 3. Erol Güngör, İslam Tasavvufunun Meseleleri, İstanbul 1984. 4. R. A. Nicholson, Studies in Islamic Mysticism, Cambridge 1939, 5. Ibn Arabi, Fususu’l-hikem, Beyrut 2000.
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Assesment
TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES
NUMBER
PERCENT
Midterm Exam
0
0
Quiz
0
0
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
Final Exam
1
100
Total
1
100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade
0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade
100
Total
100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE
Activites
NUMBER
TIME [Hour]
Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical
14
3
42
Practicals/Labs
0
0
0
Self Study and Preparation
14
10
140
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
0
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
0
0
0
Others
0
0
0
Final Exams
1
28
28
Total WorkLoad
210
Total workload/ 30 hr
7
ECTS Credit of the Course
7
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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
