COURSE SYLLABUS

RELIGION AND SOCIETY

1	Course Title:	RELIGION AND SOCIETY
2	Course Code:	SOS6113
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Dr. Ögr. Üyesi FATİH AMAN
16	Course Lecturers:	Yok-None
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Dr. Ögr. Üyesi FATİH AMAN- Bursa Uludağ Üniv. Fen Edebiyat Fak. Sosyoloji Bölümü- Tel:0224-294-18-43 Email: faman@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:	http://sosyoloji.uludag.edu.tr
19	Objective of the Course:	To give and to discuss the following issues with students: 1. Factors (such as norms, values, positions, roles, functions, power relations, personalities, ends-means) need to be addressed for sociologically studying the role of the instituton of religion in socio-cultural reality environment. 2. How is different the various sociological approaches on the institution of religion. 3. Various researches and studies on the aspects of institution of religion in Turkey and around the world.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Gaining the general features and functions of the relationship between religion and society

Learning Outcomes:

1	Comprehending some basic concepts (such as power relations, value, norm, position, role, function, conflict, action/behaviour, personality, actor, ends-means) in the context of institution/field of religion;
2	Comprehending some explanation, comprehension and understanding forms of some classical and contemporary sociological approaches on the institution/field of religion;
3	Comprehending the relations and interactions between religious institution, field, practices, roles, values, norms, groups etc. and other institutions, fields, practices, values, groups etc. (such as economic, political etc;
4	Comprehending the relations between social-cultural changes and the institution of religion;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction: On the relationship between religion and society
2	Relationship between first religions and society
3	Religion and society in Rome
4	Religion and society in Judaism
5	Religion and society in Christianity
6	Religion and society in Hinduism and Buddhism
7	Religion and society in Confucius and Shintoism
8	Religion and society in the birth of Islam
9	Religion and society in the Umayyads
10	Religion and society in the Abbasids
11	Religion and society in the Seljuks
12	Religion and society in the Ottomans
13	Religion and society in the Republican era
14	View of religion andsociety today

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Furseth, Inger ve Repstad, Pal, Din Sosyolojisine Giriş – Klasik ve Çağdaş Kuramlar, Birleşik Yayıncılık, 2011; Berger, Peter, Kutsal Şemsiye – Dinin sosyolojik Teorisinin Ana Unsurları, Rağbet yay., 2009; Levent Köker-Mehmet Ali Ağaoğulları, Kral-Devlet Ya Da Ölümlü Tanrı İMGE KİTABEVİ YAYINLARI, 2017; Levent Köker-Mehmet Ali Ağaoğulları, İmparatorluktan Tanrı Devletine, İMGE KİTABEVİ YAYINLARI, 2020; Levent Köker-Mehmet Ali Ağaoğulları, Tanrı Devletinden Kral Devlete, İMGE KİTABEVİ YAYINLARI, 2009; Sinan Ateş, Türkiye'de Din Politikaları ve Din - Siyaset İlişkisi, ÖTÜKEN NEŞRİYAT, 2019; Bernard Lewis, İnanç ve İktidar & Orta Doğu’da Din ve Siyaset, AKILÇELEN KİTAPLAR, 2020.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	The system of relative evaluation is applied
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High