COURSE SYLLABUS

STUDIES OF HISTORY OF RELIGIONS IN THE WEST

1	Course Title:	STUDIES OF HISTORY OF RELIGIONS IN THE WEST
2	Course Code:	FDB5113
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	8
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Dr. Ögr. Üyesi SÜLEYMAN SAYAR
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	ssayar1956@hotmail.com 2431366-60332
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To grasp the foundation and historical development of history of religions as a modern discipline, To absorb the pioneers’ approaches in this field, To apply these approaches into academic studies today, To develop new approaches and theories.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	The student gets high knowledge about religious studies and especially history of religions.;;
2	He knows the western pioneers of history of religions, and learns their basic opinions and approaches.;;
3	He improves his ability of foreign languages in order to use the primary sources of the field and to make his academic studies more qualified.;;
4	He manages to approach the matters of history of religions analytically through modern methods.;;
5	Now that he absorbs the main approaches of the historians of religions, he can do distinctive studies in his field.;;
6	He can make comparisons among the various approaches of western scholars, and evaluate them.;;
7	He can make some comparisons between modern studies on history of religions and early Muslim studies on the same area.;;
8	He can apply any method which is in use in the history of religions into his academic studies or develop a new method.;;
9	He follows ethical principles in his study and shares his information with community.;;
10	He contributes his study-field, attends national and international organizations on religions.;;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Archaic roots of history of religions
2	Mythology and history of religions
3	Foundation of the discipline: Max Müller
4	The methodology of history of religions
5	Ethnological/anthropological approaches
6	Psychological approaches: S. Freud, C. G. Jung, F. Heiler
7	Foundation of phenomenology of religion: G. van der Leeuw
8	Sociological expression of religion and hermeneutical study of religion: J. Wach
9	Experience of sacred in the study of religion: R. Otto
10	Historical Phenomenology and totalistic study of religion: R. Pettozzoni
11	Quest for a new methodology: Mircea Eliade
12	Eliade’s Terminology and function of the study of religion
13	Eliade and Shamanism
14	Transcendent Unity Of Religions

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	- Batı’da Din Çalışmaları, der. ve çev. Ömer M.Alper, Istanbul 2002. - Mircea Eliade, Dinin Anlamı ve Sosyal Fonksiyonu, çev. Mehmet Aydin, Ankara 1990. - Mircea Eliade, Şamanizm, çev. Ismet Birkan, Ankara 1999. - Constantin Tacou, Din ve Fenomenoloji, çev. Havva Köser, Istanbul 2000. - Mustafa Alıcı, Dinler Tarihinin Batılı Öncüleri, Istanbul 2007. - Dinler Tarihinde Metodoloji Denemeleri, ed. Mehmet Aydın, Konya 2003. - Ramazan Adibelli, M. Eliade ve Din: M. Eliade’nin Din Bilimi Çalişmalarının Metodolojik Açıdan Değerlendirilmesi, Istanbul 2011. - Frithjof Schuon, Dinlerin Aşkın Birliği, çev. Yavuz Keskin, Istanbul 1992.
24	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

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