COURSE SYLLABUS

SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

1	Course Title:	SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
2	Course Code:	SSY3006
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	6
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
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 FATİH AMAN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyoloji Bölümü Tel:0224-294-18-43 E-posta: faman@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:	http://bilgipaketi.uludag.edu.tr/Ders/Index/779241
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

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 to sociology of religion
2	Introduction: the position, place, role and function of religious knowledge and belief between other types of knowledges and beliefs in socio-cultural reality environment.
3	Reading and discussion: Furseth ve Repstad, “Klasik Sosyologlar ve Din Kuramları”
4	Reading and discussion: Furseth ve Repstad, “Çağdaş Sosyoloji ve Kültürel Çözümlemede Din” (part 1)
5	Reading and discussion: Furseth ve Repstad, “Çağdaş Sosyoloji ve Kültürel Çözümlemede Din” (part 2)
6	Reading and discussion: Peter Berger, “Günümüz Din Sosyolojisi Üzerine Düşünceler”
7	Midterm+Reading and discussion: Tayfun Atay, “Önsöz: ‘Afyon’ ve ‘Tiner’” ve “Din ve Antropoloji”
8	Reading and discussion: Tayfun Atay, “Türkiye Çözümlemeleri”
9	Reading and discussion: Tayfun Atay, “Alan Çalışmaları”
10	Reading and discussion: Tayfun Atay, “Şempanzeler ve Peygamberler”
11	Reading and discussion: Tayfun Atay, “Tarihten Bir Yaprak”
12	Reading and discussion: Tayfun Atay, “Tarihten Bir Yaprak”
13	Reading and discussion: Fulya Atacan, “Toplumsal, Ekonomik, Siyasal Boyutlarıyla Tarikatın Dünya Görüşü”
14	Overall evaluation and discussion

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Furseth, Inger ve Repstad, Pal, Din Sosyolojisine Giriş – Klasik ve Çağdaş Kuramlar, Birleşik Yayıncılık, 2011; Solmaz, Bünyamin ve Çapcıoğlu, İhsan (Editörler), Din Sosyolojisi – Klasik ve Çağdaş Yaklaşımlar I, Çizgi Kitabevi, 2009; Ünver, Günay. Din Sosyolojisi, İnsan Yayınları, 2011; Kurt, Abdurrahman, Din Sosyolojisi, Dora Yayınları, 2011; Berger, Peter, Kutsal Şemsiye – Dinin sosyolojik Teorisinin Ana Unsurları, Rağbet
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
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