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Course Description Course Name : Religious Movements İn Turkey Course Code : ILS405 Course Type : Optional Level of Course : First Cycle Year of Study : 4 Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks) ECTS : 2 Name of Lecturer(s) : Asst.Prof.Dr. YUSUF GÖKALP Learning Outcomes of the Course : To know the concept of religion, sect, religious community and sufi order and determine the differences between them To explain the historical foundations of the Turkish-Islamic concept To define the contemporary Islamic sects and political-religious movements in existance in Turkey To explain the reasons behind the rise of religious movements in Turkey To recognize the literature on the religious movements in Turkey To know the principal views of religious movements To determine the religious education institutions in Turkey and explain its effects on the formation of Turkish Islam Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None Recommended Optional Programme Components : None Aim(s) of Course : To recognize political-religious movements, Islamic sects existed in recent years in Turkey and analyse them according to their political and religious attitudes Course Contents : The content of the concepts of religion, sect, religious community and sufi order; The reasons behind the differentiation of religious understanding; The manifestations of the earliest Islamic sects in todays Turkey; Historical foundations of the Turkish-Islamic concept; The main factors that shape today´s Islamic thought; The effects of globalization, urbanization, immigration etc. on Islamic sects; The Islamic sects, sufi orders, religious communities in existence tin Turkey; Islamic Modernism and the thought of Islamism; Religious education and theology faculties in Turkey; the contemporary scientific studies on the history of Islamic sects in Turkey Language of Instruction : Turkish Work Place : Teology school classrooms   Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods 1 The content of the concepts of religion, sect, religious community and sufi order Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 2 reasons behind the differentiation of religious understanding Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 3 Historical foundations of the Turkish-Islamic concept Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 4 The manifestations of the earliest Islamic sects in todays Turkey Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 5 The effects of globalization, urbanization, immigration etc. on Islamic sects Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 6 The genesis of Islamism and its political, social, cultural origins and principal views Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 7 Islamic Modernism and its manifestations in todays Turkey Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 8 Midterm exam Midterm exam Midterm exam 9 The Islamic sects in existence in Turkey and their principal views, mentality, literature Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 10 The religious groups in existence in Turkey and their principal views, mentality, literature Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 11 The sufi orders in existence in Turkey and their principal views, mentality, literature Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 12 Anatolian Alevism and Bahtashism Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 13 Anatolian Alevism and Bahtashism Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 14 Religious education and theology faculties in Turkey and the supra-sectarian approach as a method Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 15 The contemporary scientific studies on the history of Islamic sects in Turkey Review of the literature Lecture, discussion 16/17 Final exam Final exam Final exam   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  Hasan Onat, "Türkiye´de İslam", Tük Yurdu, C. XVII s. 116-117, Nisan-Mayıs 1997   İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi, ed. Hasan Onat-Sönmez Kutlu, Ankara 2012  Sönmez Kutlu, Çağdaş İslami Akımlar ve Sorunları, Fecr yay., Ankara 2008  Hasan Onat, Türkiye´de Din Anlayışında Değişim Süreci, Ankara 2003  Hasan Onat, "İslam´da yeniden Yapılanma Üzerine", AÜİFD, Özel Sayı, Ankara 1999  Hasan Onat, "Din Anlayışımızın Kaynakları Üzerine", Türk Yurdu, C. XIII, s. 75 (1993)  Sönmez Kutlu, Alevilik-Bektaşilik Yazıları, Ankara 2008 Required Course Material(s)  W. Montgomery, İslami Hareketler ve Modernlik, İstanbul 1997   Yalçın Akdoğan, Siyasal İslam, İstanbul 2000;   Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60     Homeworks/Projects/Others 0 40 Total 100 Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40   Final Assessments 100 Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60 Total 100   Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes # Key Learning Outcome Contribution* 1 Describes the main concepts, sources, principles, values, and philosophy of the Religion of Islam. 2 2 Explains the effects of the phenomenon of religion on the forming of structure, changing, and progression of the society and human being. 3 3 Explains the processes of the forming and developing of Islamic history and civilization. 1 4 Describes socio-cultural, religious, political, and economic structures of the Islamic societies. 2 5 Reads, explains, and interprets the main religious texts. 0 6 Reaches the true religious knowledge by using scientific methods and techniques, and evaluates and uses that knowledge. 0 7 Determines the main religious problems and produces some solutions according to modern needs. 2 8 Acquires knowledge and skills in the fields of Islamic history, culture, art, and literature. 3 9 Conveys the accumulations acquired to the religious field. 2 10 Classifies and examines the accumulation of knowledge and historical experience acquired in the history of Islamic sciences. 2 11 Expresses truly Islam in terms of belief, worship, moral and acts and procedures. 2 12 Realizes that religion, science, art, philosophy, and moral are mutually complementary elements and that they must be considered as a whole. 2 13 Respects the beliefs and the values attributed holiness, and supports the culture of coexisting. 5 14 Supports attitudes and acts fitted to the unifying, integrating and reconciling role of religious values in society. 5 15 Works in the fields of practical religious services, religious education and teaching. 0 16 Improves professional development, as well as interest in accordance with the capabilities of scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields constantly itself by identifying learning needs. 0 * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).   Student Workload - ECTS Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour) Course Related Works     Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 2 28     Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 2 28 Assesment Related Works     Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 2 2     Final Exam 1 4 4 Total Workload: 62 Total Workload / 25 (h): 2.48 ECTS Credit: 2