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Course Description Course Name : Contemporary Islamic Movements Course Code : ILS408 Course Type : Optional Level of Course : First Cycle Year of Study : 4 Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks) ECTS : 2 Name of Lecturer(s) : Assoc.Prof.Dr. İSMAİL ŞIK Asst.Prof.Dr. YUSUF GÖKALP Learning Outcomes of the Course : To make list of contemporary Islamic sects and politics-religious movements To determine the current manifestations of the earliest Islamic sects To describe sectarian geography of Islamic world To determine the vital problems of the Islamic world To explain the pricipal concepts interested in the contemporary Islamic movements To know the literature on the contemporary Islamic movements To analyse the contemporary Islamic movements according to their political and religious attitudes To determine the intellectual background of contemporary Islamic movements To describe the geographical and denomination distribution of the Islamic world Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None Recommended Optional Programme Components : None Aim(s) of Course : To recognize the political-religious movements existed in the contemporary Islamic world Course Contents : The political-religious movements existed in the contemporary Islamic World and their contents; The factors that led to the rise of contemporary Islamic movements; The main factors that shape today´s Islamic thought; The contemporary Islamic movements existed in recent years; Political Islamism; Islamic Modernism 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 definition of this course and its purpose, necessity, and relationship with other disciplinesi Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 2 To analyse and criticize the concepts used for contemporary Islamic movements and their members Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 3 The factors that played a role in the rise of contemporary Islamic movements Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 4 The analysis of the structural aspects of contemporary Islamic movements Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 5 To analyse the contemporary Islamic movements according to their political and religious attitudes Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 6 The common characteristics of contemporary Islamic movements Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 7 Innovative movements in Islamic thought; Jadidism Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 8 Midterm exam Midterm exam Midterm exam 9 Fazlurrahman and Islamic Modernism; Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 10 Political Islamism; intellectual and political Islamism Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 11 Contemporary Islamic movements in Egypt Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 12 Contemporary Islamic movements in Turkey Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 13 Iran and contemporary Shi´ism Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 14 Contemporary Islamic movements in Central Asia Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 15 The effects of globalization and migration on Islamic movements Pre reading the assigned chapter Lecture, discussion 16/17 Final exam Final exam Final exam   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  Yalçın Akdoğan, Siyasal İslam, İstanbul 2000.  Dökmeciyan, R. Hrair, Arap Dünyasında Köktencilik, çev. Muhammed Karahanoğlu, İstanbul 1992.  Kutlu, Sönmez, Çağdaş İslamî Akımlar ve Sorunları, Fecr Yayınları, Ankara 2008.  Olivier Roy, Yeni Orta Asya, İstanbul 200; Siyasal İslam´ın İflası, İstanbul 1994.  Alev Erkilet Başer, Ortadoğu´da Modernleşme ve İslami Hareketler, İstanbul 1999.  Watt, W. Montgomery, İslami Hareketler ve Modernlik, çev. Turan Koç, İstanbul 1997.  İbrahim Maraş, Türk Dünyasında Dini Yenileşme, İstanbul 2002. Required Course Material(s)  Süleyman Uludağ, İslam Siyaset İlişkileri, İstanbul 1998.  Charles Lindholm, İslami Ortadoğu, Ankara 2004.  Hasan Onat, "Türkiye´de Din Anlayışı ve Fazlurrahman", Türkiye Günlüğü, s. 18 (1998).  Hasan Onat, Türkiye´de Din Anlayışında Değişim Süreci, Ankara 2003.  Yumni Sezen, İslam’ın Sosyolojik Yorumu, İst., 2004.   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. 4 3 Explains the processes of the forming and developing of Islamic history and civilization. 2 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. 4 8 Acquires knowledge and skills in the fields of Islamic history, culture, art, and literature. 2 9 Conveys the accumulations acquired to the religious field. 0 10 Classifies and examines the accumulation of knowledge and historical experience acquired in the history of Islamic sciences. 3 11 Expresses truly Islam in terms of belief, worship, moral and acts and procedures. 1 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. 3 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