Yozgat Bozok University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
DKA-S330	NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS	Elective	3	6	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To make sociological analysis of religious movements. Understanding the characteristics and types of religious movements. To analyze the relationship between religion and politics and to analyze the relationship between religious movements and politics in the world and in Turkey.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	To win basic concepts of sociology, theories and knowledge expansion and deep interpretation based on scientific research capabilities.
2	The role of theory in sociology and theoretical approaches in social analysis, research, and to understand how to use applications.
3	To win depending on the information of a case or incident investigation and reporting capabilities.
4	Social structures, social actors and cultural relations between the covering theoretical debates about the knowledge and understanding to win.
5	Awareness about itself and its own competence, critical thinking ability to win.
6	Disciplinary knowledge and skills within and across disciplines to apply their teamwork.
7	Theoretical approaches, practices associated with the daily lives of different social subjects as state-society, society-individual, social structure-social relations between the state of the subject as multi-dimensional thinking and be able to analyze.
8	To imporeve Turkish verbal and written communication skills and at least one foreign language written communication skills.
9	To give ability course of the data obtained during the research and quantitative and qualitative research techniques by taking into consideration the scientific and ethical values, control the research process.
10	Which are necessary to carry out a sociological research and computer skills to advanced statistical information.

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

The emergence and development of religious and new religious movements Ünver Günay, Din Sosyolojisi, İstanbul 2003. The types and features of the religious and new religious movements Ünver Günay, Din Sosyolojisi, İstanbul 2003. Religious movements attitudes related to the modernity Özdalga, Elisabeth, İslamcılığın Türkiye Seyri, İstanbul, 2006. Relationship between religion and politics in the world and in Turkey Kaya, Kamil, Akademisyenlerin Gözüyle Türkiye'de Din-Siyaset İlişkisi, Isparta, 2011 The relationship of religion, state and secularism in Turkey Başgil, Ali Fuat, Din ve Laiklik, Yağmur Yayınları, 5. Baskı, İstanbul, 1982. Religious movements and politics in the world and in Turkey Fuller, Graham E., Siyasal İslamın Geleceği, İstanbul, 2004. The influence of religious movements on Turkish politics Political Islamism in the West Manaz, Abdullah, Dünyada ve Türkiye'de Siyasal İslamcılık, İzmir, 1998. Political Islamism in the Middle East Manaz, Abdullah, Dünyada ve Türkiye'de Siyasal İslamcılık, İzmir, 1998. Political Islamism in Turkey Fuller, Graham E., Siyasal İslamın Geleceği, İstanbul, 2004. Manaz, Abdullah, Dünyada ve Türkiye'de Siyasal İslamcılık, İzmir, 1998. The future of political Islamism Fuller, Graham E., Siyasal İslamın Geleceği, İstanbul, 2004. Religious movements and communal relations

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	The emergence and development of religious and new religious movements
2	The types and features of the religious and new religious movements
3	Religious movements attitudes related to the modernity
4	Relationship between religion and politics in the world and in Turkey
5	The relationship of religion, state and secularism in Turkey
6	Religious movements and politics in the world and in Turkey
7	The influence of religious movements on Turkish politics
8	MIDTERM EXAM
9	Political Islamism in the West
10	Political Islamism in the Middle East
11	Political Islamism in Turkey
12	The future of political Islamism
13	Religious movements and communal relations
14	FINAL EXAM
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Recommended or Required Reading

Günay, Ünver, Din Sosyolojisi, İnsan Yayınları, İstanbul 2003. Kaya, Kamil, Akademisyenlerin Gözüyle Türkiye'de Din-Siyaset İlişkisi, Fakülte Kitabevi, Isparta, 2011. Köktaş, M. Emin, Din ve Siyaset, Vadi Yayınları, Ankara, 1997. Manaz, Abdullah, Dünyada ve Türkiye'de Siyasal İslamcılık, İzmir, 1998. Özdalga, Elisabeth, İslamcılığın Türkiye Seyri, Çev. Gamze Türkoğlu, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2006. Kara, İsmail, Türkiye'de İslamcılık Düşüncesi 1-2, Dergah Yayınları, İstanbul, 2011. Başgil, Ali Fuat, Din ve Laiklik, Yağmur Yayınları, 5. Baskı, İstanbul, 1982. Fuller, Graham E., Siyasal İslamın Geleceği, Çev. Mustafa Acar, Timaş Yayınları, İstanbul, 2004. Kaya, Kamil, Sosyolojik Açıdan Türkiye'de Din-devlet İlişkileri ve Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, Birleşik Dağıtım, İstanbul, 1998. Kehrer, Günter, Din Sosyolojisi, Vadi Yayınları, Ankara 1996. Şaylan, Gencay, Türkiye'de İslancı Siyaset, Verso yayınları, Ankara, 1992. Wach, Joachim, Din Sosyolojisi, Erciyes Üniversitesi Yayınları, Kayseri 1990.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	10	10
Final Examination	1	15	15
Attending Lectures	14	2	28
Self Study	14	2	28
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			81

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