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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
FDB 632	FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION	3 + 0	1st Semester	7,5

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Master's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Course Objective	The aim of this course is to recognize, comprehend and analyze the main problems of the Philosophy of Religion.
Course Content	In this course, the definition and contents of philosophy of religion, its relationship with other religious sciences, the understandings of divinity, the subject of attributes of god, the evidences about the existence of God (ontological argument, cosmological argument, teleological argument, moral argument, religious experience argument), the problem of evil. Topics such as atheism and theodicy, revelation and miracles, death and the possibility of life after death, and the language of religion will be discussed.
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Gains knowledge about the definition and nature of philosophy of religion.
2	Comprehends the relationship between philosophy of religion and other religious sciences.
3	Learns and analyzes various evidences and arguments put forward to prove the existence of God.
4	Gains knowledge about the basic arguments on which various divinity understandings such as Theism, Atheism and Deism are based.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	14	3	42
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	6	7	42
Assignments	8	5	40
Mid-terms	1	3	3
Final examination	1	3	3
Field Work	5	9	45
Division Academic Activity	5	4	20
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			195 7,5

COURSE DETAILS

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	Course Term	No	Instructors
Details	2023-2024 Fall	1	İSMAİL ŞİMŞEK

Course Details

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Course Code	Language Of Instruction	Course Semester
FDB 632	FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION	3 + 0	1	Turkish	2023-2024 Fall

Course Coordinator	E-Mail	Phone Number	Course Location	Attendance
Assoc. Prof. Dr. İSMAİL ŞİMŞEK	isimsek@pau.edu.tr		DSHMY D0170	%80

Goals		The aim of this course is to recognize, comprehend and analyze the main problems of the Philosophy of Religion.
Content		In this course, the definition and contents of philosophy of religion, its relationship with other religious sciences, the understandings of divinity, the subject of attributes of god, the evidences about the existence of God (ontological argument, cosmological argument, teleological argument, moral argument, religious experience argument), the problem of evil. Topics such as atheism and theodicy, revelation and miracles, death and the possibility of life after death, and the language of religion will be discussed.

Topics

Weeks	Topics
1	Intruduction to Philosophy of Religion
2	Religious and Mysticial Experience
3	Reason and Faith
4	Attributes of God
5	Arguments of God
6	Atheism
7	The Problem of Evil
8	Deism
9	Pantheism
10	Panentheism
11	Eschatology
12	Religion and Science
13	Religion and Ethics
14	Exclusivizm, Pluralizm, and İnclusivizm

Materials

Materials are not specified.

Resources

Resources	Resources Language
Peterson, Michael, Reason and Religios Belief; an Intruduction to the Philosophy of Religion Aydın, Mehmet. Din Felsefesi. İzmir: DEÜY, 1990. Bayrakdar, Mehmet. Din Felsefesine Giriş. Ankara: Fecr y, 1997. Yaran, Cafer Sadık. Klasik ve Çağdaş Metinlerle Din Felsefesi. Samsun: Etüt, 1997.	Türkçe

Course Assessment

Assesment Methods	Percentage (%)	Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam	50	Final Exam
Midterm Exam	50	Midterm Exam

L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes

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