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Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
SYSTEMATIC KALAM I İLH318 6. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 3.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals To teach the student the principal doctrine of Kalam and make him able to defend them agains opposite tendencies.
Course Content This course analyzes the principal doctrine of Kalam and its opposite tendencies.
Learning Outcomes 1) Student comprehends principal doctrine of Kalam
2) Student recognizes the main differences and similarities between Kalam and other Islamic branches.
3) Student acquires the ability to defend the doctrine agains the opposite tendencies.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Types of Thinking: Mythical Thinking, Religious Thinking, Theological Thinking, Philosophical Thinking and Scientific Thinking Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Thinking Models in Islam: Kalam, Fiqh, Sufism and Salafism Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Workshop
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Knowledge in Kalam Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Existence in Kalām Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week God's Existence and Evidences Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Conceptions of God Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week The Relationship between God and the World Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week The Nature of Faith, Faith-Action Relationship Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Workshop
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Prophethood Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Workshop
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Revelation Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Qaḍa, Qadar and Human Actions Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week The Question of Husun-Kubuh Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Hereafter Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Workshop
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Imamate and Political Theories Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning
Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Abu al-?asan al-Ash'ari, Maqalat al-islamiyyin wa-ikhtilaf al-mu?allin, ed. H. Ritter, rep. Wiesbaden, 1963. ___________, al-Ibana „an u?ul al-diyana, Idarat al-Tiba'a al-Muniriyya, Cairo, n.d. Abu?l-Mu„in al-Nasafi, Tab?ira al-adilla fi u?ul al-din, ed. Huseyin Atay & Şaban Ali Düzgün, Presidency of Religious Affairs, Ankara, 2005. Abu Mansur al-Maturidi, Kitab al-Tawhid, Istanbul. __________, Ta?wilat al-Qur?an, Istanbul, 2005-2011 (multiple volumes). 'Adud al-Din al-Iji, Kitab al-mawaqif, ed. Badr al-Din al-Na'san, Cairo, 1325. „Ali al-Kari, Sharh al-fiqh al-akbar, Cairo 1323. al-Baghdadi, Kitab u?ul al-din, Istanbul, 1928. al-Baqillani, Kitab al-tamhid, ed. R.J. McCarthy, Beirut, 1957. _________, al-Insaf fima yajibu i'tiqaduhu wa-la yajuzu al-jahlu bihi, ed. Mu?ammad Zahid al-Kawthari, Cairo, 1963. Bayazizade, Işarat al-maram min ibarat al-meram, Cairo 1949. Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, al-Matalib al-'aliya min al-‘ilm al-ilahi, ed. Ahmad Hijazi” al-Saqa', Beirut, 1987. Ghazali, al-iqtisad fi al-i’tikad, Cairo, no date. ?asan al-Basri, “Risala”: Studien zur islamischen Frommigkeit I, ?asan al-Basri, ed. H. Ritter, Der Islam 21 (1933). Ibn al-Humam, al-Musayara, Istanbul 1979. al-Jurjani, Kitab al- ta'rifat, ed. G. Flugel, Leipzig, 1847, rep. Beirut, 1979. al-Juwayni, al-Shamil fi u?u-l al-din, ed. 'Ali Sami al-Nashshar, Alexandria, 1969. Qadi Abduljabbar, el-Muğni fi ebvabi?t-tevhid ve?l- ‘adl, I-XII cilt, Tahkik: Mahmud Muhammed Kasım. al-Shahrastani, Nihayat al-iqdam fi ‘ilm al-kalam, ed. A. Guillaume, Oxford, 1931. Taftazani, Sharh al-‘aqaid, Istanbul 1304.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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PY35000
PY45000

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 1
Homework 2 2
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 2 1
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 3 1
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 3
Final Exam 1 3
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 5
1 3
Dönem Sonu Sınavı (DSS) 1 3
Total Workload
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