Information Package / Course Catalogue
Sociology of Religion
Course Code: İL309
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 4
Prt.: 0
Credit: 4
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The main aim of this course is to provide students with knowledge and sociological perspective on issues such as the birth of sociology of religion, subject, method, important representatives of sociology of religion, religion and society relations, social functions of religion, religious groups, religion and modernism, religion and secularization, religion and postmodernism.

Course Content

The emergence of sociology, the first sociologists and their ways of reading society and their approach to religion, the birth of sociology of religion, the relationship between religion and society, the subject and method of sociology of religion, the course of sociology of religion in the West and in the Islamic world, the meaning of religion in social life, its functions in social life.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Understands the field of study, subject and place of sociology and sociology of religion among other social sciences;
2.Have knowledge about sociological methods and techniques;
3.Have knowledge about the pioneers, emergence, first representatives and modern trends of sociological thought;
4.Understands the social aspect of the individual within the framework of concepts such as socialization, acculturation, social behavior;;
5.Gains the ability to explain the historical development of sociology of religion through classical theories of sociology of religion;
6.Examine the relationship between social processes such as social change, social development, social integration and religious structure;
7.Students will be informed about the position of religion in the face of modernization, secularization and globalization theories;
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Niyazi Akyüz, İhsan Çapcıoğlu (ed) Religion Sociology Handbook, Grafiker Publications, 2012.
2.Adil Çiftçi, Din Sosyolojisine Giriş, Ankara Okulu Yayını, 2017.
3.Abdurrahman Kurt, Sociology of Religion, Sentez Publications, 2018.
4.Mustafa Tekin, Sociology of Religion, Rağbet Publications, 2023.
5.İzzet Er, Sociology of Religion, Akçağ Publications, 2000.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The Subject of Sociology and Sociology of Religion
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Reading Book, Web and Library Search
Week 2 - Theoretical
Methods and Techniques in Sociological Research
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Reading Book, Web and Library Search
Week 3 - Theoretical
Basic Sociological Concepts I: Socialization, Social Role, Status, Class, Social Stratification and Mobility
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Reading Book, Web and Library Search
Week 4 - Theoretical
Basic Sociological Concepts II: Social Institutions, Social Groups, Culture and Values
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Reading Book, Web and Library Search
Week 5 - Theoretical
From the 16th to the 19th century, the developments that prepared the birth of sociology and sociology of religion in Western Europe
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Reading Book, Web and Library Search
Week 6 - Theoretical
Pioneers of Sociology and the Emergence of Sociology: Ibn Khaldun, Saint-Simon and Comte
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Reading Book, Web and Library Search
Week 7 - Theoretical
Marx, Durkheim and Weber
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Reading Book, Web and Library Search
Week 8 - Theoretical
Social Functions of Religion-I
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Reading Book, Web and Library Search
Week 9 - Theoretical
Social Functions of Religion
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Reading Book, Web and Library Search
Week 10 - Theoretical
Relationship between Religion and Culture
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Reading Book, Web and Library Search
Week 11 - Theoretical
The Position of Religion in the Modern World 1: Modernization, Secularization and Its Impact on Religion
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Reading Book, Web and Library Search
Week 12 - Theoretical
The Position of Religion in the Modern World 2: Postmodern Discourse, Pluralism and New Religious Movements
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Reading Book, Web and Library Search
Week 13 - Theoretical
The Position of Religion in the Modern World 3: Islam in the Face of Contemporary Discourses and Movements
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Reading Book, Web and Library Search
Week 14 - Theoretical
General Evaluation
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Reading Book, Web and Library Search
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Verbal Examination1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Assignment24212
Seminar24416
Reading1202
Midterm Examination1404
Final Examination1505
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)95
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026