Information Package / Course Catalogue
Contemporary Era Kalam Problems
Course Code: İL461
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is for the student to have an idea about the issues that pose problems in terms of faith today and to understand their solutions.

Course Content

Problems arising in the modern period regarding divinity, prophethood and the afterlife will be examined. Religion, science, reincarnation, satanism, jinn, devil, atheism, religious pluralism, reactionism, fundamentalism, violence, terrorism and religion; the topics of tradition, globalization, modernity, renewal, reform and transhumanism will be discussed.

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Learning Outcomes
1.Knows the causes and consequences of contemporary belief problems.
2.Recognizes the historical background of faith problems.
3.Understands the characteristics of Kalam in the classical and modern periods.
4.Knows the internal and external dynamics of contemporary faith issues.
5.Recognizes the emergence of relevant intellectual movements and theories and the shapes they took in the historical process.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Faith Priciples in Islam, Prof. Dr. İlyas Çelebi, Prof. Dr. Bekir Topaloğlu, Prof. Dr. Yusuf Şevki Yavuz, Çamlıca Yayınları, 2019.
2.Polemical Issues of Faith from History to the Present, ed. M. Bulğen, İFAV Yayınları, İstanbul, 2016.
3.Religion and Science: Selected Philosophical Text from Contemporary Western and Islamic Thought, Cafer Sadık Yaran, Sidre Yayınları, Samsun, 1997.
4.Current Kalam Debates, Enis Doko - Mehmet Bulgen, M.Ü. İlahiyat Fakültesi Vakfı Yayınları, İstanbul, 2020.
5.Today's Kalam Problems, Mehmet Evkuran - Harun Çağlayan, Bilay Yayınları, Ankara, 2021.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Contemporaneity, Modernity and Modern Man
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Book, article and digital content scanning
Week 2 - Theoretical
Identification of contemporary belief problems and the impact of the ontology and epistemology understanding of Kalam on these problems and their solutions.
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Book, article and digital content scanning
Week 3 - Theoretical
Religion-Science Relationship
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Book, article and digital content scanning
Week 4 - Theoretical
Reincarnation
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Book, article and digital content scanning
Week 5 - Theoretical
Satanism, Gin and Devil
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Book, article and digital content scanning
Week 6 - Theoretical
Atheism
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Book, article and digital content scanning
Week 7 - Theoretical
The Problem of Evil
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Book, article and digital content scanning
Week 8 - Theoretical
Deism
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Book, article and digital content scanning
Week 9 - Theoretical
Transhumanism
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Book, article and digital content scanning
Week 10 - Theoretical
Fundamentalism
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Book, article and digital content scanning
Week 11 - Theoretical
Superstition
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Book, article and digital content scanning
Week 12 - Theoretical
Violence, Terrorism and Religion
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Book, article and digital content scanning
Week 13 - Theoretical
Globalization and Religion
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Book, article and digital content scanning
Week 14 - Theoretical
Renewal, Reform and Islam and Course Overall Evaluation
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Book, article and digital content scanning
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 - Theory141242
Assignment1516
Seminar1516
Reading50315
Individual Work50420
Midterm Examination1415
Final Examination1516
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026