Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits
2	BIS 560	Modern Texts of Kalam	3+0+0	3	8

Course Details

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Level of Course Unit	Master's Degree
Department / Program	PhD Program in Islamic Studies (%30 English)
Type of Program	Formal Education
Type of Course Unit	Elective
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	Introduce modern problems to students at advanced level, ensure that students are able to penetrate to modern sources through weekly readings, gain comparison capability between the texts, discuss modern problems, try to produce critical thoughts on these problems.
Course Content	New Ilm-al Kalam texts will be read and discussed. Modern period kalam debates and kalam discussions that should be emphasized will be dealt with through selected authors and their works. Moreover, works on the history of kalam and systematic kalam in the present Turkey will be studied and evaluated.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	None
Name of Lecturers	Asist Prof.Dr. Ahmet Süruri
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	Bilmen, Ömer Nasuhi. (1342). Muvazzah İlm-i Kelâm. İstanbul: Evkâf-ı İslamiye Matbaası. Cündioğlu, D. (1996). “Ernest Renan ve “Reddiyeler” Bağlamında İslam-Bilim Tartışmalarına Bibliyografik Bir Katkı”. DİVAN: Disiplinlerarası Çalışmalar Dergisi, 1-94. Süruri, A. (2018). “Cumhuriyet Dönemi Kelâm İlmi Yazımı (1923-2017): Kelâm ve Kelâm Tarihi Kitapları”. TALİD Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi, 11-74. Mehmed Said Efendi. Cevahirü'l-Akaid. Mustafa Asım. (1330). Akaid Dersleri. İstanbul: Karabet Matbaası. Ahmed Hilmi Şehbenderzade. (1332). Yeni Akaid: Üss-i İslam. İstanbul: Hikmet Matbaa-i İslamiyesi. İsmail Hakkı İzmirli. (1336). Muhassalu’l-Kelâm ve’l-Hikme. İstanbul: Evkâf-ı İslamiye Matbaası. İsmail Hakkı İzmirli. (1341). Yeni İlm-i Kelam. İstanbul: Evkâf-ı İslamiye Matbaası. Özervarlı, M. Sait. (2008). Kelamda Yenilik Arayışları. İstanbul: İSAM.

Course Category

Social Sciences	%10
Field	%90

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

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Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	Identify modern kalam texts
2	Distinguish modern kalam texts from classical kalam texts
3	Utilize interpretations in modern texts
4	Identify the characteristics of modern kalam sources and analyze them in terms of method and content
5	Compare the discussed thoughts and show similarities and differences with each other
6	Evaluate modern kalam texts by comparing them with classical kalam texts
7	Discuss modern problems and develop his/her own original, critical interpretations

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Introduction	No reading	No reading
2	A commentary on aqaid	pp. 1-8.	M. Asım. Akaid Dersleri
3	New Ilm-al Aqaid	pp. 1-10.	Şehberderzade. Yeni Akaid: Üss-i İslam
4	New Ilm-al Aqaid	pp. 10-21.	Şehberderzade. Yeni Akaid: Üss-i İslam
5	Introduction to New Ilm-al Kalam	pp. 1-9.	İzmirli. Muhassalu’l-Kelâm ve’l-Hikme
6	Introduction to New Ilm-al Kalam	pp. 10-18.	İzmirli. Muhassalu’l-Kelâm ve’l-Hikme
7	Definition of ilm al-kalam, its subject and its problems	pp. 20-34.	İzmirli. Muhassalu’l-Kelâm ve’l-Hikme
8	New Ilm-al Kalam	pp. 1-10.	İzmirli. Yeni İlm-i Kelam
9	New Ilm-al Kalam	pp. 10-19.	İzmirli. Yeni İlm-i Kelam
10	Ilm al-kalam and the difference between positive sciences and philosophy	pp. 1-15.	Bilmen. Muvazzah İlm-i Kelâm
11	History of ilm al-kalam	pp. 16-30.	Bilmen. Muvazzah İlm-i Kelâm
12	Major philosophical schools	pp. 31-42.	Bilmen. Muvazzah İlm-i Kelâm
13	The renovation suggestions in Kalam	pp. 11-74.	Özervarlı. Kelamda Yenilik Arayışları
14	Recent texts	pp. 11-74.	Süruri, A.

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

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