Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / TİB519 - BASIC ISLAMIC SCIENCES

Code: TİB519 Course Title: TEXTS OF KALAM Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BASIC ISLAMIC SCIENCES
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ABDULLAH NAMLI (abdnamli@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) ABDULLAH NAMLI,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course; It is to gain competence in scientific methods within the framework of reason and transmission on the problems of the history and divinity of the science of Kalam, which is the subject of Islamic belief principles.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 She/He Know the definition, subject and purpose of the science of kalam. PO-1 Can be able to improve and deepen their knowledge in the same or different field based on the graduate level qualifications in their field of study.
PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
LO-2 She/HeBe able to know the birth, formation process and periods of the science of kalam. PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
LO-3 He/she can know the main differences between the periods of predecessor, contractor and New Science of Kalam in the history of Kalam. PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
LO-4 She/He Knows the main schools of kalam, their important representatives and their basic characteristics. PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
LO-5 She/He Know and discuss the Divinity issues of the Word. PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
LO-6 She/He Can define and express the need for prophets and their attributes. PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
LO-7 She/He Can define and express the duties of the prophets together with religious and rational proofs. PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
LO-8 She/He Knows and evaluates the basic aspects of the holy books. PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
LO-9 She/He Can describe and express the basic qualities of angels, their duties and their relationship with man. PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
LO-10 She/He Recognize and evaluate issues related to the Doomsday, the grave and the life in the hereafter with their religious-rational evidence. PO-1 Can be able to improve and deepen their knowledge in the same or different field based on the graduate level qualifications in their field of study.
PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
In this course, the subject of kalam, its history, periods, schools, important representatives and divinity will be covered. In this course, the basic faith and creed issues of the religion of Islam will be covered with religious texts and rational proofs.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 She/He recognizes to definition of İlm al-Kalam and ıt’s subject and aim Presentation
2 Mutazila and basic opinions Source Scanning
3 The Ahl al-Sunna; Salafiyya Source Scanning
4 Asharism Source Scanning
5 Maturidism Source Scanning
6 Comparison of Asharism and Maturidism Source Scanning
7 Godhead; being, Allah's attributes, Allah-Universe relationship Source Scanning
8 mid-term exam
9 Prophethood, revelation and miracle Source Scanning
10 Human actions and destiny Source Scanning
11 Doomsday and the Hereafter Source Scanning
12 Seeing Allah in the Hereafter Source Scanning
13 Imamate Source Scanning
14 Today's problems of Kalam; denial currents Source Scanning
15 Denialist currents Source Scanning
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Eş‘arî, Ebü'l-Hasen. el-İbane an Usuli’d-Diyane, thk. Fevkiye Hüseyin Mahmud. Kahire: Dâru’l-Ensâr, 1977.
2 Eş‘arî, Ebü’l-Hasen. Makâlâtü’l-İslâmiyyîn ve İhtilâfü’l-Musallîn. Thk. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abdülhamîd. Beyrut: Mektebetü’l-Asriyye, 1995.
3 Mâtürîdî, Ebû Mansûr. Kitâbü’t-Tevhîd. Thk. Bekir Topaloğlu - Muhammed Aruçi. Ankara: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı Yayınları, 3. Basım, 2017.
4 Pezdevî, Ebü’l-Yüsr. Usûlü’d-Dîn. Thk. Hans Peter Linss. Kahire: Dâru İhyâi’l-Kütübi’l-Arabiyye, 1963.
5 Namlı, Abdullah. Kader İnancının Dini Temelleri. İstanbul: Rağbet Yayınları, 2019.
6 Namlı, Abdullah. Kur’an’a Göre İnkâr. İstanbul-Trabzon: Kalem Yayınları, 2021.
7 Namlı, Abdullah. Tekvîn ve Kulların Fiillerinin Yaratılışı. Ankara: İlahiyat Yayınları, 2021.
8 Namlı, Abdullah. Allah’ın İlmi ve Mutlak Bilinmezlik. Ankara: İlahiyat Yayınları, 2022.
Required Course instruments and materials
Classical Kalam Books in Arabic

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 5 10 50
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 10 40
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 2 6
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 4 5 20
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 5 20
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 180