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/ İLH105 - ISLAMİC THEOLOGY

Code: İLH105 Course Title: PRINCIPLES OF ISLAMIC FAITH Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 2
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department ISLAMİC THEOLOGY
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 is to enable students to know and define the basic belief principles of the religion of Islam on the issues of Divinity, Prophethood and the Hereafter and the issues that make up their sub-titles.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Be able to comprehend and define basic concepts such as faith, Islam, kufr, shirk, apostasy and their types. PO-5 To Evaluate the principles of Islamic faith and problems of Theology within the framework of reason and authentic sources using scientific methods.
PO-9 The ability of defining, fictionalizing and evaluating individual,social and global events and issues and offering solutions to them in accordance with the data of social sciences.
PO-15 To think critically
PO-16 To think rationally
PO-17 To be able to find solutions for the religious and moral needs of society via Islamic values.
PO-18 To be able to acquire information about the developmental processes of Islamic Sciences.
PO-19 To learn the correct usage of basic concepts of Islamic Sciences.
PO-20 To make comparisons between religion, sects and modern religious movements.
Examination
LO-2 Can define the principles of akaidi and basic belief, have information about the main sources of akaid in Islamic thought. PO-5 To Evaluate the principles of Islamic faith and problems of Theology within the framework of reason and authentic sources using scientific methods.
PO-15 To think critically
PO-16 To think rationally
PO-17 To be able to find solutions for the religious and moral needs of society via Islamic values.
PO-18 To be able to acquire information about the developmental processes of Islamic Sciences.
PO-19 To learn the correct usage of basic concepts of Islamic Sciences.
PO-20 To make comparisons between religion, sects and modern religious movements.
Examination
LO-3 Be able to comprehend and define the existence of Allah, His attributes, human and actions, accident-destiny. PO-2 To have an adequate knowledge of the classical and new religious and political movements in Islamic world.
PO-15 To think critically
PO-16 To think rationally
PO-17 To be able to find solutions for the religious and moral needs of society via Islamic values.
PO-18 To be able to acquire information about the developmental processes of Islamic Sciences.
PO-19 To learn the correct usage of basic concepts of Islamic Sciences.
PO-20 To make comparisons between religion, sects and modern religious movements.
Examination
LO-4 Be able to comprehend and define the subjects related to belief in prophets, attributes of prophets, miracles and other extraordinary situations. PO-5 To Evaluate the principles of Islamic faith and problems of Theology within the framework of reason and authentic sources using scientific methods.
PO-15 To think critically
PO-16 To think rationally
PO-17 To be able to find solutions for the religious and moral needs of society via Islamic values.
PO-18 To be able to acquire information about the developmental processes of Islamic Sciences.
PO-19 To learn the correct usage of basic concepts of Islamic Sciences.
PO-20 To make comparisons between religion, sects and modern religious movements.
Examination
LO-5 Can understand and describe issues related to faith in books and angels. PO-5 To Evaluate the principles of Islamic faith and problems of Theology within the framework of reason and authentic sources using scientific methods.
PO-15 To think critically
PO-16 To think rationally
PO-17 To be able to find solutions for the religious and moral needs of society via Islamic values.
PO-18 To be able to acquire information about the developmental processes of Islamic Sciences.
PO-19 To learn the correct usage of basic concepts of Islamic Sciences.
PO-20 To make comparisons between religion, sects and modern religious movements.
Examination
LO-6 Can comprehend and define subjects such as the existence of the Doomsday and the Hereafter and questioning the deeds of life in the hereafter, intercession, sirat, basin, heaven and hell. PO-5 To Evaluate the principles of Islamic faith and problems of Theology within the framework of reason and authentic sources using scientific methods.
PO-15 To think critically
PO-16 To think rationally
PO-17 To be able to find solutions for the religious and moral needs of society via Islamic values.
PO-18 To be able to acquire information about the developmental processes of Islamic Sciences.
PO-19 To learn the correct usage of basic concepts of Islamic Sciences.
PO-20 To make comparisons between religion, sects and modern religious movements.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course contains the main faith subject of the Islamic creed; as God and His proofs and attributes, Prophethood, Sacred Books, Angels, pandemoni and hereafter
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Definition and content of Religion and faith Pesentation
2 Faith-Islam and relation of faith and practice Pesentation
3 Denial, polytheism and abjuration, as concept and variety Pesentation
4 God existence and proofs Pesentation
5 The names of God and attributes Pesentation
6 The attributes as proper and certain Pesentation
7 Belief in Qadar and Qadha (Divine Decree And Will) and free will of human and his freedom Pesentation
8 mid-term exam
9 Belief in Qadar and relation to social and individual life Pesentation
10 Belief in Prophethood and their miracles Pesentation
11 Belief in Sacred Books and their qualities Pesentation
12 Belief in Angels and their qualities Pesentation
13 Belief in hereafter and its stages Pesentation
14 Interrogation in hereafter, balance, intercession Pesentation
15 Bridge of Sırat, aaf, hawd (basin of Prophet), heaven and hell Pesentation
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Sönmez, Vechi-Karaağaç, Hilmi. İslam İnanç Esasları. İstanbul: Lisans Yayıncılık, 2021.
2 Namlı, Abdullah. Kader İnancının Dini Temelleri. İstanbul: Rağbet Yayınları, 2019.
3 Namlı, Abdullah. Kur'an'a Göre İnkar. İstanbul-Trabzon: Kalem Yayınları, 2021.
4 Namlı, Abdullah. Tekvîn ve Kulların Fiillerinin Yaratılışı. Ankara: İlahiyat Yayınları, 2021.
5 Namlı, Abdullah. Allah’ın İlmi ve Mutlak Bilinmezlik. Ankara: İlahiyat Yayınları, 2022.
6 İslam İnanç Esasları, Metin Özdemir. Bilay Y. Ankara, 2017. 1.bs.
Required Course instruments and materials
Textbook, Epidiascope

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) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 10 20
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 4 4
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 1 2 2
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 1 4 4
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 60