Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / TİB612 - BASIC ISLAMIC SCIENCES

Code: TİB612 Course Title: CLASSICAL TEXTS IN KALAM II Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring 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; The aim of this course is to gain proficiency in scientific methods within the framework of reason and transmission, on the history of the science of Kalam, which is about the principles of Islamic belief, and on the problems of Kalam, which is about the principles of Islamic belief.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 She/He Can define and express the need for prophets and their attributes. 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-7 Can be able to carry out independent studies requiring expertise related to their field of study
PO-8 Can be able to develop new approaches in order to solve unpredictable problems encountered in their field of study.
PO-16 Can be able to grasp the knowledge related to their field of study and make it public in line with the norms.
Examination
Presentation
Practice Exam
LO-2 She/He Can define and express the duties of the prophets together with religious and rational proofs 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-2 Can be able to the interdisciplinary interaction of their field of study and conduct joint studies with different fields of study.
PO-7 Can be able to carry out independent studies requiring expertise related to their field of study
PO-9 Can be able to act as a leading role in solving problems related to their field of study, organizing personal, institutional teamworks at an expert level.
PO-16 Can be able to grasp the knowledge related to their field of study and make it public in line with the norms.
Examination
Presentation
Practice Exam
LO-3 She/He Knows and evaluates the basic aspects of the holy books. 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-2 Can be able to the interdisciplinary interaction of their field of study and conduct joint studies with different fields of study.
PO-9 Can be able to act as a leading role in solving problems related to their field of study, organizing personal, institutional teamworks at an expert level.
PO-11 Can be able to transfer the updates and projects carried out in their field of study by reinforcing them with qualitative and quantitative data across groups within and out of their field of study.
PO-16 Can be able to grasp the knowledge related to their field of study and make it public in line with the norms.
Examination
Presentation
Practice Exam
LO-4 She/He Can describe and express the basic qualities of angels, their duties and their relationship with man. 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-2 Can be able to the interdisciplinary interaction of their field of study and conduct joint studies with different fields of study.
PO-6 Can be able to use the knowledge they have obtained in their field of study in order to promote the level of education, culture and arts of the society.
PO-16 Can be able to grasp the knowledge related to their field of study and make it public in line with the norms.
Examination
Presentation
Practice Exam
LO-5 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-2 Can be able to the interdisciplinary interaction of their field of study and conduct joint studies with different fields of study.
PO-5 Can be able to interpret, solve and produce new data by integrating the data obtained from both their field of study and different fields of study.
PO-16 Can be able to grasp the knowledge related to their field of study and make it public in line with the norms.
Examination
Presentation
Practice Exam
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
In this course, what kalam is, its history, periods, schools, important representatives, religious texts and rational proofs will be covered.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Prophethood, revelation and miracle. Presentation
2 Prophethood, revelation and miracle. Source Scanning
3 Human actions and destiny. Source Scanning
4 Human actions and destiny. Source Scanning
5 Doomsday and the Hereafter. Source Scanning
6 Doomsday and the Hereafter. Source Scanning
7 Seeing Allah in the Hereafter. Source Scanning
8 mid-term exam
9 Seeing Allah in the Hereafter. Source Scanning
10 Imamate. Source Scanning
11 Imamate. Source Scanning
12 Today's problems of Kalam; denial currents. Source Scanning
13 Today's problems of Kalam; denial currents. Source Scanning
14 Denialist 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. Tekvin ve Kulların Fiillerinin Yaratılışı. Ankara: İlahiyat Yayınları, 2021.
7 Namlı, Abdullah. Kur’an’a Göre İnkar. İstanbul-Trabzon: Kalem Yayınları, 2021.
8 Toprak, Süleyman-Gölcük Şerafeddin. Kelam, Tarih Ekoller Problemler. Konya: Tekin Kitabevi, 2019.
9 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