Faculty of Islamic Sciences · Islamic Sciences (Arabic) · Undergraduate
Course Objective
The aim of the course is to provide the participant with an international perspective on the points where people's feelings, thoughts and behaviors intersect with their beliefs. The practical aim of the course is to provide the participant with the ability to approach the individual they are in contact with by taking into account their religious, spiritual and cultural background. The subjects will be covered from various works in order for the participants to access different sources and to get to know the literature better.
Course Content
Throughout history, religion has been one of the most effective elements in the emergence of many orientations, both individual and social. As a motivational element, religion has unique mechanisms in the development of emotions, thoughts and attitudes in humans, and in the emergence of permanent and regular behaviors. At this point where religion and psychology intersect, the psychology of religion comes to the fore. Psychology of religion is a branch of science that examines the effects of believing or not believing in a certain religion on an individual from a psychological perspective. The person who attends this course gains information about the historical adventure of the relationship between psychology and religion. By knowing the approach to humans in the Islamic tradition, he makes a comparison with the approach of other traditions. Since he sees that the effects of faith on an individual differ according to their developmental periods, he takes these characteristics into consideration in his approach to the people around him. He evaluates the interaction between religion and culture from a psychological perspective. He realizes the appearances of religiosity and spirituality in different cultures.
Required Resources
Mohammed Othman Najati, Qur'an and Psychology, Dar Al -Shorouk, Cairo, T12, 2017m
Mohammed Othman Najati, Hadith al-Nabawi and Psychology, Dar Al-Shorouk, Cairo, T6, 2014m
Malik Badri, Crisis of Muslim Psychologists, Dipono Printing and Publishing, Jordan, T1, 2010m
Hasan Al-Sharqawi, Towards Islamic Psychology, Egyptian General Book Authority, Alexandria, 1976m
Marouf Zureik, Islamic Psychology, Dar al-Marifa, Damascus, T1, 1989m
Recommended Resources
Samih Atef Al-Zain, Human Self- Knowledge in the Book and sunnah, Lebanese Book House Beirut, 1991m
Group of Authors, Psychology in Islamic Heritage, World Institute of Islamic Thought, Cairo, 1996m
Mahmoud Al-Bustani, Islam and Psychology, Islamic Research Complex, T1, 1988m
Abdul Raouf Abdel Ghafour, Studies in Islamic Psychology, Islamic Information Office, T1, 1983m
Muhammad al-Qosi, Islamic Reading in Public Psychology, Muhammadiyah Printing House, Cairo, T1, 1984m
Explanations
The course is fully required for the exam
Rules
In the exam, the student is required to have all the subject study
PowerPoint is also required.
There are 10 grades to participate in lessons, which the professor appreciates.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Understanding our religious and cultural values properly, the student can interpret the belief principles and the concept of existence that are the source of the manifestations of Islamic civilization in different periods and regions, using new inter
- The importance of the role of Islamic psychology in self-recommendation and behavior evaluation
Core Area Distribution
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Midterm | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Quiz | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Assignment | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to the course and distribution of the course, the concept of psychology and its basics | PowerPoint On General Psychology |
| 2 | Islamization or Islamic psychology, social sciences or knowledge | Reading from Course 5-20 |
| 3 | Knowledge Theory - Nature of Knowledge | Reading from Course 20-30 |
| 4 | The doctrine of realism, the doctrine of critical realism, the pragmatism, the doctrine of idealism. | 1- PowerPoint |
| 5 | Sources of Knowledge, the doctrine of mental, experimental doctrine, critical doctrine | Reading from Course 30-45 |
| 6 | The doctrine of intuition, positivism, logical doctrine. | 2- PowerPoint |
| 7 | Sigmund Freud: The Gap in Analytical Psychology, The End of Freud’s Kingdom, Criticism of Evolution Theory + Midterm Exam | PowerPoint 3 and studying the course to p60 |
| 8 | The establishment of Islamic psychology, objectives of Islamic psychology action plan to establish Islamic psychology conducting research in psychology from an Islamic point of view | PowerPoint 4 and 5 |
| 9 | Theoretical study, field studies, seminars and conferences preparing the book of Islamic psychology | PowerPoint 6-7 |
| 10 | The theory of knowledge in Islam, nature knowledge, sources of knowledge | 60-80 |
| 11 | Criticism of modern psychology: Behavioral school, the school of psychoanalysis , New trends in modern psychology | Islamic Psychology Book5-25 |
| 12 | The Muslims of modern Islamic psychology in the service of Islam are approaches and Paradoxes between Western and Islamic psychology | Book -30 and PowerPoint 7 and 8 |
| 13 | Human Psychology - Psychology Curriculum - Motives and Types from an Islamic Perspective | 25-45 |
| 14 | Emotional life: Irritation, anger, emotion | 50-70 |
| 15 | Mental life - sensation - perception – conception | 70-90 |
| 16 | Final exam | Studying the whole course |