FDB 505 - Main Sources, Approaches and Methods in Psychology of Religion

Psychology of religion is a discipline of science that explains religious beliefs and practices psychologically.

The functions of religious beliefs in human psychology, the psychological dimension of conversion, psychological factors that determine religious perception, states of consciousness such as ecstasy, and the like, and so on, are some of the topics that fall into the research field of the psychology of religion.

The aim of this course is to make students understand the psychological processes that affect people's religious attitudes and behaviors, and the psychological processes of all kinds of beliefs that affect human behavior.

The subject of the Psychology of Religion; purpose and method; Psychologists and religious views; Islamic psychology and Muslim psychologists; Religion, piety and spirituality; Conversion and conversion; Parapsychology Psychology of superstition and behavior; Basic Sources of the Psychology of Religion

1 Hüseyin Peker, (2017). Religious Psychology, Çamlıca Publications, Istanbul;

2 Hökelekli, Hayati, Psychology of Religion, Religious Foundation of Turkey Publications.

1 Hüseyin Peker,  (2017). Din Psikolojisi,  Çamlıca Yayınları,İstanbul;

2 Hökelekli, Hayati, Din Psikolojisi, Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı Yayınları.

3 Holm, Nils G. 2007; Din Psikolojisine Giriş, İnsan Yayınları, İstanbul 2 Ali Köse, Ali Ayten, Din Psikolojisi, Timaş Yayınları, İstanbul 2014

4. Karacoşkun, Mustafa Doğan (Editör) ve Ark. (2015). Din Psikolojisi El Kitabı, Grafiker Yayınları, Ankara.

Important !

Attendance is mandatory. Although the courses are online, students are required to follow the courses live in accordance with the regulations, as in the normal period.