Author
ÇUHADAR, Cengiz
Publication Place
Motif Publishing -
Motif Publishing
Subject
Religious studies, 2019-06, Vol.22 (55 (15-06-2019)), p.121-158
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Leitir Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 1301-966X, DOI: 10.15745/da.550994
Record ID
cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_94124f05ba4944099feb6013105fad24
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes
Since the establishment of the Faculties of Theology, philosophy courses have been an integral part of the curriculum. Unfortunately, the existence and importance of philosophy courses in Theology Faculties are still debated. Unfortunately, these discussions draw students in and affect their attitudes towards philosophy courses. In our study, we tried to determine the attitudes of students in the Faculty of Theology towards the philosophy course and whether their attitudes differ according to their beliefs about the religion-philosophy relationship. The population of the research consists of students from Kastamonu, Kyrgyzstan-Türkiye Manas and Osh University Faculty of Theology. The sample consists of 276 students reached through convenient sampling. Philosophical Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Religion-Philosophy Relationship Scales were used as data collection tools, and independent groups t test, one-way analysis of variance and Pearson Correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. As a result, it is seen that students' attitudes towards the philosophy course and some sub-dimensions of the thought scales regarding the religion-philosophy relationship differ significantly according to the variables of gender, university attended, grade level, mother's education level, and number of philosophy courses taken. In addition, it is seen that there is no difference in influencing attitudes and thoughts according to the variables of the father's education level, receiving religious education before university and taking philosophy courses. Since the 6thCentury B.C., Philosophy was defined as the love of wisdom in Ancient Greece. And it has always discussed truth, wisdom and the metaphysics of existence. Nowadays, courses on philosophy have been an integral part of the curriculum since the establishment of faculties of Theology (FoTs). However, the presence, significance and objective of those courses are, unfortunately they are still under discussion despite their almost seventy-year old history. Based on this problem, our study aims to determine whether FoTs students' attitudes towards philosophy courses differ from their beliefs in the relationship between religion and philosophy. This study`s sample group consists of FoTs students of Kastamonu University, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University and Osh University. The study's sample consisted of 276 students from these universities. The data were collected using a “Philosophy Attitude Scale” (PAS) and a “Scale of Beliefs in Philosophy–Religion Relationship” (SBPRR) which was developed for this study. T test, one-way analysis of variance and Pearson Correlation were used for the data analysis. Participants’ arithmetic mean scores on some PAS and SBPRRsubscales differed by gender, college, grade level, mother's education level, number of philosophy courses taken at college but not by father's education level and religious education and philosophy education before college. Many factors affect the negative attitude of the students towards the philosophical courses and issues; like the methods of teaching it and the contents of the courses and etc. For altering this negative conception towards philosophy, we should focus on two main things; teaching the future-parents and those potentially future teachers philosophy in a right manner.
Detaylı Başlık
Kastamonu-Manas-Oş İlahiyat Fakültesi Öğrencilerinin Felsefe Dersine Yönelik Tutumları, Din-Felsefe İlişkisine Yönelik Değerlendirilmesi
