Opinions Of The Divinity Faculty Students On Religious Knowledge: A Case Study Of Ankara University Divinity Faculty
Abstract
The debates on the epistemological background of Islamic thought continue to be the subject of Islamic philosophy and theology. The manifestations of these scientific debates and teachings as traditions and customs can be observed in the daily lives of Muslims. In contemporary Islamic thought, Islamic understandings of knowledge that can be described as bayânî, irfâni and burhânî, and lifestyles based on them are observed. Furthermore, In fact, there may be a struggle and conflict between them, and their reflections on religious, political and educational lives. The divinity faculties are among the environments where they are learned, discussed and experienced in theory and practice. For this reason, people studying theology are expected to be aware of these discussions. And with this infrastructure, the question of what are the possibilities of correct religious knowledge and the ways in which it can be reached is a question that preoccupies the mind. Within the framework of this study, it have been tried to be identified in the viewpoints of religious knowledge of the students of divinity faculty via focus group interview, one of the qualitative research methods. Findings have been analyzed through the codes of the content analysis of the data achieved, categories acquired through these codes and the themes attained of the categories. According to the findings of the research, it is observed that the contemporary students of divinity faculty set forth remarks reflecting the different periods of the discussions and approaches of Islamic knowledge in the history. However, these views mainly focus on the experience of contemporary Islamic thought.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
December 10, 2019
Submission Date
August 21, 2019
Acceptance Date
December 4, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 22 Number: 56
Cited By
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