Can Faith Be Taught? A Study in the Context of James Mi-chael Lee’s Social Scientific Approach to Religious Instruc-tion

Yıl 2021, Cilt: 30 Sayı: 2, 361 - 387, 27.12.2021

Turgay Gündüz , Gurbet Kızıltan

https://doi.org/10.51447/uluifd.938045

Öz

The aim of this study is to clarify the issue of whether faith can be taught, which is one of the important issues of religious education as a discipline, within the framework of James Michael Lee's social scientific approach to religious instruction. In the article the authors, first, examine basic concepts of Lee’s social scientific approach such as faith, learning, teaching, and the understanding of God, and then, investigate the views of the theological approach advocates that faith cannot be taught. Finally, the article elaborates Lee’s view that faith can surely be taught from the perspective of social scientific religious instruction. The article concludes that some meanings attached by the parties to the main concepts such as faith, learning, and teaching and to God understanding in the context of His relationship with the human being and the world are the determinants in the emergence of different claims that faith can be taught or not.

Anahtar Kelimeler

James Michael Lee, Social Science, Religious Education, Religious Instruction, Teaching Faith, God’s Grace

İman Öğretilebilir (mi?) James Michael Lee’nin Sosyal Bilimsel Din Öğretim Yaklaşımı Bağlamında Bir İnceleme

Öz

Bu araştırmanın amacı, din eğitiminin önemli konularından biri olan imanın öğretilebilir olup olmadığı meselesine Amerikalı din eğitim bilimci James Michael Lee’nin sosyal bilim-sel din öğretimi yaklaşımı çerçevesinde açıklık getirmektir. Makalede öncelikle Lee’nin iman, öğrenme, öğretme kavramlarına ilişkin tanımları ve Tanrı anlayışı incelenmekte daha sonra teolojik yaklaşım savunucularının imanın öğretilemez olduğuna ilişkin görüş-leri irdelenmekte, son olarak Lee’nin imanın öğretilebilir olduğuna dair argümanları ortaya konmaktadır. Araştırma neticesinde, imanın öğretilebilir veya öğretilemez olduğu yönündeki farklı iddiaların temelinde öğrenme, öğretme, iman gibi belli başlı terimlere taraflarca yüklenen anlam ile insan ve âlem ile ilişkisi bağlamında Tanrı anlayışının etkili olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

James Michael Lee, Sosyal Bilim, Din Eğitimi, Din Öğretimi, İman Öğretimi, Tanrı’nın Lütfu

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