Does Theology Education Affect Religiosity? A Phenomenological Research within the Framework of the Experiences of the Students of the Faculty of Theology Cover Image

İlahiyat Eğitimi Dindarlığı Etkiliyor mu? İlahiyat Fakültesi Öğrencilerinin Deneyimleri Çerçevesinde Fenomenolojik Bir Araştırma
Does Theology Education Affect Religiosity? A Phenomenological Research within the Framework of the Experiences of the Students of the Faculty of Theology

Author(s): Mustafa Fatih AY
Subject(s): Religion and science , Higher Education , Evaluation research, Phenomenology, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Religious Education; Theology Education; Faculty of Theology; Higher Religious Education; Religiosity;

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of the article is to examine the experiences of students regarding the effect of theological education on their religiosity. The working group consisting of students continuing their education at Akdeniz University Theology Faculty was determined by using criterion sampling. The first criterion was determined as having studied the "Religious Education" course. The second criterion is that the participants were selected from the 3rd and 4th grade students, based on the assumption that they should have studied enough to enable them to make an assessment about theology education. The total number of participants is 54, including 32 girls and 22 boys. The obtained data were analyzed with the descriptive analysis technique. As a result of the analysis of the data, the experiences of the participants regarding the effect of the theology education they studied on their religiosity were collected under three themes. These; those who think that theological education positively affects their religiosity, those who think that theological education negatively affects their religiosity, and those who think that theological education has no purpose related to religiosity.

  • Issue Year: 7/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 297-325
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Turkish