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Prof. Metin ÖZDEMİR
Prof. Metin ÖZDEMİR

He is the first name that comes to mind about "the problem of evil" in the Departments of Kalam. 

Head Of The Department Of Basic Islamic Sciences

Head Of Kalam Department

Member Of The Faculty Board

Allah will punish those who do not use their minds. (Qur'an, Yunus 10/100)

  • Contemporary Kalam problems are the areas of expertise.
  • He has worked on problematic issues of the Islamic Theoloji, such as the problem of evil and human freedom.
  • His research focuses mostly on the critique of topics such as methodology, optimism, pessimism and fate.
  • He has a work on the defense of the Qur'an of Muʿtazila.


Biography

Metin ÖZDEMIR (Prof. Dr.), graduated from the Faculty of Theology of Ankara University in 1990 and started his master's program in the Department of Kalam-Islamic Philosophy of Social Sciences Institute of Ankara University in the same year. He completed his master's degree in 1994 in relation to “the Miraj of Prophet Muhammad”. He completed his doctorate in 1998 with a thesis titled “The problem of Evil in the Islamic Scholastic Theology”. In 1995, he was appointed as a research assistant to the Department of Basic Islamic Sciences in The Faculty of Divinity of Sivas Cumhuriyet University. In 1998 he became assistant professor and in 2004 associate professor. He became professor in 2009 (August 19). On 04.02.2013, he was transferred as a faculty member from the Cumhuriyet University to the Department of Kalam and History of Islamic Sects in the Faculty of Islamic Sciences of the Yıldırım Beyazıt University. Then, on 03/01/28, he was appointed as a faculty member to the Faculty of Religious Sciences of Ankara Social Sciences University. He is currently working as a faculty member in the same department. He has several books and articles on the problem of evil, human freedom, fate, and the defense of the Qur'an of Muʿtazila.


Research Interests
  • The problem of evil in Islamic Theology
  • Human freedom and fatalism
  • Contemporary Kalam problems
  • Defense of the Qur'an

Courses Taught

TIB742 Rational theology (Doctorate)

TIB713 Bsic Dynamics of Kalam Methodology (Doctorate)

Tib714 Classical Texts of Islamic Theology (Doctorate)

TIB513 The Methodology of Kalam and Its Resources (Post Graduate)

TIB515 Classical Kalam Texts-1 (Post Graduate)

TIB564 Contemporary Kalam Texts (Post Graduate)

TIB566 Kalam Schools (Post Graduate)


Galleries

 

 

 

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program 4 program 5   program 6

 

 

program 7   program 8   program 9

 

 

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