Bilimname: Düşünce Platformu

9-24

Authors: Ali TOKSARI

Allah the Almighty has chosen Muhammad (pbuh) as the last prophet for the last religion sent to people to provide happiness to the world and the Hereafter. Two of his most obvious feature is to be Allah's servant and messenger. The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has enlightened on the companions and has been guide to them and example in every area during his prophethood beside the notification to the mankind. In accordance with his mission while he was notifying and explaining Quran verses, he also solved new events and problems faced in the light and control of revelation. At every period in the history after the time of The Prophet (pbuh), his words, behaviors, and approvals, in other words, his sunnah has been a source and guide in applications and solving problems of Muslims. To put it more clearly almost all the Muslim scholars admitted that the heritage of the Prophet (pbuh) known as the Sunnah has a separate value in legislation after Quran next to function of explanation of the Book (Quran verses).

59-88

Authors: Celal ÇAYIR

Adolescence when people experience intense physiological and psychological changes is one of the most important issues on which the Developmental Psychology scholars studied. This period during which identity and personality begin to take shape is described as a period when people experience both the religious awakening and awareness and religious doubt and uncertainty in the most intense level. Along with the development of mental abilities, the doubts and queries regarding religious issues begin to emerge. While the process of questioning and doubt in puberty strengthen and reinforce the religious beliefs on the imitation level for some people, it may result with religious neglect and disbelief for some others. The impact of the age, gender, type of school; education, income and pious levels of parents of the adolescents on their religious beliefs, attitudes and religious doubts were studied in this research. It was found that there is a significant difference among religious beliefs, attitudes and religious doubts in terms of the type of school; the older the adolescent, the more doubt on religion; the worship and pray points of the girls are higher than boys; the students whose family are rich get higher points and have more religious doubt than the students whose family have middle level income in terms of the topics of fate and fatality, good and evil and belief in the hereafter. It was also found that the higher the education level of parents the more acceptance of that the religion restrict the independence. Keywords: Adolescence, Identity Crisis, Religious Beliefs, Religious Doubt, Conflict

119-140

Authors: Mustafa GÜVEN

Qur’an is a Holy Book with conciseness, miracles, rhetoric, eloquence, statement and metaphors. Its first interlocutor’s intelligence, wisdom and cognition levels should have been at the highest level. Otherwise, the Quran’s value and importance didn’t mean anything and Arabs who were the first address of the Quran, they would not understand anything.Indeed, all of the miracles given to the prophets had specifications, characteristics and cognitive levels of their time. Even though Arabic society related the Qur'an with poetry and magic, Allah pointed that the Qur'an is neither poetry nor magic. And Allah indicates that the Qur’an is the more perfect and unique book than the other books and poetry. Despite the low level of literacy, Bedouin, the absence of state tradition and considered ignorant by the Qur’an, the society of Arabs were the highest level of mind and reason and knowledge. Because Arabs understood this sublime message of the importance of the Qur'an, value, uniqueness and expressiveness very well and took position favorably or unfavorably. And their choices were extremely smart, deliberately and systematically. In Qur’an which addresses directly both the Arab society and whole humanity, the word ‘mind’ is used as a functional in 49 verses and there are hundreds of verses which have terms related to the word ‘mind’ . We see that Arabs understood these terms correctly and filled them with their own old trends. So Arabs as the highest level community of poetry, rhetoric, literature, and the declaration were able to catch the Qur'an with its miraculous side and by comparing the Qur'an with their oracular poems were able to see the difference between them. If the Arabs, mind, intelligence, understanding and discernment were deficient they would not notice this beaty of the Qur'an. In this article, particularly different and common sides of ignorant Arab mind and Qur’an’s mind frame and generally the method that Qur’an used to persuade Arab society is studied. Keywords: The Quran, Reason, Arab Society, Ignorance, Poetry, Cognitive level

159-175

Authors: Osman ORAL

While explaining the verse and the hadith faith is often mentioned together with good deeds. Only the language of "I believed that" may not be sufficient as an indicator of faith. Because there has not been extinguished in the heart of the light of faith shine, with increasingly good behavior, but it may be possible to increase the power. God's promise of eternal blessings which are also necessary in order to achieve good deeds. People in the heart of the social life of faith and good behavior should be shipped to processing. Thus, accuracy, good morals, love and brotherhood uniting elements of life as individuals and society should be seen in the life of mü'min'. Thoughts from the field of action and heart, and they were not able to maneuver fruitless faith is likened to a tree. Ie the social dimension of the fruit when it loses faith in people to lose their social dynamics of the society is moving towards deterioration and collapse. This article righteousness which is of great importance in the life of society, good morals, love and brotherhood relationship with the faith of some value as will be discussed in terms of theology Science. Keywords: Faith, Behavior, Righteous Deeds, Society, Morality

207-236

Authors: Nurten KIMTER

The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between religiosity (religious ways of life and subjective religiosity perceptions) and feeling threatened in interpersonal relations and psychic isolation with regard to religion psychology. Another objective of the study is to examine the levels of feeling threatened in interpersonal relations and psychic isolation in terms of pre-determined socio-cultural and demographic variables. To this end, the research population of the study was selected as the students at Bursa Uludağ University and Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University. Whereas the sample group consists of a total of 632 female and male students who are continuing their educations at various different faculties and departments at these universities. The study was carried out using survey technique and “personal information form”, “religiosity scale”, “scale of feeling threat in interpersonal relations” and “psychic isolation scale” have been used as data acquisition tools. It was determined as a result of the study that there is a statistically significant and positive relationship between the levels of threat university students feel in interpersonal relations and religiosity levels (religious ways of life and subjective religiosity perceptions). In addition, a statistically significant relation was not determined between the psychic isolation levels of students and their religiosity levels. Also, it was determined according to various socio-cultural and demographic variables that there are statistically significant differences and relations between students feeling threatened in interpersonal relationships and psychic isolation levels. Keywords: Feeling threat in interpersonal relationships, Psychic isolation, Religiosity