Izak Y. M. Lattu

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Department of Fundamental Courses

Satya Wacana Christian University

Syllabus

Course: Religion

Course Instructor: Rev. Izak Y. M. Lattu, S.Si., M.A.

lattu@staff.uksw.edu and izaklattu@gmail.com

www.izaklattu.edublogs.org

Office: Faculty of Theology Building 2^nd Floor

Course Description: Understanding religion in the global and Indonesian context, how to link different point of views as well as code of conduct peacefully in order to bring out peace and other benefits  to human being in general, particularly Indonesian.

Course Goal:

• Enhance understanding on living together in the context of plural- Information society.
• Mastering the concepts of religion and how to solve the problem by using a particular religious approach.

Grading:

• Participation (question, comment, critique, etc.) 10%
• Personal Review Article (each meeting) 10%
• Group Presentation (Performance and Substance) 40%
• Mid Test 20%
• Final Paper 20% (substance 20% +  oral exam performance 20%)
• A (85 -100), AB (80-84,9), B (70-79,9), BC (65 – 69,9), C (60 – 64,9), CD (55-59,9), D (50 -54,9), E (< 50)

Grading explanation:

• Participation; for those who active in the class we will give you 10%  out of all score. You are free to express your idea regardless differences or similarity with ours. The most important issue is whether you have a strong reason behind your idea or not.
• Review article is personal assignment. We will have 5 review articles, for each submitted review article that you will get 2%. You will have 0 for submit nothing, and 1% if you hand in one day after the due. Paperless article
• Group presentation; we will have seven groups. Paper must be submitted one week before it will be presented. Paper Group Paper Presentation must be shared to all people in the class by copied it one for each person. About outline see explanation on final paper below.
• Mid-test will be an essay test means we will provide you with analytical questions. Thus, you should answer it analytically and deeply.
• Final paper; you must propose your final paper title on Mid-test day. Final paper will be hand in one week before the test day. Paper will be tested by teachers, so you must defend it orally. Paper outline; title, introduction (1/2 page), problem (1-2 pages), theory (1 page), analysis (3-4 pages), conclusion (1/2 page), and references (1/2-1 page), total 7-10 pages. Time news roman 12. 1,5 space. In addition,  if you submit the paper one day after the due, your final paper grate will be cut off 10%. Two days late, 20% will be cutting off, and so forth.

Teaching Method:

• Student Based; students will be active in the class to present and defend your idea by group discussion.
• Case Based; beside theory we will bring to the class some cases relate to social ethics problems as well as live in to enlarge class perspective of Islam.

Key Things:

• Intellectual honesty; when you quote other people idea within your paper, you have to be honest in stating the source of the idea (footnote, body-note, end-note). If you not put any, you are committed to plagiarism and will be automatically get E as the result.
• Critical thinking; I do consider how you think, not only what is your thought. A swoosh is better than a box of silent. You will gain point by agreeing or disagreeing with me.
• Delayed toleration time is 15 minutes. The door will be closed after 15 minutes. Closed door is a sign of your personal (not class) meeting cancelation. This tolerated is for teachers as well as student.
• All the papers have to be typed clearly using either Indonesia or English.
• Possible for those who come to the first meeting to get A, for those who not AB will be your highest score.

Course Outline:

1. Introduction; Methods and Approaches
2. 2. Satya Wacana Values, today context, and Religion’ Concept
3. The Concept of God and Human Being
4. 4. Introduction to the Concept of Ethics (Ethics and Moral)

• Peter A. Facionce (et.al), Ethics and Society, 1991

1. 5. Moral and Ethical Values ~ Case Studies

• Eka Darmaputera, Etika Sederhana Untuk Semua, 2002

1. 6. Relation between Religion and Science

• Ian Borbour, Religion and Science

1. 7. Mid-Test
2. 8. Relation between Religions; Conflict

1. 9. Relation between Religions: Dialogue
2. Group Presentation I  and II
3. Group Presentation III and IV
4. Group Presentation V and VI
5. Group Presentation VII and VIII
6. 14. Final Paper Assessment (Personal Paper)

Other Books:

1. Daniel Nuhamara (et.al), Pendidikan Agama Kristen di PT, 2008
2. Leonard Swidler and Paul Mojzes, The Study of Religion in the Age of Global Dialogue, 2002
3. Ian Barbour, Religion and Science, 2005
4. Hans Kung, Global Responsibility, 1991