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Anthropology of Religion in Turkish Religious Studies: The Disciplinary Necessity Debate and an Eco-Systemic Interaction Model with the Psychology of Religion

Türk Din Bilimlerinde Din Antropolojisi: Disipliner Gereklilik Tartışması ve Din Psikolojisiyle Eko-Sistemik Etkileşim Modeli

Mustafa Koç(Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi)0000-0003-1299-7963
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Tetkik
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959–1020
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2026-09-30
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The article concludes that establishing the anthropology of religion as an independent academic subdiscipline within departments of philosophy and religious studies in theology faculties in Türkiye may contribute to disciplinary integration, while the academic implementation of this proposal should be regarded as a planned institutionalization option contingent on a sufficient scholarly base, qualified academic personnel, and institutional sustainability.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This article aims to discuss the institutional and disciplinary position of the anthropology of religion within Turkish religious studies, to analytically substantiate the disciplinary-necessity argument for structuring it as an independent academic subdiscipline within departments of philosophy and religious studies in theology faculties, and to reconceptualize its relationship with the psychology of religion through an eco-systemic interaction model.
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⚙️Variables:Din Psikolojisi · Din Antropolojisi · Türk Din Bilimleri

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This article aims to discuss the institutional and disciplinary position of the anthropology of religion within Turkish religious studies, to analytically substantiate the disciplinary-necessity argument for structuring it as an independent academic subdiscipline within departments of philosophy and religious studies in theology faculties, and to reconceptualize its relationship with the psychology of religion through an eco-systemic interaction model. The study was structured through theoretical analysis, contextual interpretation, and conceptual modeling; the literature on the anthropology of religion, psychology of religion, and Turkish religious studies was comparatively examined to evaluate the analytical levels, conceptual boundaries, and explanatory capacities of the relevant disciplines. The analysis indicates that the departmental structure of philosophy and religious studies in theology faculties in Türkiye represents the psychological, sociological, pedagogical, and philosophical dimensions of religion at the level of academic subdisciplines; by contrast, the anthropology of religion, which systematically centers the ritual, symbolic, everyday, and cultural manifestations of religious experience, has not been institutionalized as an independent academic subdiscipline, although it has a rather limited academic visibility as a subject of teaching and research. This limited representation may constrain the systematic analysis of the cultural embeddedness of religious phenomena, local systems of meaning, and embodied practices. The analysis further suggests that the individual-centered explanatory capacity of the psychology of religion and the culture-centered, contextual, and interpretive perspective of the anthropology of religion can be brought into a complementary analytical relationship. Accordingly, the article proposes an original eco-systemic interaction model that draws on the relational logic of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems approach without constituting a direct adaptation of that framework. Within this model, religious behavior is conceptualized through reciprocal and mediated relations among individual religious experience and psychological processes at the micro level, fields of social interaction and settings of religious practice at the meso level, and cultural structures, ritual orders, and symbolic systems at the macro level. The model’s distinctive contribution lies not in positing these analytical levels as novel, but in systematizing how religious meaning may move across them through meso-level mediation and meaning transformation, downward cultural mediation, upward reproduction, and feedback. The article concludes that establishing the anthropology of religion as an independent academic subdiscipline within departments of philosophy and religious studies in theology faculties in Türkiye may contribute to disciplinary integration, while the academic implementation of this proposal should be regarded as a planned institutionalization option contingent on a sufficient scholarly base, qualified academic personnel, and institutional sustainability.

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Bu makalenin amacı, din antropolojisinin Türk din bilimleri içerisindeki kurumsal ve disipliner konumunu tartışmak, ilahiyat fakültelerindeki felsefe ve din bilimleri bölümü altında bağımsız bir ana bilim dalı olarak yapılandırılmasına ilişkin disipliner gereklilik tezini analitik olarak temellendirmek ve din psikolojisiyle ilişkisini eko-sistemik bir etkileşim modeli üzerinden yeniden kavramsallaştırmaktır. Çalışma, teorik analiz, bağlamsal çözümleme ve kavramsal modelleme yaklaşımıyla yapılandırılmış; din antropolojisi, din psikolojisi ve Türk din bilimleri literatürü karşılaştırmalı olarak incelenerek ilgili disiplinlerin analiz düzeyleri, kavramsal sınırları ve açıklama kapasiteleri değerlendirilmiştir. İnceleme, Türkiye’deki ilahiyat fakültelerine bağlı felsefe ve din bilimleri bölüm yapılanmasının dinin psikolojik, sosyolojik, pedagojik ve felsefi boyutlarını ana bilim dalı düzeyinde temsil ettiğini; buna karşılık dinsel yaşantının ritüel, sembolik, gündelik ve kültürel dışavurumlarını sistematik biçimde merkeze alan din antropolojisinin, ders ve araştırma konusu olarak oldukça sınırlı bir akademik görünürlüğe sahip olmakla birlikte, bağımsız bir ana bilim dalı düzeyinde kurumsallaşmadığını göstermektedir. Bu temsil sınırlılığının, dinsel olgunun kültürel gömülülüğünü, yerel anlam sistemlerini ve bedenlenmiş pratiklerini sistematik biçimde çözümlemeyi güçleştirebildiği değerlendirilmektedir. Analiz sonucunda, din psikolojisinin birey-merkezli açıklama kapasitesi ile din antropolojisinin kültür-merkezli, bağlamsal ve yorumlayıcı perspektifinin tamamlayıcı biçimde ilişkilendirilebileceği ileri sürülmektedir. Bu doğrultuda makalede, Bronfenbrenner’ın ekolojik sistem yaklaşımının ilişkisel mantığından yararlanan, ancak bu yaklaşımın doğrudan bir uyarlaması niteliği taşımayan özgün bir eko-sistemik etkileşim modeli önerilmektedir. Söz konusu bu modeldeki dinsel davranış mikro düzeyde bireysel dinsel yaşantı ve psikolojik süreçler, mezo düzeyde sosyal etkileşim alanları ve dinsel pratik ortamları, makro düzeyde ise kültürel yapılar, ritüel düzenleri ve sembolik sistemler arasındaki karşılıklı ve aracılanmış ilişkiler üzerinden kavramsallaştırılmaktadır. Modelin ayırt edici katkısı, bu analiz düzeylerinin varlığını ileri sürmekten çok dinsel anlamın mezo düzeyde aracılık ve anlam dönüşümü, aşağı yönlü kültürel aracılık, yukarı yönlü yeniden üretim ve geri besleme süreçleriyle düzeyler arasında nasıl hareket edebileceğini sistematikleştirmesinde bulunmaktadır. Makalede, din antropolojisinin Türkiye’de ilahiyat fakültelerindeki felsefe ve din bilimleri bölümü altında bağımsız bir ana bilim dalı olarak yapılandırılmasının disipliner bütünlüğü destekleyebileceği; bu önerinin akademik hayata geçirilmesinin ise bilimsel birikim, uzman insan kaynağı ve kurumsal sürdürülebilirlik koşullarına bağlı planlı bir kurumsallaşma seçeneği olarak değerlendirilmesi gerektiği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

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Koç, M. (2026). Anthropology of Religion in Turkish Religious Studies: The Disciplinary Necessity Debate and an Eco-Systemic Interaction Model with the Psychology of Religion. Tetkik, Sayı: 10, 959–1020. https://ajindex.com/articles/1646658

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