Seeking innovation in the science of kelam and M. Şerefeddin Yaltkaya's community kelam project

In this thesis, the renewal studies in kalam that started in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the social kalam project of M. Şerefeddin Yaltkaya, which was included in those studies, are discussed. The search for innovations in the science of kalam in the last two centuries in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and the Indian subcontinent has been evaluated, and the place of Yaltkaya's Social Theology project in these renewal studies has been explained. In order to deal with Yaltkaya's social theology project within the framework of the search for innovation in kalam, innovation movements in kalam were examined in the first chapter. In the second part, after giving information about the life and works of M. Şerefeddin Yaltkaya, the "Communal Kalam Project" has been tried to be explained in detail in all its aspects. The effects of the period in which he grew up on Yaltkaya, the characteristics of the staff of the Islamic Journal, where he expressed the project the most, and his works in both the Ottoman and Republican periods were mentioned about the realization of the views he expressed. Criticisms of the social kalam project, especially whether the source of sanctity is based on society, whether it is a systematic project or a suggestion, were evaluated. As a result, it has been discussed whether Yaltkaya's social theology project can be counted as one of the innovation movements in the said period. Keywords: Renewal in Kalam, M. Şerefeddin Yaltkaya, Social Theology Project