Yunus Kumek

Sociology through Religion with Mindful Daily Living Stories Yunus Kumek

There are two perspectives to understand the interaction between the religion and sociology. One is to give an understanding of sociology, community and group from the perspective of religious scholarship. The other is to give an understanding of religion from the perspective of the established methods of sociology with its theories and methodological frameworks. The goal is to combine two perspectives in order to develop our own critical thinking in the merge of two perspectives. To accomplish this, one can read this textbook to review the approaches of understanding sociology through the established perspectives and methodology of religion. Therefore, the title of this book is "Sociology through Religion." Then, one can review the religion through the perspectives and established methodology of sociology. One can find classical textbooks titled as "Sociology of Religion" referring to the social and group dynamics of religion through the theories and methods of sociology. Finally, one can then try to combine both frameworks of sociology through religion and religion through sociology in order to form one's own critical understanding and analysis for the interaction between sociology and religion. Therefore, this textbook is highly recommended to be used as a supplementary textbook along with the traditional textbooks of sociology of religion. The instructors, who really emphasize critical thinking with different frameworks, will find a high value in this book to be used as a textbook along with other books in the fields of sociology and other social sciences.