Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Tasavvuf, Tarikat ve Rabıta Olgusuna Bakışı: Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Örneği
University Students' Perspectives on Sufism, Order and Rabita: The Example the Faculty of Theology at Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University

Summary/Abstract: Sufism, the name of spiritual life and moral values in Islam, has a very important place in the history of Islamic thought. This movement, which con-tains many local and universal elements, represents the spiritual dimension of religion. Islamic society seems to owe many of its spiritual and spiritual val-ues to sufism and its sectarian orders. One of the most important features of Sufism is that it can interfere with the flow of the individual's daily life. Reli-gious, which means the permeation of religion into the world of the individu-al, creates powerful changes in the emotional aspect of the individual's daily world with the effect of Sufism. The aim of this study is to analyze sociological view of students who define themselves as religious to Sufism, sects and Rab-ita. Therefore, it is focused on the approaches of individuals who define them-selves as religious to the phenomena of Sufism, Sect and Rabita. The main thesis of this study is that Sufism changed the life of the individual and that despite the negativities, religious students approached Sufism positively. Su-fism contributes to the deepening of religion in the world of the individual. This article, which is based on qualitative data and based on the analysis of interview data conducted with religious students studying at the Faculty of Theology of Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, aims to discuss the existence of Sufism in daily life. The first part of this article, which consists of two main sections, focuses on the sociology of daily life with sufism as a social actor, and the second part focuses on the interviews with religious students study-ing in the fourth year of the Faculty of Theology at Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University. In the conclusion part, the effect of sufism on daily life was evaluated. According to the students who define themselves as religious, Sufism, which includes local and universal elements, contributes both to the reli-giousness of the individual by increasing the influence of religion and to the formation of a moral society. Moreover, according to the students who object to some rituals of Sufism-based religious groups, who approach the concept of Sufism positively, the main contribution of Sufism in the daily life of the indi-vidual is in the field of morality, including the practical and ritual dimension of religion. Therefore, Sufism influences social and individual life through moral actions and shapes the individual's world of action. In this context, the reason why Sufism-centered religious groups are effective and legitimate in the eyes of the students is that they make a religion where morality is central. In addition to this, both the education system and the education in theology faculties are criticized only because it is based on education and excludes the practice. In this context, the need for a new understanding of education that blends knowledge and action has emerged.

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