Opportunities That Could Be Granted By Sufi Education To Today’s Religion Education

This paper studies in general terms the issues of religion and education, religion education, sufi training, the purpose in religion and sufi education, and the opportunities that could be granted by sufi education to today’s religion education. While analyzing the subject, the contribution of this discipline to formal and informal training have been assessed under different titles. The functions that the sufi lodges have performed for centuries are highlighted from an educational perspective. Possible contributions of the discipline of tasawwuf to training and education are examined from the point of view of the integrity of Training – Education, comprehending the concepts of mind, heart and soul, and understanding the concepts of love, tolerance and feelings. The points which tasawwuf, which is originally an institution of training, overlaps with the targets of religious training and education are determined and it is demonstrated that the methods applied by these two disciplines for human education are quite the same.