REVIEW ARTICLE.

The article presents the authors review on the book "The Sociology of Religion," by sociologist Max Weber. According to the author 'The Sociology of Religion' reveals surprising integrity of structure, logic and aesthetics. The book is divided in to four parts based on the integrities. The first part of the book deals with the phenomenology of religion e.g., the origins of religion, primitive concepts of God, the relationship of men to supernatural forces, which take the form of prayer, sacrifice, and worship. The second part of the book discusses about the perspectives of sociology. Weber deals with prophet, priests, and laity in the relations of religious congregation, preaching and pastoral care. He scrutinizes the conflicting orientations of priests and prophets and the "rationalism" of different castes and classes, including the unprivileged groups. The third pat of the book explores value commitments, destiny-ideals, and life-ways, especially as these appear in the religions of salvation and rebirth. The fourth part surveys the relationship between culture religions and the world. According to the author Weber constantly laments the absence of brotherliness in modem capitalistic civilization and the attenuation of the spirit of charity as traditionalist close-knit communities give way to the rationalized bureaucratic organization of the great society.