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Sikhism : a guide for the perplexed / Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair.

By: Series: Guides for the perplexedPublication details: New York : Bloomsbury Pub. Plc, 2013.Description: x, 241 pages ; illustrations ; paperback ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781441102317 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.6 23
Contents:
Pt 1. Evolution of the Sikh Tradition. 1. Guru Nanak and His Early Successors -- 2. Martyrdom and Militancy : Rise of the Khalsa -- 3. Modernity and Colonialism -- Pt 2. Teachings and Practices. 4. Way of Life -- 5. Sikh philosophy -- Pt 3. Pluralism and its Challenges. 6. Sikh ethics -- 7. Sikhs and the Public Sphere.
Summary: Sikhism's short but relatively eventful history provides a fascinating insight into the working of misunderstood and seemingly contradictory themes such as politics and religion, violence and mysticism, culture and spirituality, orality and textuality, public sphere versus private sphere, tradition and modernity. This book presents students with a careful analysis of these complex themes as they have manifested themselves in the historical evolution of the Sikh traditions and the encounter of Sikhs with modernity and the West, in the philosophical teachings of its founders and their interpreta.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt 1. Evolution of the Sikh Tradition.
1. Guru Nanak and His Early Successors --
2. Martyrdom and Militancy : Rise of the Khalsa --
3. Modernity and Colonialism --
Pt 2. Teachings and Practices.
4. Way of Life --
5. Sikh philosophy --
Pt 3. Pluralism and its Challenges.
6. Sikh ethics --
7. Sikhs and the Public Sphere.


Sikhism's short but relatively eventful history provides a fascinating insight into the working of misunderstood and seemingly contradictory themes such as politics and religion, violence and mysticism, culture and spirituality, orality and textuality, public sphere versus private sphere, tradition and modernity. This book presents students with a careful analysis of these complex themes as they have manifested themselves in the historical evolution of the Sikh traditions and the encounter of Sikhs with modernity and the West, in the philosophical teachings of its founders and their interpreta.

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