01719cam a22002778i 4500 17647975 AU-EpEBC 20131017094251.0 130304s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng 2012046566 9781441102317 (pbk.) DLC eng DLC rda NEMB pcc 294.6 23 EW Mandair, Arvind-pal Singh. Sikhism : a guide for the perplexed / Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair. New York : Bloomsbury Pub. Plc, 2013. x, 241 pages ; illustrations ; paperback ; 22 cm. Guides for the perplexed 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. Sikhism. ddc 37279 37279 0 0 ddc 0 0 290 World Religions MAIN MAIN OS 2013-10-17 Mosaic Resources 21.00 0 294.6/MAN 14431 2015-09-16 00:00:00 1 50.00 2013-10-17 AM