a guide for the perplexed Mandair, Arvind-pal Singh. creator text bibliography nyu New York Bloomsbury Pub. Plc 2013 monographic eng

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x, 241 pages ; illustrations ; paperback ; 22 cm. 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. 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. Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair. Includes bibliographical references and index. Sikhism 294.6 9781441102317 (pbk.) 2012046566 DLC 130304 20131017094251.0 17647975 eng