Sikhism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sikhism write by Eleanor M. Nesbitt. This book was released on 2016. Sikhism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An accessible introduction to the world's fifth largest religion, this work presents Sikhism's meanings and myths, and its practices, rituals, and festivals, also addressing ongoing social issues such as the relationship with the Indian state, the diaspora, and caste.
Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed
Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed write by Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair. This book was released on 2013-06-06. Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 interpretation by Sikh exegetes, and in Sikh ethical and intellectual responses to contemporary issues in an increasingly secular and pluralistic world. Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed serves as an ideal guide to Sikhism, and also for students of Asian studies, Sociology of Religion and World Religions.
Sikhism
Sikhism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sikhism write by Gurinder Singh Mann. This book was released on 2004. Sikhism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This text presents an overview of Sikh history and religiosity by firmly placing it against the backdrop of other religious traditions of the world. It includes a basic introduction to the faith, its history, beliefs, practices and modern developments.
Sikhism
Sikhism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sikhism write by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh. This book was released on 2011-02-22. Sikhism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Almost from the moment, some five centuries ago, that their religion was founded in the Punjab by Guru Nanak, Sikhs have enjoyed a distinctive identity. This sense of difference, forged during Sikhism's fierce struggles with the Mughal Empire, is still symbolised by the 'Five Ks' ('panj kakar', in Punjabi), those articles of faith to which all baptised Sikhs subscribe: uncut hair bound in a turban; comb; special undergarment; iron bracelet and dagger (or kirpan) - the unique marks of the Sikh military fraternity (the word Sikh means 'disciple' in Punjabi). Yet for all its ongoing attachment to the religious symbols that have helped set it apart from neighbouring faiths in South Asia, Sikhism amounts to far more than just signs or externals. Now the world's fifth largest religion, with a significant diaspora especially in Britain and North America, this remarkable monotheistic tradition commands the allegiance of 25 million people, and is a global phenomenon. In her balanced appraisal, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh reviews the history, theology and worship of a community poised between reconciling its hereditary creeds and certainties with the fast-paced pressures of modernity. She outlines and explains the core Sikh beliefs, and explores the writings and teachings of the Ten Sikh Gurus in Sikhism's Holy Scriptures, the Sri Guru Granth Sahib (more usually called just the 'Granth'). Further chapters explore Sikh ethics, art and architecture, and matters of gender and the place of women in the tradition. The book attractively combines the warm empathy of a Sikh with the objective insights and acute perspectives of a prominent scholar of religion.
Textual Sources for the Study of Sikhism
Textual Sources for the Study of Sikhism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Textual Sources for the Study of Sikhism write by W.H. McLeod. This book was released on 1990-10-15. Textual Sources for the Study of Sikhism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "McLeod is a renowned scholar of Sikhism. . . . [This book] confirms my view that there is nothing about the Sikhs or their religion that McLeod does not know and there is no one who can put it across with as much clarity and brevity as he can. In his latest work he has compressed in under 150 pages the principal sources of the Sikh religion, the Khalsa tradition and the beliefs of breakaway sects like the Nirankaris and Namdharis. . . . As often happens, an outsider has sharper insight into the workings of a community than insiders whose visions are perforce restricted."—Khushwant Singh, Hindustan Times
