Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed

Dr Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2013
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)
978-1-4411-0231-7 (ISBN)

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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.

Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair is an Associate Professor and holder of the S.B.S.C. Endowed Chair in Sikh Studies at the University of Michigan, USA. His earlier books include: Religion and the Specter of the West: Sikhism, India, Postcoloniality and the Politics of Translation (2009), Teachings of the Sikh Gurus (with Christopher Shackle, 2005), Secularism and Religion-Making (2009). He is a founding editor of the journal Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture and Theory.

Acknowledgements / Introduction / Part I: Evolution of the Sikh Tradition / 1. Guru Nanak and His Early Successors / 2. Martyrdom and Militancy: Rise of the Khalsa / 3. Modernity and Colonialism / Part II: Teachings and Practices / 4. Way of Life / 5. Sikh Philosophy / Part III: Pluralism & its Challenges / 6. Sikh Ethics / 7. Sikhs and the Public Sphere / Glossary of Punjabi Terms / Notes / Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.6.2013
Reihe/Serie	Guides for the Perplexed ; .
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	304 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	1-4411-0231-0 / 1441102310
ISBN-13	978-1-4411-0231-7 / 9781441102317
Zustand	Neuware