Guides: PHL 220: Asian Philosophy: Sikhism

Sikhism

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Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed by Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair
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,
The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies by Pashaura Singh; Louis E. Fenech
This book shows how scholars from philosophy, psychology, religious studies, literary studies, history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and economics have integrated the study of Sikhism within a wide range of critical and postcolonial perspectives on the nature of religion, violence, gender, ethno-nationalism, and revisionist historiography. The handbook is divided into eight thematic sections that explore different 'expressions' of Sikhism. Historical, literary, ideological, institutional, and artistic expressions are considered in turn, followed by discussion of Sikhs in the Diaspora, and of caste and gender in the Panth.
Sikh religion.
Guru -- The divine light -- India before Guru Nanak -- Guru Nanak Dev (First Guru) -- Guru Angad Dev (Second Guru) -- Guru Amar Das (Third Guru) -- Guru Ram Das (Fourth Guru) -- Guru Arjan Dev (Fifth Guru) -- Guru Har Gobind (Sixth Guru) -- Guru Har Rai (Seventh Guru) -- Guru Harkishan (Eighth Guru) -- Guru Tegh Bahadur (Ninth Guru) -- Guru Gobind Singh (Tenth Guru) -- Guru Granth Sahib (Last Guru) -- A brief outline of Sikh fundamentals.

Sikhism by Eleanor Nesbitt
This book will introduce newcomers to the meaning of Sikhism, and its practices, rituals, and festivals. The key threads in the fascinating history of the religion will be highlighted, from the Gurus and the development of the Sikh look, to martyrdom and militarization in the 17th and 18th Centuries and the diaspora. Nesbitt brings the subject completely up to date with an examination of gender and caste, referring to contemporary film and media reports.
Understanding Sikhism by W. Owen Cole
One of the world's major faiths with more than 20 million adherents, Sikhism is a religion which most people, including academics, seem to ignore. This introduction assumes no prior knowledge on the part of the reader. At the centre of the religion is the scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, it is the focus of Sikh theology and practice to the extent that no one is allowed to come between it and the believer. There is no priesthood. A particular aspect of Sikhism is its relationship with and attitude to other religions, something of particular significance in our multi-religious society.
Sikhism by Doris R. Jakobsh
This volume offers a comprehensive overview of Sikhism, which originated in India's Punjab region five hundred years ago. As the numbers of Sikhs settling outside of India continues to grow, it is necessary to examine this religion both in its Indian context and as an increasingly global tradition. While acknowledging the centrality of history and text in understanding the main tenets of Sikhism, Doris Jakobs highlights the religion's origins and development as a living spiritual tradition in communities around the world. She pays careful attention to particular events, movements, and individuals that have contributed to important changes within the tradition and challenges stereotypical notions of Sikh homogeneity and stasis, addressing the plurality of identities within the Sikh tradition, both historically and within the contemporary
milieu.