Sikhism and history / edited by Pashaura Singh, N. Gerald Barrier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pashaura Singh.

Barrier, N. Gerald (Norman Gerald)

McLeod, W. H.

University of Michigan. Sikh Studies Program.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sikhism--History--Congresses.

Sikhism.

Sikhism--Social aspects--Congresses.

Sikhs--Ethnic identity--Congresses.

Sikhs.

Sikh diaspora--Congresses.

Sikh diaspora.

Sikhs--Ethnic identity.

Sikhism--Social aspects.

History.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

x, 280 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

This is a collection of essays exploring issues of scriptural authority, social history, gender, diaspora, and national and religious identity from a perspective solidly grounded in rich historical sources, put together in honour of one of the leading specialists in Sikh studies of present times, Hew McLeod.

Contents:

The contribution of Professor W.H. McLeod in the field of Sikh studies / Pashaura Singh

Sikhism in the light of history / N. Gerald Barrier

Researching the Rahit / W.H. McLeod

Mythic inheritance and the historic drink of the Khalsa / Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh

Sikh identity in the light of history : a dynamic perspecitve / Pashaura Singh

Bhai Nand Lal 'Goya' and the Sikh tradition / Louis E. Fenech

Strategies for interpreting the Dasam Granth / Robin Rinehart

Maharaja Dalip Singh, history, and the negotiation of Sikh identity / Tony Ballantyne

What is in a name? : circumscribing Sikh female nomenclature / Doris Jakobsh

Authority, politics, and contemporary Sikhism the Akal Takht, the SGPC, Rahit Maryada, and the law / N. Gerald Barrier

Ethnic dynamics within a transnational framework : the case of the Sikh diaspora / Arthur W. Helweg

Writing prejudice : the imgage of Sikhs in Bharati Mukherjee's writings / Darshan S. Tatla.

Notes:

Based on an international conference in Sept. 2001, prepared under the auspices of the Sikh Studies Program, University of Michigan; festschrift for Professor W.H. McLeod.

ISBN:

0195667085

OCLC:

55137772