The Oxford handbook of Sikh studies / edited by Pashaura Singh and Louis E. Fenech.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pashaura Singh.

Fenech, Louis E.

Series:

Oxford handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sikhism.

Sikhism--History.

History.

Physical Description:

xxii, 650 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Handbook of Sikh studies

Sikh studies

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Summary:

The first major comprehensive survey of the Sikh tradition which does not delimit its study to a single genre. Initiates new researchers into the growing field of Sikh Studies. Uses an innovative structure integrating various ways of expressing Sikh-ness (Sikhi) from a range of disciplines. Questions key critical terms, challenges established frames of reference, and offers alternative "readings" of Sikh ways of knowing and being. Combines the scholarship of three generations of academics in the field from all over the world Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction / Pashaura Singh and Louis E. Fenech

An overview of Sikh history / Pashaura Singh

The evolution of the Sikh community / Louis E. Fenech

Sikhism in the eighteenth century / Purnima Dhavan

The Sikh kingdom / Sunit Singh

Colonial formations of Sikhism / Navdeeps S. Mandair

Sikhs in independent India / Joginder Singh

Representations of Sikh history / Anne Murphy

Survey of literature in the Sikh tradition / Christopher Shackle

The Guru Granth Sahib / Pashaura Singh

The Dasam Granth / Robin Rinehart

The works of Bhai Gurdas / Rahuldeep Singh Gill

The works of Bhai Nand Lal Goya / Louis E. Fenech

Sectarian works / Hardip Singh Syan

Pre-colonial Sikh literature / Toby Braden Johnson

Sikhism in twentieth-century Punjabi literature / Tejwant Singh Gill

'Western' writers on the Sikhs / Harpreet Singh

Linguistic and philological approaches to sacred Sikh literature / Michael C. Shapiro

Gurmat: the teachings of the Gurus / Pashaura Singh

The Khalsa and the Rahit / Louis E. Fenech

Sikh interactions with other religions / W. Owen Cole

Secular and religious miri/piri) domains in Sikhism: frames for Sikh politics / Virinder S. Kalra

Sikh nationalism / Giorgio Shani

Postcolonial and postmodern perspectives on Sikhism / Balbinder Singh Bhogal

Sikh philosophy/ Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair

Sikh institutions / Michael Hawley

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee: an overview / Kashmir Singh

The Shiromani Akali Dal / Amarjit Singh Narang

Sikh sects / Opinderjit Kaur Takhar

Sikh sants and their establishments in India and abroad / Eleanor Nesbitt

Taksals, akharas, and Nihang deras / Paramjit Singh Judge

Global Sikhism / Mark Juergensmeyer

Sikh music / Gurnam Singh

Sikh cultural performances / Michael Nijhawan

Sikh art / Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh

The Darbar Sahib / Charles M. Townsend

The Khalsa Heritage Complex / William J. Glover

Sikh material culture / Anne Murphy

Sikh martial art (gatkā) / Kamalroop Singh

Sikhi through Internet, films, and videos / Susan Elizabeth Prill

Sikh culture and Punjābiyat / Pritam Singh and Meena Dhanda

The Sikh diaspora / Darshan Singh Tatla

Sikhs in mainland European countries / Kristina Myrvold

Sikhs as a racial and religious minority in the US / Jaideep Singh

Sikhs living beyond Punjab in India / Himadri Banerjee

Sikh migration, diasporas, and transnational practices / Shinder Singh Thandi

Punjabi Sikhs and Gora Sikhs / Verne A. Dusenbery

'Khalistan' as political critique / Cynthia Keppley Mahmood

Changing manifestations of caste in the Sikh Panth / Surinder S. Jodhka

Gender in Sikh traditions / Doris R. Jakobsh

A feminist interpretation of Sikh scripture / Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh

New directions in Sikh studies / Pashaura Singh.

Notes:

Series statement from dust jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0199699305

9780199699308

OCLC:

874522334