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Author : W. H. McLeod
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015002765587
Author : W. H. McLeod
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : IND:30000092857089
Guru Nanak and the Sikh Religion; Early Sikh tradition; The Evolution of the Sikh Community; Who is a Sikh?
Author : Balawanta Siṅgha Ḍhilloṃ
Publisher : Singh Brothers
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Ādi-Granth
ISBN : UOM:39015052619064
The Book Examines The Traditions Through Which The Gurbani Was Being Transmitted In The Pre-Adi Granth Period. It Inquires The Role Of The Sikh Gurus In Nurturing The Sikh Scribal Tradition, Takes Into Account The Rival Traditions Of Udasis Bhallas And The Minas, And Points To The Limitations Of Biblical Methods Of Textual Criticism.
Author : W. H. McLeod
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015043022964
This volume is an omnibus edition of four classic studies on the history and evolution of Sikhs and Sikhism, by one of the world's leading scholars in this field.Guru Nanak and the Sikh Religion examines the life and teachings of Guru Nanak, offering an analytical view of the first Guru of the Sikhs, so essential for an understanding of later Sikh history and contemporary Sikh society. In Early Sikh Tradition, McLeod traces the origins of the janam-sakhistyle, describes the anecdotal and discourse forms used by narrators, and reconstructs a pattern whereby janam-sakhi traditions were assembled and transmitted. The Evolution of the Sikh Community questions the traditional, and rather simplified, view of the Sikh community and its history by probingfurther into the past, to the roots of Nanak's teachings. The last work, Who is a Sikh? offers lucid accounts of key events and phases that led to the development of Sikh identity into its current form. This book seeks to provide an understanding of the Sikh individual, historical community andreligion.
Author : W. H. McLeod
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Historians
ISBN : 8178240688
This Autobiography Lays Emphasis On Those Features Of Mcleod`S Career Which Have Had An Important Influence On His Relationship With The Sikhs And With The Manner In Which He Has Sought To Give Expression To Them In His Written Works. It Also Concerns Sikh Studies And The Vigorous Attacks That Have Been Made On His Views Regarding Sikh History And Religion.
Author : Rahuldeep Singh Gill
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780190624088
Bhai Gurdas Bhalla (d. 1636 CE) is widely considered the most important non-canonical poet in Sikh history, having shaped the theology and ethics of the tradition for centuries. His poems, which offer an authoritative illustration of Sikh life in the early seventeenth century, defined Sikh identity during a tumultuous period of upheaval. In Drinking from Love's Cup, Rahuldeep Gill brings together for the first time a collection of the revered poet's early work, masterfully translated into English, alongside the original Punjabi text. The magic of Gurdas's poetry, says Gill, is the fusion of Islamicate narrative with Indian heroic literature to speak about death, martyrdom, and the spirit's absolution in love. Gill challenges the traditional scholarship surrounding the dates of Gurdas's writing, suggesting that Gurdas wrote his poetry to console the Sikh community when it was in mourning over the execution of the fifth of the Sikh founders, Guru Arjan (d.1606), by agents of the Mughal Empire. Gurdas in his verses immortalized the fifth Guru's role as a martyr and encouraged the faithful to stay involved in the community, resist hegemony, and reinforce Sikh beliefs during the sectarian upheaval. Rhythmic, elegant, and lucid, the poems weave Sikh scripture into the lyrical fabric of Sikh spirituality. Gill brings a contemporary flair to Gurdas's moving stanzas and in his commentary unearths fresh insights about his life and context.
Author : Nripinder Singh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Sikh ethics
ISBN : UOM:39015021713113
This study examines on the basis of historical evidence the ethical perceptions of the Sikh community at the turn of the last century.
Author : W. H. McLeod
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015014935897
What is Sikhism and who is a Sikh? This book surveys the history of the sect, showing how various circumstances influenced the criteria by which people could be identified. One belief is that Sikhism is the complete acceptance of the teachings of the tenth Guru, Gobind Singh. According to the tradition, a true Sikh must be of the Khalsa, the community founded by Guru Singh; yet, there are many who belong to families with a Khalsa heritage but no longer observe the tradition in its full rigor. And, there are many others who regard themselves as Sikhs but do not follow the discipline of the Khalsa, such as the so-called Sahaj-dhari Sikhs. McLeod examines these discrepansies and disagreements, offering a new discussion and analysis of who and what defines Sikhism.
Author : Harjot Oberoi
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1994-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0226615928
In this major reinterpretation of religion and society in India, Oberoi challenges earlier accounts of Sikhism, Hinduism, and Islam as historically given categories encompassing well-demarcated units of religious identity. Through an examination of Sikh historical materials, he shows that early Sikhism recognized multiple identities based in local, regional, religious, and secular loyalties. As a result, religious identities were highly blurred and competing definitions of Sikhism were possible. In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, however, the Singh Sabha, a powerful new Sikh movement, began to view the multiplicity in Sikh identity with suspicion and hostility. Aided by cultural forces unleashed by the British Raj, the Singh Sabha sought to recast Sikh tradition and purge it of diversity, bringing about the highly codified culture of modern Sikhism. A study of the process by which a pluralistic religious world view is replaced by a monolithic one, this book questions basic assumptions about the efficacy of fundamentalist claims and the construction of all social and religious identities.
Author : Sulakhan Singh
Publisher : Abs Publications
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015052293803
History of Udāsī Sect in Sikhism.
Author : Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789353057107
In this highly accessible and comprehensive biography, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh deftly mines the available sources to construct a vivid and complex account of Guru Nanak's life and legacy, his personality and background, the pluralistic world he lived in, his teachings and philosophy, and even the manner in which he has been understood by believers and scholars over time. What emerges is a majestic and magisterial portrait of a great enlightener who not only founded one of the world's major religions but whose singular message of unity and hope has endured centuries after he first walked the earth. The First Sikh unites rigorous scholarship with a deep love for the subject, offering fascinating insights into Guru Nanak's life and times even as it explores key facets of Sikhism. Moreover, it shows us how Guru Nanak continues to remain relevant in a twenty-first-century reality.
Author : Harjot Oberoi
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1994-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0226615928
In this major reinterpretation of religion and society in India, Harjot Oberoi challenges earlier accounts of Sikhism, Hinduism and Islam as historically given categories encompassing well-demarcated units of religious identity. Through a searching examination of Sikh historical materials, he shows that early Sikh tradition was not concerned with establishing distinct religious boundaries. Most Sikhs recognized multiple identities grounded in local, regional, religious, and secular loyalties. Consequently, religious identities were highly blurred and several competing definitions of what constituted a Sikh were possible. In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, however, the Singh Sabha, a powerful new Sikh movement, began to view the multiplicity in Sikh identity with suspicion and hostility. Aided by social and cultural forces unleashed by the British Raj, the Singh Sabha sought to recast Sikh tradition and purge it of diversity. The ethnocentric logic of a new elite dissolved alternative ideals under the highly codified culture of modern Sikhism. A study of the process by which a pluralistic religious world view is replaced by a monolithic one, this important book calls into question basic assumptions about the efficacy of fundamentalist claims and the construction of all social and religious identities. An essential book for the field of South Asian religions, this work is also an important contribution to cultural anthropology, postcolonial studies, and the history of religion in general.
Author : Publications Division
Publisher : Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9788123032689
The compilation carries essays on Guru Nanak and his teachings by eminent scholars.
Author : Gurinder Singh Mann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001-05-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198029878
The Adi Granth ("original book"), the primary scripture of the Sikhs, comprises approximately 3,000 hymns. Although the authorship of the hymns is well-recorded, the history of the compilation the Adi Granth - the creation of the Sikh "canon" - is the subject of considerable speculation and debate. In this book, Gurinder Mann attempts to construct a comprehensive secondary literature on the topic. His findings on some key issues differ from the traditional Sikh position and from the hypotheses of other 20th-century scholars, as well as raising some entirely fresh questions. Mann's revised and expanded picture of the history of the text and institution of Sikh scripture will be of interest not only to scholars of Sikhism and Sikh religionists, but to scholars of comparative canon formation.
Author : Max Arthur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2403 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8187526033
It Is A Monumental Work On The Sikh Religion, Firstever Published In 1909 And Well Acclaimed By The Sikh As Well As The European Scholars. The Most Comprehensive Work In The Early Sikh Tradition, Also Provides An Accurate Version Of The Sikh Scripture.
