Sikh History And Religion In The Twentieth Century
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Sikh History And Religion In The Twentieth Century
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Author : University of Toronto. Centre for South Asian Studies
language : en
Publisher: South Asia Books
Release Date : 1988
Sikh History And Religion In The Twentieth Century written by University of Toronto. Centre for South Asian Studies and has been published by South Asia Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Religion categories.
Some fourteen million Sikhs worldwide are heirs today to a tradition of faith recalling the devotional spirituality of Guru Nanak, who lived in the Punjab five hundred years ago. The twentieth century has witnessed a heightening of Sikhs' self-awareness as a community with an identity and aspirations distinct from their Hindu as well as their Muslim neighbours. Overseas migration to countries such as Canada has also produced new challenges to Sikhs to think through the question of what the core of their tradition is and what aspects of their heritage are central in times far removed from Guru Nanak's and places distant from the Punjab. Twenty-four authoritative studies by scholars on four continents range across the contemporary Sikh experience in India and overseas. The contributors include experts on history, religion, literature, linguistics, politics, sociology and anthropology.
Sikh History And Religion In The Twentieth Century
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Author : Joseph T. O'Connell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Sikh History And Religion In The Twentieth Century written by Joseph T. O'Connell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Sikhism categories.
Sikhism And History
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Author : Pashaura Singh
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2004
Sikhism And History written by Pashaura Singh and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
Contributed papers presented at a conference.
Western Image Of The Sikh Religion
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Author : Darshan Singh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Western Image Of The Sikh Religion written by Darshan Singh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Religion categories.
The Main Aim Of Any Source Book Is To Offer Available Source Materials On Any Particular Subject At One Place. The Present Endeavour In Bringing Out The Inaccessible Rare Papers And Other Selected Writings By The Earliest Western Writers On The Sikh Religion, In The Form Of This Volume Is Inspired By The Same Concern. The Source Book Promises To Fill The Long Awaited Gap Of Information For The Interested Scholars And General Readers For Further Studies In The Area Of Western Understanding Of The Sikh Religion. The Volume Is Being Issued With Two-Fold Concern In Mind, Firstly, To Save The Rare Papers By The Earliest Western Writers On The Sikh Religion From Oblivion And Secondly, To Offer These Earliest Rare Documents In A Handy Volume. The Collection Covers A Period Of 140 Years Beginning From 1780 Up To The First Decades Of The Twentieth Century, 1914. The Sole Criterion Followed In The Selection Of The Papers Was Their Wearing On The Sikh Religion. By The Same Criterion Writings By The Western Authors On The Sikh History Have Been Excluded. The Included Selections Are The Earliest Records Of The Western Authors On The Sikh Religion And Are Placed Here In The Chronological Order In Order To Facilitate The Proper Grasping Of The Western Understanding Of The Sikh Religion In The Historical Context. Being The Earliest Records, These Writings Have Played A Major Role In The Evolution Of The Western Image Of The Sikh Religion.
The Eighteenth Century In Sikh History
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Author : Karamjit K. Malhotra
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2016
The Eighteenth Century In Sikh History written by Karamjit K. Malhotra and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
The eighteenth century in Sikh history stands for a political revolution in which the erstwhile peasants and artisans who had joined the Khalsa order instituted by Guru Gobind Singh replaced first the Mughal and then the Afghan authority in the province of Lahore (Punjab). Based on a wide range of contemporary sources, the present study takes a fresh look at the political processes, and explores for the first time the accompanying transformation in the religious, social, and cultural life of the Sikhs. The aspects specifically taken up for study are the political resurgence of the Sikhs; their system of government; conception of God and the Guru; the institution of Gurdwara and the emergence of Amritsar as the premier centre of the Sikh world; rites, ceremonies, and ethics of the Khalsa; vertical and horizontal lines of demarcation among them; issues of caste and gender; literary articulation of the Sikhs; and their interest in art and architecture. A convergence of all these developments led to the crystallization of a distinctive Sikh identity by the end of the century. In a very real sense, the eighteenth century emerges in this book as a bridge between the earlier and later history of the Sikhs.
The Materiality Of The Past
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Author : Anne Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-11-29
The Materiality Of The Past written by Anne Murphy and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-29 with History categories.
Anne Murphy offers a groundbreaking exploration of material representations of the Sikh past, showing how objects, as well as historical sites, and texts, have played a vital role in the production of the Sikh community as an evolving historical and social formation from the eighteenth century to the present. Drawing together work in religious studies, postcolonial studies, and history, Murphy explores how 'relic' objects such as garments and weaponry have, like sites, played dramatically different roles across political and social contexts-signifiers of authority and even sovereignty in one; collected, revered, and displayed with religious significance in another-and are connected to a broader engagement with the representation of the past that is central to the formation of the Sikh community. By highlighting the connections between relic objects and historical sites, and how the status of sites changed in the colonial period, she also provides crucial insight into the circumstances that brought about the birth of a new territorial imagination of the Sikh past in the early twentieth century, rooted in existing precolonial historical imaginaries centered in place and object. The life of the object today and in the past, she suggests, provides unique insight into the formation of the Sikh community and the crucial role representations play in it.
Five Centuries Of Sikh Tradition
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Author : Reeta Grewal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Five Centuries Of Sikh Tradition written by Reeta Grewal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
These Pathbreaking Essays By Historians, Geographers, Economists And Scholars In Sikh Religion And Punjabi Literature Cover The Whole Span Of Sikh History And Nearly All Its Important Aspects. The Study Covers Sikhism And The Martial And Political Culture Of The Khalsa. Sikh Patronage Of Painting, Journalism, Demographic Change, And Spatial Dispersal Along With The Diaspora Have Also Been Dealt With In This Volume. Contributors Who Have Made This Volume Possible As A Tribute To Professor Indu Banga Include J.S. Grewal, Iqtidar Alam Khan, Joginder Singh, Darshan Singh Tatla, Shinder Singh Thandi, And Gurinder Singh Mann Among Many Others.
Historical Dictionary Of Sikhism
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Author : Louis E. Fenech
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2014-06-11
Historical Dictionary Of Sikhism written by Louis E. Fenech and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-11 with Religion categories.
Sikhism traces its beginnings to Guru Nanak, who was born in 1469 and died in 1538 or 1539. With the life of Guru Nanak the account of the Sikh faith begins, all Sikhs acknowledging him as their founder. Sikhism has long been a little-understood religion and until recently they resided almost exclusively in northwest India. Today the total number of Sikhs is approximately twenty million worldwide. About a million live outside India, constituting a significant minority in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. Many of them are highly visible, particularly the men, who wear beards and turbans, and they naturally attract attention in their new countries of domicile. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Sikhism covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on key persons, organizations, the principles, precepts and practices of the religion as well as the history, culture and social arrangements. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Sikhism.
The Sikh Moral Tradition
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Author : Nripinder Singh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The Sikh Moral Tradition written by Nripinder Singh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Sikh ethics categories.
This study examines on the basis of historical evidence the ethical perceptions of the Sikh community at the turn of the last century.
The A To Z Of Sikhism
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Author : W. H. McLeod
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2009-07-24
The A To Z Of Sikhism written by W. H. McLeod and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-24 with Religion categories.
Contrary to popular opinion, there is more to Sikhism than the distinctive dress. First of all, there is the emergence of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, and the long line of his successors. There are the precepts, many related to liberation through the divine name or nam. There is a particularly turbulent history in which the Sikhs have fought to affirm their beliefs and resist external domination that continues to this day. There is also, more recently, the dispersion from the Punjab throughout the rest of India and on to Europe and the Americas. With this emigration Sikhism has become considerably less exotic, but hardly better known to outsiders. This reference is an excellent place to learn more about the religion. It provides a chronology of events, a brief introduction that gives a general overview of the religion, and a dictionary with several hundred entries, which present the gurus and other leaders, trace the rather complex history, expound some of the precepts and concepts, describe many of the rites and rituals, and explain the meaning of numerous related expressions. All this, along with a bibliography, provides readers with an informative and accessible guide toward understanding Sikhism.