Sikhism - The Basics

Sikhism: The Basics provides an accessible, up-to-date and gender inclusive introduction to one of the five major world religions. Accessible to the general reader, it also offers a fresh approach for students and scholars in Sikh Studies, Asian Religions, Anthropology and Diaspora Studies, South Asia, religion and history.

Autorentext

Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh is Crawford Family Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at Colby College in Maine, USA. She has published extensively in Sikh Studies. Her recent books include Poems from the Sikh Sacred Tradition (Harvard University, 2023), Janamsakhi: Paintings of Guru Nanak in Early Sikh Art (Roli, 2023), and The First Sikh: The Life and Legacy of Guru Nanak (Penguin, 2019).

Eleanor Nesbitt is Professor Emeritus, University of Warwick, UK. Her publications include Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction, Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 2016), Open to New Light: Quakers and Other Faiths (Collective Ink, 2023) and Sikh: Two Centuries of Western Women's Art and Writing (Kashi House, 2024).

Klappentext

Sikhism: The Basics provides an accessible, up-to-date and gender inclusive introduction to one of the five major world religions. Accessible to the general reader, it also offers a fresh approach for students and scholars in Sikh Studies, Asian Religions, Anthropology and Diaspora Studies, South Asia, religion and history.

Inhalt

1. Beginnings: The Sikh Gurus 2. A Historical Overview from the Post-Guru Period to Modern Times 3. Theological Imaginary and Existential Reality 4. Practices 5. Sikh Diaspora 6. Art and Literature 7. Contemporary Challenges and Future Prospects