Sikhism

Name: Sikhism
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ISBN: 9780192806017

ISBN-10: 0192806017

ISBN-13: 9780192806017

Edition: 2005

Authors: Eleanor Nesbitt

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The Sikh religion has a following of over 20 million people worldwide and is one of the largest religions in the world. However, events such as the verbal and physical attacks on Sikhs just after September 11 indicated that Sikhs were being mistaken for Muslims, and suggests that the raising of sufficient and appropriate awareness about Sikhism still needs to be addressed.This book will introduce newcomers to the meaning of Sikhism, and its practices, rituals, and festivals. The key threads in the fascinating history of the religion will be highlighted, from the Gurus and the development of the Sikh look, to martyrdom and militarization in the 17th and 18th Centuries and the diaspora.…

Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 4.50" wide x 7.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Abbreviations


List of illustrations



Introduction



Guru Nanak and his first successors



Guru Granth Sahib



Turban, Khalsa, and codes of conduct



The shaping of modern Sikhism



Sikhism outside India



Attitudes to caste, gender, and other faiths



Sikhism and the third millennium


Further reading


Glossary


Timeline


Index