Sikhism in Global Context

Name: Sikhism in Global Context
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ISBN: 9780198075547

ISBN-10: 0198075545

ISBN-13: 9780198075547

Edition: 2012

Authors: Pashaura Singh

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Book details

List price: $69.50
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/26/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Dr. Pashaura Singh is a Professor and appointed Dr Jasbir Singh Saini Endowed Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies at the University of California. He has also taught Sikh studies, the Punjabi language and religions of India for thirteen years at the University of Michigan.



List of Appendices


List of Figures


Preface


Acknowledgements


List of Abbreviations


Introduction




Sikhism in a Global Context: The Legacy of History and Contemporary Challenges




The Guru Granth Sahib: A Global Reservoir




Studying the Sikhs: Thirty Years Later... Where Have We Come, Where Are We Going?




Sikh Militancy and Non-violence




Musical Chaunkis at the Darbar Sahib History, Aesthetics, and Time




'Except the True Name, I Have No Miracle' Modern Sikh Understandings of the Miraculous




Diaspora Philanthropy: The Case of Sikhs Giving Back to Punjab




We Are Not Sikhs or Hindus: Issues of Identity among the Valmikis and Ravidasis in Britain




The Other Sikhs: The Sikhs of Shillong, 1897-1996




Gurbani Kirtan and the Performance of Sikh Identity in California




Home and the World: The Nagar Kirtan and Sikh Diaspora




Sikh Children's Literature and Identity



Appendices


Contributors