[PDF] The A To Z Of Sikhism eBook

Author : W. H. McLeod
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 18,36 MB
Release : 2009-07-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0810863448

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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.

Author : Louis E. Fenech
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 24,21 MB
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1442236019

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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.

Author : Sue Penney
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 50,20 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Sikhism
ISBN : 9780435304751

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This foundation edition on Sikhism is part of a series aimed at lower-ability pupils. The questions are written to make it easy for pupils to interpret information on a spread. Its pagination means that it can be used with the core editions, or as a stand alone text.

Author : W. H. McLeod
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 37,9 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
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At the heart of Sikhism are the ten Gurus, who transferred authority from individual leaders to the scriptures and the community itself. "Sikhism" explores how their distinctive beliefs emerged from the Hindu background of the times, how a number of separate sects split off, and how far the ideas of sexual equality have been observed in practice. Illustrations.

Author : W. H. McLeod
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 45,88 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN :

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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. Owen Cole
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,47 MB
Release : 2005-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1135797609

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The first to appear in Curzon's well respected 'Popular Dictionary' series.

Author : W. H. McLeod
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 44,16 MB
Release : 2004-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN :

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Guru Nanak and the Sikh Religion; Early Sikh tradition; The Evolution of the Sikh Community; Who is a Sikh?

Author : Dorothy Field
Publisher :
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 35,22 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Religion
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Chapter iv. "Hymns from the Grnth Sahib, and from the Granth of the tenth guru: p. 63-114