Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction
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.;An accessible introduction to the world's fifth largest religion, this work presents Sikhism's meanings and myths, and its practices, rituals, and festivals, also addressing ongoing social issues such as the relationship with the Indian state, the diaspora, and caste.
- Request Code
- ZLIBIO2729263
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Language
- English
- Format
- EPUB
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- ISBN-13
- 9780191807633
- ISBN-10
- 0198745575