Encyclopaedia Of Sikh Religion And Culture

The Book, The Sikh World : An Encyclopaedia Survey Of Sikh Religion And Culture Covers The Entire Field Of The Sikh Religion. The Edition Includes A Reference To Sikh Religion And Culture Because The Adherents Of Sikhism Regard All The Ten Gurus As Founders Of Their Faith- The First Five Being The Builders Of The Faith And The Last Five Being Its Defenders. This Study On Sikhism Involves A Study Of Their Faith In Its Original Form, Which Includes A Study Of The Writings, Teachings And Culture In Which They Grew And Propagated Their Beliefs. This Edition Has Many New Articles On Culture, Music, People Connected With Sikhism, Tribes, Castes And Folklore, And Chronology Of Sikhism From Guru Nanak To Modern Times. It Goes Further Than That- All The Flowers, Animals, Birds, Rivers And Places Mentioned In The Holy Granth Find A Reference In The Volume. The Present Volume Gives A Fairly Complete Picture Of Their Religion, History And Culture.

This book brings together new approaches to the study of Sikh religion, culture and ethnicity being pursued in the diaspora by Sikh academics in western universities in Britain and North America. An important aspect of the volume is the diversity of topics that are engaged - including film and gender theory, theology, hermeneutics, deconstruction, semiotics and race theory - and brought to bear on the individual contributors' specialism within Sikh studies, thereby helping to explode previously static dichotomies such as insider vs. outsider or history vs. tradition. The volume should have strong appeal both to an academic market including students of politics, religious studies and South Asian studies, and to a more general English-speaking Sikh readership.

The International Bibliography of Sikh Studies brings together all books, composite works, journal articles, conference proceedings, theses, dissertations, project reports, and electronic resources produced in the field of Sikh Studies until June 2004, making it the most complete and up-to-date reference work in the field today. One of the youngest religions of the world, Sikhism has progressively attracted attention on a global scale in recent decades. An increasing number of scholars is exploring the culture, history, politics, and religion of the Sikhs. The growing interest in Sikh Studies has resulted in an avalanche of literature, which is now for the first time brought together in the International Bibliography of Sikh Studies. This monumental work lists over 10,000 English-language publications under almost 30 subheadings, each representing a subfield in Sikh Studies. The Bibliography contains sections on a wide variety of subjects, such as Sikh gurus, Sikh philosophy, Sikh politics and Sikh religion. Furthermore, the encyclopedia presents an annotated survey of all major scholarly work on Sikhism, and a selective listing of electronic and web-based resources in the field. Author and subject indices are appended for the reader’s convenience.