Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed by Mandair, Arvind-Pal Singh

Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781441102317)

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Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed by Mandair, Arvind-Pal Singh

Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed

$35.95
Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed by Mandair, Arvind-Pal Singh

Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed

$35.95
Format: Paperback
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Sikhism's short but relatively eventful history provides a fascinating insight into the working of misunderstood and seemingly contradictory themes such as politics and religion, violence and mysticism, culture and spirituality, orality and textuality, public sphere versus private sphere, tradition and modernity. This book presents students with a careful analysis of these complex themes as they have manifested themselves in the historical evolution of the Sikh traditions and the encounter of Sikhs with modernity and the West, in the philosophical teachings of its founders and their interpretation by Sikh exegetes, and in Sikh ethical and intellectual responses to contemporary issues in an increasingly secular and pluralistic world. Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed serves as an ideal guide to Sikhism, and also for students of Asian studies, Sociology of Religion and World Religions.

Author: Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair
ISBN-10: 1441102310
ISBN-13: 9781441102317
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 08/08/2013
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d
By Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair
By Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair
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Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair is an Associate Professor and holder of the S.B.S.C. Endowed Chair in Sikh Studies at the University of Michigan, USA. His earlier books include: Religion and the Specter of the West: Sikhism, India, Postcoloniality and the Politics of Translation (2009), Teachings of the Sikh Gurus (with Christopher Shackle, 2005), Secularism and Religion-Making (2009). He is a founding editor of the journal Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture and Theory.

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