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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.
On the 30th of March, 1699, the Sikh Guru Gobind Singh called
together a special assembly at the Keshgarh Fort at Anandpur.
Following the morning devotions, the Guru asked for a volunteer,
saying, "The entire sangat is very dear to me; but is there a
devoted Sikh who will give his head to me here and now? A need has
arisen at this moment which calls for a head." One man arose and
followed the Guru out of the room. When the Guru returned to the
assembly with a bloodied sword, he asked for another volunteer.
Another man followed. This was repeated three more times, until at
last the Guru emerged with a clean sword and all five men alive and
well. Those five volunteers would become the first disciples of the
Khalsa, the martial community within the Sikh religion, and would
come to be known as the Panj Piare, or the Cherished Five. Despite
the centrality of this group to modern Sikhism, scholarship on the
Panj Piare has remained sparse. Louis Fenech's new book examines
the Khalsa and the role that the the Panj Piare have had in the
development of the Sikh faith over the past three centuries.
The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies innovatively combines the ways
in which scholars from fields as diverse as philosophy, psychology,
religious studies, literary studies, history, sociology,
anthropology, political science, and economics have integrated the
study of Sikhism within a wide range of critical and postcolonial
perspectives on the nature of religion, violence, gender,
ethno-nationalism, and revisionist historiography. A number of
essays within this collection also provide a more practical
dimension, written by artists and practitioners of the tradition.
The Handbook is divided into eight thematic sections that explore
different 'expressions' of Sikhism. Historical, literary,
ideological, institutional, and artistic expressions are considered
in turn, followed by discussion of Sikhs in the Diaspora, and of
caste and gender in the Panth. Each section begins with an essay by
a prominent scholar in the field, providing an overview of the
topic. Further essays provide detail and further treat the fluid,
multivocal nature of both the Sikh past and the present. The
Handbook concludes with a section considering future directions in
Sikh Studies.
The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies innovatively combines the ways
in which scholars from fields as diverse as philosophy, psychology,
religious studies, literary studies, history, sociology,
anthropology, political science, and economics have integrated the
study of Sikhism within a wide range of critical and postcolonial
perspectives on the nature of religion, violence, gender,
ethno-nationalism, and revisionist historiography. A number of
essays within this collection also provide a more practical
dimension, written by artists and practitioners of the tradition.
The handbook is divided into eight thematic sections that explore
different 'expressions' of Sikhism. Historical, literary,
ideological, institutional, and artistic expressions are considered
in turn, followed by discussion of Sikhs in the Diaspora, and of
caste and gender in the Panth. Each section begins with an essay by
a prominent scholar in the field, providing an overview of the
topic. Further essays provide detail and further treat the fluid,
multivocal nature of both the Sikh past and the present. The
handbook concludes with a section considering future directions in
Sikh Studies.
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