Sikhism

The Oxford handbook of Sikh studies

by Pashaura Singh, Fenech, Louis E.

fromOxford Handbooks

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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 th…

Sacred objects in secular spaces: exhibiting Asian religions in museums

by Sullivan, Bruce M.

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Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations Printed in this Volume -- List of Illustrations Available to View Online at Bloomsbury.com -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 Exhibiting Hindu and Sikh Religious Objects in ƯMuse…

Sacred objects in secular spaces: exhibiting Asian religions in museums

by Sullivan, Bruce M.

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"We have long recognized that many objects in museums were originally on display in temples, shrines, or monasteries, and were religiously significant to the communities that created and used them. How, though, are such objects to be understood, described, exhibited, and handled…

Sacred objects in secular spaces: exhibiting Asian religions in museums

0 Type: Book

"We have long recognized that many objects in museums were originally on display in temples, shrines, or monasteries, and were religiously significant to the communities that created and used them. How, though, are such objects to be understood, described, exhibited, and handled…

Sacred objects in secular spaces: exhibiting Asian religions in museums

0 Type: Book

"We have long recognized that many objects in museums were originally on display in temples, shrines, or monasteries, and were religiously significant to the communities that created and used them. How, though, are such objects to be understood, described, exhibited, and handled…

The construction of religious boundaries: culture, identity, and diversity in the Sikh trad…

by Oberoi, Harjot

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"In this major reinterpretation of religion and society in India, Harjot Oberoi challenges earlier accounts of Sikhism, Hinduism and Islam as historically given categories encompassing well-demarcated units of religious identity. Through a searching examination of Sikh historica…

In this major reinterpretation of religion and society in India, Oberoi challenges earlier accounts of Sikhism, Hinduism, and Islam as historically given categories encompassing well-demarcated units of religious identity. Through an examination of Sikh historical materials, he …

The Construction of religious boundaries: culture, identity, and diversity in the Sikh trad…

by Oberoi, Harjot

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In this major reinterpretation of religion and society in India, Oberoi challenges earlier accounts of Sikhism, Hinduism, and Islam as historically given categories encompassing well-demarcated units of religious identity. Through an examination of Sikh historical materials, he …

Sikh history and religion in the twentieth century

by Oxtoby, Willard Gurdon, O'Connell, Joseph T., Israel, Milton, University of Toronto., Centre for South Asian Studies

fromSouth Asian studies papers

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Some fourteen million Sikhs worldwide are heirs today to a tradition of faith recalling the devotional spirituality of Guru Nanak, who lived in the Punjab five hundred years ago. The twentieth century has witnessed a heightening of Sikhs' self-awareness as a community with an id…