Sikhism - An Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh is the Crawford Family Professor of Religious Studies and Chair of the department at Colby College! Waterville! Maine. She is Co-Chair of the Sikh Studies Section of the American Academy of Religion. Her books include The Guru Granth Sahib: its Physics and Metaphysics (1981)! The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent (1993) and The Name of My Beloved: Verses of the Sikh Gurus (2001). The book attractively combines the warm empathy of a Sikh with the objective insights and acute perspectives of a prominent scholar of religion. Zusammenfassung The book attractively combines the warm empathy of a Sikh with the objective insights and acute perspectives of a prominent scholar of religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroductionGuru Nanak and the Origins of SikhismGuru Arjan and the Crystallization of the Sikh FaithGuru Gobind Singh and the Cultivation of Sikh IdentitySikh Metaphysics, Ethics and AestheticsWorship, Ceremonies, and Rites of PassageFeminist Text in a Patriarchal ContextColonial EncountersSikh ArtSikhs in the DiasporaSelect BibliographyGlossaryIndex

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Kaur Singh
• Verlag: Tauris, I.B.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 22.02.2011
• EAN: 9781848853201
• ISBN: 978-1-84885-320-1
• Seiten: 288
• Serien: I.B. Tauris Introductions to Religion; Introductions to Religion; I.B.Tauris Introductions to Religion; Introductions to Religion; I.B.Tauris Introductions to Religion
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen