Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent

Klappentext A critical interpretation of Sikh literature from a feminist perspective. Zusammenfassung This work is a critical interpretation of Sikh literature from a feminist perspective! and puts a new interpretation on a relatively unexplored religious tradition! while reversing the predominantly androcentric hermeneutics which has prevailed in Sikh scholarship. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. The primal paradox: seeing the transcendent; 2. Mother: the infinite matrix; 3. The bride seeks her groom: an epiphany of interconnections; 4. Durg¿ recalled: transition from mythos to ethos; 5. The maiden weaves: garlands of songs and waves; 6. The woman asks: 'what is life?'; 7. Sundar¿: the paradigm of Sikh ethics; 8. R¿n¿ R¿j Kaur: the mystical journey; Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Singh Nikky-Guninder Kaur, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, Nikky-Guninder Kaur (Colby College Singh
• Assisted by: John Clayton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.09.1993
• EAN: 9780521432870
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43287-0
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic C
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions