Studying the Sikhs: Issues for North America

This basic guide and resource book targets four fields-religious studies, history, world literature, and ethnic or migration studies-in which Sikhism is now receiving greater attention. The authors explain the problems of studying and interpreting Sikhism, and opportunities for integrating Sikh studies into a broader curriculum in each field. They also provide a sense of the Sikh community's own approach to education, and evaluate materials and approaches at the North American university level. Included are a sample syllabus with an explanatory essay, a bibliographical guide, a glossary, and a general bibliography. Gurinder Singh Mann's review of his course on Sikhism is an effective mini-guide to the field as a whole.

About the author

John Stratton Hawley is Professor and Chair of Religion at Barnard College and Director of the Southern Asian Institute at Columbia University. Gurinder Singh Mann is Assistant Professor of Sikh Studies and South Asian Religion at Columbia University.

Product details

• Assisted by: John Stratton Hawley (Editor), Gurinder Singh Mann (Editor)
• Publisher: Global Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.1993
• EAN: 9780791414255
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-1425-5
• No. of pages: 217
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 233 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 481 g
• Series: Suny Series in Buddhist Studie; Suny Series in Buddhist Studie
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions