Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN13: 9780192806017ISBN10: 0192806017
Paperback, 176 pages
Oct 2005,
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176 pages;
1 map, 19 halftones, 3 line illus.;
ISBN13: 978-0-19-280601-7ISBN10: 0-19-280601-7
A revealing look at the history, beliefs, and practices of the world's fifth largest religion
Table of Contents
1.
Introduction
2.
Guru Nanak and his first successors
3.
Guru Granth Sahib
4.
Turban, Khalsa, and codes of conduct
5.
The Nineteenth Century
6.
The Twentieth Century: Ways of being Sikh
7.
Sikhism outside India
8.
Attitudes to caste, gender, and other faiths
9.
Religion in the Twenty-first Century
