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Sikhism : a very short introduction / Eleanor Nesbitt.

By: Series: Very short introductions ; 132.Publication details: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.Edition: Second editionDescription: 156 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 0198745575 : (pbk.) ;
  • 9780198745570 : (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.6 23
LOC classification:
  • BL2018 .N47 2016
Contents:
Introduction -- Guru Nanak and his first successors -- Guru Granth Sahib -- Turban, Khalsa, and codes of conduct -- The shaping of modern Sikhism -- Sikhism outside India -- Attitudes to caste, gender, and other faiths -- Sikhism and the third millennium.
Summary: This Very Short Introduction describes the key threads in the history of Sikhism, from the late 15th century to the present day. It examines the development of a distinct Sikh identity, and explores Sikhism's meanings and myths, the teachings these embody, and its practices, rituals, and festivals.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks BL2018 .N47 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001508893

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-150) and index.

Introduction -- Guru Nanak and his first successors -- Guru Granth Sahib -- Turban, Khalsa, and codes of conduct -- The shaping of modern Sikhism -- Sikhism outside India -- Attitudes to caste, gender, and other faiths -- Sikhism and the third millennium.

This Very Short Introduction describes the key threads in the history of Sikhism, from the late 15th century to the present day. It examines the development of a distinct Sikh identity, and explores Sikhism's meanings and myths, the teachings these embody, and its practices, rituals, and festivals.

Adult. Brodart.

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