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Sikhism : a very short introduction / Eleanor Nesbitt.

Nesbitt, Eleanor M.
2005
BL2018 .N47 2005 (Mapit)
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Title
Sikhism : a very short introduction / Eleanor Nesbitt.
Author
Nesbitt, Eleanor M.
ISBN
9780192806017 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0192806017 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Language
English
Description
162 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Call Number
BL2018 .N47 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
294.6
Summary
An accessible introduction to the world's fifth largest religion, this work presents Sikhism's meanings and myths, and its practices, rituals, and festivals, also addressing ongoing social issues such as the relationship with the Indian state, the diaspora, and caste.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Very short introductions ; 132.
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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.

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