{"product_id":"sikhism-a-guide-for-the-perplexed-9781441193414","title":"Sikhism A Guide for the Perplexed","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArvind-Pal Singh Mandair is an Associate Professor and holder of the S.B.S.C. Endowed Chair in Sikh Studies at the University of Michigan, USA. His earlier books include: \u003ci\u003eReligion and the Specter of the West: Sikhism, India, Postcoloniality and the Politics of Translation\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eTeachings of the Sikh Gurus\u003c\/i\u003e (with Christopher Shackle, 2005), \u003ci\u003eSecularism and Religion-Making \u003c\/i\u003e(2009). He is a founding editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eSikh Formations: Religion, Culture and Theory\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSikhism – A Guide for the Perplexed\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful and well-crafted introduction to the study of \u003ci\u003eSikhism\u003c\/i\u003e as a dynamic and internally fluid tradition. Mandair offers a novel approach in this introductory text that avoids the common pitfalls of historicism and that denaturalizes the tendency to frame \u003ci\u003eSikhi\u003c\/i\u003e as purely religious experience within the parameters of the secular-religious binary. Focusing on key issues that reflect what animates Sikh activity and the lived experiences of Sikhs today, Mandair is able to achieve what might seem incommensurable objectives: introducing novices to a field of study, while challenging those already engaged in Sikh Studies with new insights and perspectives. Intriguing and at times provocative, this text will without doubt stand out among introductory texts to Sikhism for its interdisciplinary format, its success in engaging readers intellectually, and its capacity to actively relate ideas from the history and philosophy of religion in a way in which the encounter between these disciplines and \u003ci\u003eSikhi\u003c\/i\u003e as an emerging philosophy and way of life remains always in sight. -- Michael Nijhawan, Associate Professor of Sociology, York University, Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements \\ Introduction \\ \u003cb\u003ePart I: Evolution of the Sikh Tradition\u003c\/b\u003e \\ 1.  Guru Nanak and His Early Successors \\ 2.  Martyrdom and Militancy: Rise of the Khalsa \\ 3.  Modernity and Colonialism \\ \u003cb\u003ePart II: Teachings and Practices\u003c\/b\u003e \\ 4. Way of Life \\ 5. Sikh Philosophy \\ \u003cb\u003ePart III: Pluralism \u0026amp; its Challenges\u003c\/b\u003e \\ 6. Sikh Ethics \\ 7. Sikhs and the Public Sphere \\ Glossary of Punjabi Terms \\ Notes \\ Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187491955031,"sku":"9781441193414","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sikhism-a-guide-for-the-perplexed-9781441193414","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}