Contesting Interpretations of the Sikh Tradition

Publisher:
Manohar
| Author:
J.S. Grewal
| Language:
English
| Format:
Hardback
Publisher:
Manohar
Author:
J.S. Grewal
Language:
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Hardback

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Issues Grewal takes up for discussion are the status of Sikhism as a religious system, search for the Nanak of history; ‘militarisation’ of the Sikh movement; institution of the Khalsa; the doctrines of Guru Granth and Guru Panth; caste and the Sikh community; textual study of the Adi Granth and historical methodology in relation to religious studies.

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Issues Grewal takes up for discussion are the status of Sikhism as a religious system, search for the Nanak of history; ‘militarisation’ of the Sikh movement; institution of the Khalsa; the doctrines of Guru Granth and Guru Panth; caste and the Sikh community; textual study of the Adi Granth and historical methodology in relation to religious studies.

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J.S. Grewal formerly Professor of History and then Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, and Director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, is an eminent historian of the Punjab, and of medieval and modern Indian history in general.

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