Textual Sources for the Study of Sikhism.

McLEOD, W.M.

ISBN 10: 0226560856 / ISBN 13: 9780226560854

Published by Chicago-London, University of Chicago Press 1990, 1990

About this Item

Original publisher's white paperback, pictorial frontcover, 8vo: [x], 166pp., map, chapternotes & references, bibliography, glossary, index, table of contents. Very fine copy - as new. Volume: Textual Sources for the Study of Religion.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Textual Sources for the Study of Sikhism.
• Publisher: Chicago-London, University of Chicago Press 1990
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226560856
• ISBN 13: 9780226560854
• Binding: Soft cover

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Synopsis

"McLeod is a renowned scholar of Sikhism. . . . [This book] confirms my view that there is nothing about the Sikhs or their religion that McLeod does not know and there is no one who can put it across with as much clarity and brevity as he can. In his latest work he has compressed in under 150 pages the principal sources of the Sikh religion, the Khalsa tradition and the beliefs of breakaway sects like the Nirankaris and Namdharis. . . . As often happens, an outsider has sharper insight into the workings of a community than insiders whose visions are perforce restricted."—Khushwant Singh, Hindustan Times

About the Author

W. H. McLeod is professor of history at the University of Otago, New Zealand. John R. Hinnells is professor of comparative religion at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Handbook of Living Religions and editor of the Penguin Dictionary of Religions.