Textual Sources for the Study of Sikhism

W.H. McLeod

ISBN 10: 0226560856 / ISBN 13: 9780226560854

Published by The University Of Chicago Press Okt 1990, 1990

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Neuware - '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 '.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Textual Sources for the Study of Sikhism
• Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press Okt 1990
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226560856
• ISBN 13: 9780226560854
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 232W x 164H x 0D millimeters 232 millimeters width by 164 millimeters height by 0 millimeters depth

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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.