| Description |
vii, 496 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
South Asian studies papers ; no. 3 |
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South Asian studies papers ; no. 3
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| Contents |
Part 1. Religion and culture -- Legacies of the Sikh past for the twentieth century / J.S. Grewal -- A Sikh theology for modern times / W.H. McLeod -- Ethical and spiritual aspects of Nam-simaran / Amarjit Singh Sethi -- Patterns of pluralism : Sikh relations with Radhasoami / Mark Juergensmeyer -- The secular heritage of the Sikhs / Sujit Hans -- Religious and secular strains in twentieth-century Punjabi poetry / Darshan Singh Maini -- Some observations on the evolution of modern standard Punjabi / Christopher Shackle -- Bengali perceptions of the Sikhs : the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Himadri Banerjee -- Part 2. History and politics : India -- From ritual to counter-ritual : rethinking the Hindu-Sikh question, 1884-1915 / Harjot S. Oberoi -- Sikh politics in British Punjab prior to the Gurdwara reform movement / N. Gerald Barrier -- Akali struggle : past and present / Mohinder Singh -- Fox and the lions : the Akali movement revisited / Ian J. Kerr -- The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee and the politicisation of the Sikhs / Attar Singh -- The crisis of Sikh politics (1940-1947) / Indu Banga -- Sikh minority attitudes in India's federal system / Paul Wallace -- Part 3. History and society : diaspora -- Conceptions of Sikh culture in the development of a comparative analysis of the Sikh diaspora / Norman Buchignani -- Patterns of Sikh migration to Canada, 1900-1960 / Hugh Johnston -- Ethnicity confounded : Punjabi pioneers in California / Karen Leonard -- Punjabi Sikhs and Gora Sikhs : conflicting assertions of Sikh indentity in North America / Verne A. Dusenbery -- Sikh identity in England : its changing nature / Arthur W. Helweg -- The presentation of Sikhs in recent children's literature in Britain / Eleanor M. Nesbitt -- The Sikh diaspora : its possible effects on Sikhism / Owen Cole -- Part 4. Comments on recent events -- The Sikhs and the challenge of the eighties / Patwant Singh -- Sikhs at the turn of the new century / Amerik Singh -- Postscript : comments from Toronto / Joseph T. O'Connell |
| Notes |
Based on a conference held at the University of Toronto, Feb. 13-15, 1987 |
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Reprinted 1990 |
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W.H. McLeod is a New Zealander |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [457]-486) |
| Subject |
Sikhism -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Sikhism -- 20th century.
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Sikhs -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Sikhs -- History -- 20th century.
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| Author |
Israel, Milton.
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O'Connell, Joseph T.
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Oxtoby, Willard Gurdon.
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University of Toronto. Centre for South Asian Studies.
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| LC no. |
02002018 |
| ISBN |
0969290748 (bound) |
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0969290756 (paperback) |
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1895214033 (hbk.) |
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