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020 _a9781604131147 (acidfree paper)
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050 0 0 _aBL2018
_b.S5175 2009
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100 1 _aSingh, Nikky-Guninder Kaur.
245 1 0 _aSikhism /
_cNikky-Guninder Kaur Singh.
250 _a3rd ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bChelsea,
_cc2009.
300 _a144 p. :
_bill. (chiefly col.), col. map ;
_c25 cm.
490 1 _aWorld religions
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: Sikhism and the modern world -- Guru Nanak and the origins of the Sikh faith -- Sikh tradition and the Guru Granth -- Sikh thought -- Sikh ethics -- Religious life and rites of passage -- Sacred space and altered time -- Women and Sikhism -- Siky tradition and modern culture.
520 _aDescribes the basic tenets of Sikhism, tells the story of its growth in India, examines the recent move toward greater political independence within the Indian nation, the effects of Hindu nationalism on the Sikh community, and issues of cultural adaptation, persecution, and and subsequent education now taking place in the West.
650 0 _aSikhism
_vJuvenile literature.
650 1 _aSikhism.
830 0 _aWorld religions.
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