9780226615936 - The Construction of Religious Boundaries: Culture, Identity, and Diversity in the Sikh Tradition de Oberoi, Harjot (9 résultats)

Etat : New.

Etat : New. SUPER FAST SHIPPING.

Etat : New.

Etat : New.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 516 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Etat : New. KlappentextrnrnMaps and TablesPrefaceNote on OrthographyGlossaryIntroduction 1: Boundaries and Transgressions: The Khalsa Normative Tradition 2: Sanatan Tradition and its Transmission: Gurus, Saints, Ascetics, and Scholars 3: An Enchanted Univer.

Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. In this major reinterpretation of religion and society in India, Harjot Oberoi challenges earlier accounts of Sikhism, Hinduism and Islam as historically given categories encompassing well-demarcated units of religious identity. Through a searching examination of Sikh historical materials, he shows that early Sikh tradition was not concerned with establishing distinct religious boundaries. Most Sikhs recognized multiple identities grounded in local, regional, religious, and secular loyalties. Consequently, religious identities were highly blurred and several competing definitions of what constituted a Sikh were possible. In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, however, the Singh Sabha, a powerful new Sikh movement, began to view the multiplicity in Sikh identity with suspicion and hostility. Aided by social and cultural forces unleashed by the British Raj, the Singh Sabha sought to recast Sikh tradition and purge it of diversity. The ethnocentric logic of a new elite dissolved alternative ideals under the highly codified culture of modern Sikhism.A study of the process by which a pluralistic religious world view is replaced by a monolithic one, this important book calls into question basic assumptions about the efficacy of fundamentalist claims and the construction of all social and religious identities. An essential book for the field of South Asian religions, this work is also an important contribution to cultural anthropology, postcolonial studies, and the history of religion in general. In this major reinterpretation of religion and society in India, Harjot Oberoi challenges earlier accounts of Sikhism, Hinduism and Islam as historically given categories encompassing well-demarcated units of religious identity. Through a searching examination of Sikh historical materials, he shows that early Sikh tradition was not concerned with establishing distinct religious boundaries. Most Sikhs recognized multiple identities grounded in local, regional, religious, and secular loyalties. Consequently, religious identities were highly blurred and several competing definitions of what constituted a Sikh were possible. In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, however, the Singh Sabha, a powerful new Sikh movement, began to view the multiplicity in Sikh identity with suspicion and hostility. Aided by social and cultural forces unleashed by the British Raj, the Singh Sabha sought to recast Sikh tradition and purge it of diversity. The ethnocentric logic of a new elite dissolved alternative ideals under the highly codified culture of modern Sikhism. A study of the process by which a pluralistic religious world view is replaced by a monolithic one, this important book calls into question basic assumptions about the efficacy of fundamentalist claims and the construction of all social and religious identities. An essential book for the field of South Asian religions, this work is also an important contribution to cultural anthropology, postcolonial studies, and the history of religion in general. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Maps and TablesPrefaceNote on OrthographyGlossaryIntroduction 1: Boundaries and Transgressions: The Khalsa Normative Tradition 2: Sanatan Tradition and its Transmission: Gurus, Saints, Ascetics, and Scholars 3: An Enchanted Universe: Sikh Participation in Popular Religion 4: Conserving Sanatan Sikh Tradition: The Foundation of the Sri Guru Singh Sabha 5: The Interpretive Process: The Expansion of the Singh Sabhas 6: A New Social Imagination: The Making of the Tat Khalsa 7: Resistance and Counter-resistance: The Triumph of PraxisConclusionsAppendix: Singh Sabhas Established Between 1873 and 1900BibliographyIndex.

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.