The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies innovatively combines the ways in which scholars from fields as diverse as philosophy, psychology, religious studies, literary studies, history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and economics have integrated the study of Sikhism within a wide range of critical and postcolonial perspectives on the nature of religion, violence, gender, ethno-nationalism, and revisionist historiography. A number of essays within this collection also provide a more practical dimension, written by artists and practitioners of the tradition. The Handbook is divided into eight thematic sections that explore different 'expressions' of Sikhism. Historical, literary, ideological, institutional, and artistic expressions are considered in turn, followed by discussion of Sikhs in the Diaspora, and of caste and gender in the Panth.
Introduction I. Historical Expressions 1: Pashaura Singh: An Overview of Sikh History 2: Louis E. Fenech: The Evolution of the Sikh Tradition 3: Purnima Dhavan: Eighteenth-century Sikh History 4: Sunit Singh: The Sikh Kingdom 5: Navdeep S. Mandair: Colonial Formations of Sikhism 6: Joginder Singh: Sikhs in Independent India 7: Anne Murphy: Representations of Sikh History II. Literary Expressions 8: Christopher Shackle: Survey of Literature on the Sikh Tradition 9: Pashaura Singh: The Guru Granth Sahib 10: Robin Rinehart: The Dasam Granth 11: Rahuldeep Singh Gill: Works of Bhai Gurdas 12: Louis E. Fenech: Works of Bhai Nand Lal Goya 13: Hardip Singh Syan: Sectarian Works 14: Toby Johnson: Pre-colonial Sikh Literature 15: Tejwant Singh Gill: Sikhism in 20th Century Punjabi Literature 16: Harpreet Singh: Western Writers on the Sikhs 17: Michael C. Shapiro: Linguistic and Philological Approaches to Sikh Literature III: Ideological Expressions 18: Pashaura Singh: Gurmat: The Teachings of the Gurus 19: Louis E. Fenech: The Khalsa and the Rahit 20: W. Owen Cole: Sikh Intersections with Other Religions 21: Virinder Kalra: Secular and Religious (Miri/Piri) Domains in Sikhism 22: Giorgio Shani: Sikh Nationalism 23: Balbinder S. Bhogal: Postcolonial and Postmodern Perspectives on Sikhism 24: Arvind-pal S. Mandair: Sikh Philosophy IV. Institutional Expressions 25: Michael Hawley: Sikh Institutions 26: Kashmir Singh: The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) 27: Amarjit Singh Narang: The Akali Dal 28: Opinderjit Kaur Takhar: Sikh Sects 29: Eleanor Nesbitt: Sikh Sants and their Establishments in India and Abroad 30: Paramjit Singh Judge: Taksals, Akharas, and Nihang Deras 31: Mark Juergensmeyer: Global Sikhism V. Artistic Expressions 32: Gurnam Singh: Sikh Music 33: Michael Nijhawan: Sikh Cultural Performances 34: Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh: Sikh Art 35: Charles Townsend: The Darbar Sahib 36: Will Glover: The Khalsa Heritage Complex 37: Anne Murphy: Sikh Material Culture 38: Kamalroop Singh: Sikh Martial Art (Gatka) 39: Susan Elizabeth Prill: Sikhi through Internet, Films & Videos 40: Pritam Singh & Meena Dhanda: Sikh Culture and Punjabiyat VI. Diasporic Expressions 41: Darshan Singh Tatla: Sikhs in the Diaspora 42: Kristina Myrvold: Sikhs in mainland European countries 43: Jaideep Singh: Sikhs as a Racial and Religious Minority in the U.S. 44: Himadri Banerjee: Sikhs living beyond Punjab in India 45: Shinder S. Thandi: Sikh Migrations, Diasporas and Transnational Practices 46: Verne A. Dusenbery: Punjabi Sikhs and Gora Sikhs 47: Cynthia Mahmood: Khalistan as Political Critique VII. Expressions of Caste & Gender in the Panth 48: Surinder S. Jodhka: Changing Manifestations of Caste in the Panth 49: Doris Jakobsh: Gender in Sikh Traditions 50: Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh: A Feminist Interpretation of Sikh Scripture VIII. Future Trajectories 51: Pashaura Singh: New Directions in Sikh Studies
Edited by Pashaura Singh, Professor and Dr. Jasbir Singh Saini Endowed Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies, University of California, Riverside, and Louis E. Fenech, Professor of South Asian and Sikh History, University of Northern Iowa.
