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1 online resource |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 1. Introduction; 2. The Nineteenth Century; Sikh Religion in the Early Nineteenth Century; Baba Dayal and the Origin of the Nirankaris; Developments under Baba Darbara Singh and Sahib Rattaji; The Nirankaris and the Anand Marriage Act; Conclusion; 3. The Consolidation of Tradition, 1909-1947; Nirankari Balak Jatha and Nirankari Bhujangi Sevak Jatha; The Recording of Nirankari History; Defining a Theological Position |
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Internal Tensions and the Origins of the Sant NirankarisConclusion; 4. Relocation, 1947-1976; The Partition Crisis and its Aftermath; The Nirankaris in Sikh History; The 1976 Annual Gathering; Conclusion; 5. The Nirankaris Today; Nirankaris and Sant Nirankaris; Nirankari Identity within Sikhism; Important Internal Developments; Conclusion; Appendices; A. 'India: Lodiana Mission. Journal of a Tour from Lahor to Rawal Pindi, by Rev. J.H. Morrison'; B. 'India: Lodiana Mission. Journal of the Rev. C.W. Forman'; C. The Twentieth Annual Report of the Lodiana Mission; D. 'Affairs at Rawalpindi' |
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E. Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson, Report on the Census of the Punjab, 1881F. E.D. Maclagan, The Punjab and its Feudatories, Part I. The Report of the Census of India 1891; G.H.A. Rose (compiler), A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province, 1914; H. The Hukumnama; I. HukamnÄm of Sahib Rattaji; J. The Will of Sahib Rattaji, 1903; K. Correspondence for the Nirankari gurus concerning the Anand Marriage Act; Glossary; Index |
| Summary |
This is a new edition of Dr. Webster's, The Nirankari Sikhs (1979), which has been recognized as 'single most important work on the history of Baba Dayal and his successors'. It updates the earlier edition not only by dealing with the past forty years of Nirankari history but also by taking into account subsequent scholarship on the history of Sikhism, especially during the first half of the nineteenth century. Further, it also provides two additional primary sources of nineteenth century Nirankari history along with the nine included in the earlier edition. This new edition will be of value not only to those scholars interested in Nirankari history but also to those seeking a fuller understanding of the evolution of Sikh identity since the nineteenth century. Sikh identity has been a major issue for Nirankaris in recent decades because they have been confused with the Sant Nirankari Mandal which makes no claims to a Sikh identity. Nirankaris, like other Sikhs, base their beliefs and practices upon the Guru Granth Sahib and revere the ten Sikh gurus. For this reason they view themselves, and are considered by other Sikhs, to be minority group within Sikhism. They are distinguished from other Sikhs, most obviously in not fully embracing the Khalsa tradition of the Sikhs and in having a continuing hereditary line of human gurus. How such similarities and differences have affected their own, and the very nature of, Sikh identity over the past two centuries is an important part of this history |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 14, 2018) |
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Nirankaris.
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Sikhism.
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Sikhism.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Nirankaris
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Sikhism
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429453519 |
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0429453515 |
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9780429842931 |
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0429842937 |
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