Series statement from dust jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Pashaura Singh and Louis E. Fenech -- An overvi ew of Sikh history / Pashaura Singh -- The evolution of the Sikh community / Louis E. Fenech -- Sikhism in the eighteenth century / Purnima Dhavan -- The Sikh kingdom / Sunit Singh -- Colon ial formations of Sikhism / Navdeeps S. Mandair -- Sikhs in indep endent India / Joginder Singh -- Representations of Sikh history / Anne Murphy -- Survey of literature in the Sikh tradition / Christopher Shackle -- The Guru Granth Sahib / Pashaura Singh -- The Dasam Granth / Robin Rinehart -- The works of Bhai Gurdas / Rahuldeep Singh Gill -- The works of Bhai Nand Lal Goya / L ouis E. Fenech -- Sectarian works / Hardip Singh Syan -- Pre-c olonial Sikh literature / Toby Braden Johnson -- Sikhism in twent ieth-century Punjabi literature / Tejwant Singh Gill -- 'Western' writers on the Sikhs / Harpreet Singh -- Linguistic and philolog ical approaches to sacred Sikh literature / Michael C. Shapiro -- Gurmat: the teachings of the Gurus / Pashaura Singh -- The Kh alsa and the Rahit / Louis E. Fenech -- Sikh interactions with ot her religions / W. Owen Cole -- Secular and religious miri/piri) domains in Sikhism: frames for Sikh politics / Virinder S. Kalra -- Sikh nationalism / Giorgio Shani -- Postcolonial and postmode rn perspectives on Sikhism / Balbinder Singh Bhogal -- Sikh philo sophy/ Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair -- Sikh institutions / Michael Hawley -- Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee: an overview / Kashmir Singh -- The Shiromani Akali Dal / Amarjit Singh Nara ng -- Sikh sects / Opinderjit Kaur Takhar -- Sikh sants and th eir establishments in India and abroad / Eleanor Nesbitt -- Taksa ls, akharas, and Nihang deras / Paramjit Singh Judge -- Global Si khism / Mark Juergensmeyer -- Sikh music / Gurnam Singh -- Sikh cultural performances / Michael Nijhawan -- Sikh art / Ni kky-Guninder Kaur Singh -- The Darbar Sahib / Charles M. Townsend -- The Khalsa Heritage Complex / William J. Glover -- Sikh ma terial culture / Anne Murphy -- Sikh martial art (gatkåa) / Ka malroop Singh -- Sikhi through Internet, films, and videos / Susa n Elizabeth Prill -- Sikh culture and Punjåabiyat / Pritam Singh and Meena Dhanda -- The Sikh diaspora / Darshan Singh Tatla -- Sikhs in mainland European countries / Kristina Myrvold -- Si khs as a racial and religious minority in the US / Jaideep Singh -- Sikhs living beyond Punjab in India / Himadri Banerjee -- Sik h migration, diasporas, and transnational practices / Shinder Singh Thandi -- Punjabi Sikhs and Gora Sikhs / Verne A. Dusenbery -- 'Khalistan' as political critique / Cynthia Keppley Mahmood -- Changing manifestations of caste in the Sikh Panth / Surinder S. Jodhka -- Gender in Sikh traditions / Doris R. Jakobsh -- A f eminist interpretation of Sikh scripture / Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh -- New directions in Sikh studies / Pashaura Singh.