W. H. McLeod

Who is a Sikh? : the problem of Sikh identity

What is Sikhism? the Nanak-panth the Khalsa and its Rahit the Khalsa in the 18th century the Singh Sabha reformation definition by legislation who is a Sikh?

The Sikh Struggle in the Eighteenth Century and Its Relevance for Today

The Sikhs have been much in the news during recent years and many people have been asking basic questions about them. Who are the Sikhs? Was not Sikhism founded by Guru Nanak who preached a combination of Hinduism and Islam, choosing the best of each and rejecting the remainder? When did they emerge as a people believing a distinctive faith? Are they not really Hindus of a particularly militant

Discord in the Sikh panth

Attacks have been made against the author by some Sikhs, convinced that his research is designed to undermine the Sikh faith. Such attacks, however, have not been nearly as vigorous as those directed against three Sikh scholars, regarded by their critics as renegades. Various reasons account for this turmoil in the Sikh community, pointing to the ever-present need for dealing cautiously with any academic analysis of a living faith. At the same time that analysis, tactful though it should be, remains essential - for it is often enough the nature of scholarship itself that is at issue.

The Sants: Studies in a Devotional Tradition of India@@@The Lord as Guru: Hindi Sants in the Northern Indian Tradition

The devotional transformation of medival Hinduism known as bhakti was an extremely diverse phenomenon. This book brings together current research and offers new perspectives on the radical wing of the movement.