Author: Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia
Publisher: Punjabi University
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 147
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8173805717
Description
This volume is a pioneering work that studies, holistically, in post-modernist perspective, the doctrinal basis and the endogenous institutional evolution of Sikhism. The postulates of Nankeen thought have been well differentiated from both Indian and Western philosophical systems.
The author holds that in contrast to the modern western civilization, based on the category of reason with its reductive-analytic methodology, the post modern global civilization of the 21st century and the third millennium would, hopefully, be centered on the ontological concept of spirit with its 'systems-thinking' methodology. In this context, the author contends that Sikhism, being essentially a religion of spirit, can play a significant role in evolving the ideology of the coming world civilization.
Stressing the correlativity of the universal and the historical dimension of Sikhism, Dr. Ahluwalia observes that the existential concerns of the Sikhs have gradually taken precedence over the universal concerns of Sikhism. This lopsidedness would have to be corrected in contemporary Sikh praxis for brining to the centre stage the universal concerns of this faith. The author points out that Sikh religion is neither region-specific nor ethnicity-specific; this essential characteristic will have to be kept in view in projecting the universalistic profile of Sikhism as a world religion.
Contents
CHAPTER I
A Vision of the 21st Century
CHAPTER II
Sikhism and the 21st Century
CHAPTER III
Re-Discovering Universal Values of Sikhism
CHAPTER IV
Time, Reality and Religion
CHAPTER V
Guru Nanak's Vision of Pluralistic Civilization
CHAPTER VI
Evolutionary Dynamics of Sikhism
CHAPTER VII
The Order of the Khalsa : Significance in world History and Civilization
CHAPTER VIII
Sri Akal Takht
CHAPTER IX
Evolution of sikh Polity
CHAPTER X
Secularism and Religious Fundamentalism
CHAPTER XI
Secularism and Social reality in India Today
CHAPTER XII
Sikhism and Inter-Religious Dialogue
CHAPTER XIII
Sikhism and Bhakti Movement
CHAPTER XIV
Sikhism and Sufism
CHAPTER XV
Towards the Second Sikh Reformation
CHAPTER XVI
Appendix
I. The Gurdwara Institution
II. The Bills Delinking Politics and Religion
III. Dr. Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia - A Profile
IV. Books by the same Author