Sikhs trace the genesis of their religious rites, prayers, dress codes, and names to Guru Gobind Singh’s creation of the Khalsa in 1699. The Birth of the Khalsa is the first work to explore this pivotal event in Sikh history from a feminist perspective, questioning the ways in which Sikh memories have constructed a hypermasculine Sikh identity. The book argues that Sikh memory needs to acknowledge the vital female dimension grounded in the universal human condition and present at the birth of the Khalsa.
Inspired by her own father, the eminent Sikh scholar Harbans Singh, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh rediscovers the feminine side of the words and actions of the founders of Sikhism. She looks at the basic texts and tenets of Sikh religion and demonstrates the female aspect in the sacred text, daily prayers, dress code, and rituals of the Sikhs. Singh reminds us that Guru Gobind Singh’s original vision was an egalitarian one and urges present-day Sikhs to live up to the liberating implications set in motion when he gave birth to the Khalsa.
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction
List of Abbreviations
1. Pregnant Text and the Conception of the Khalsa
2. The Guru in Labor and the Birth of the Khalsa
3. Mythic Inheritance and the Historic Drink of the Khalsa
4. The Five Ks and the Accoutrement of the Khalsa
5. Semiotic Poetry and the Reproduction of the Khalsa
Conclusion
Appendix: Brief Biography of Guru Gobind Singh
Notes
Index
Over de auteur
In the Department of Religious Studies at Colby College,
Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh is Chair and Crawford Family Professor of Religious Studies. She is the author of several books, including
The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent.
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