Quick Reference
- Brill's Encyclopedia of SikhismBrill's Encyclopedia of Sikhism aims to make available in-depth critical scholarship on all the main aspects of the Sikh traditions in a number of original essays written by the world's foremost scholars on Sikhs and Sikh traditions.
- Historical Dictionary of SikhismThis dictionary provides a thorough survey of Sikhism and the teachings of Gurus. It includes brief articles on its doctrinal differences with Hinduism, and discusses rituals & ceremonies, holy places, various sects, important people and major events.
- A Popular Dictionary of Sikhism: Sikh Religion and PhilosophyThis dictionary covers all major concepts relating to Sikh beliefs, practices, important historical events, legislation, as well as biographies of important personalities, time charts, diagrams, maps, statistics etc.
Further Reading
The Sikh World by Publication Date: 2023A comprehensive and authoritative collection of 45 original chapters from a team of international contributors, contains substantial thematic articles on a variety of topics on the dynamic living experiences of the global Sikh community.
Understanding Sikhism: A Guide for Teachers by Publication Date: 2023This book fills the gap in knowledge and expertise by exploring the beliefs and practices of Sikhism as a lived religion in the modern world. It engages with Sikh beliefs and practices, and provides students and teachers with the confidence to address misconceptions and recognise the importance of beliefs in the lives of believers, in a way that will enable readers to go forward with confidence.
Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction by Publication Date: 2016The Sikh religion has a following of over 20 million people worldwide, and is ranked as the world's fifth largest religion. This Very Short Introduction introduces newcomers to the meaning of the Sikh religious tradition, its teachings, practices, rituals and festivals. Eleanor Nesbitt highlights and contextualizes the key threads in the history of Sikhism, from the first Gurus to martyrdom, militarization and the increasingly significant diaspora.
The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies by Publication Date: 2014The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies innovatively combines the ways in which scholars from fields as diverse as philosophy, psychology, religious studies, literary studies, history, sociology, anthropology, political science and economics have integrated the study of Sikhism within a wide range of critical and postcolonial perspectives on the nature of religion, violence, gender, ethno-nationalism and revisionist historiography.
The Adi Granth or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs Translated from the Original Gurmikhi with Introductory Essays by Publication Date: 1877The Adi Granth is the most sacred book of the Sikhs. Literally meaning the `First Book,' it is also reverentially called the Granth Sahib and is regarded as the authoritative scriptural work.
The Guru Granth Sahib: Canon, Meaning and Authority by Publication Date: 2001This important study looks at the genesis, development and contemporary status of the Adi Granth as Sikh scripture. It offers a new perspective on the general notion of canon, its formation, its relationship with a religious community, and the processes through which the community appropriates and interprets it.
Poems from the Guru Granth Sahib by Publication Date: 2022An exquisite new translation of Guru Nanak's verses, illuminating the sacred tenets cherished by millions of Sikhs worldwide. Founder of the Sikh religion Guru Nanak's vast corpus of nearly a thousand hymns forms the core of the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikhs' sacred book of ethics, philosophy and theology.
Conceptual Encyclopaedia of Guru Granth Sahib by Publication Date: 1992The present work seeks to fill a gap and meet the long felt needs in understanding the conceptual framework of Sikhism. In the introduction to this comprehensive work, the author brings out the unique features of the Sikh holy scripture Guru Granth Sahib and explains the basic tenents of Sikhism. He then provides about 1500 relevant entries (arranged alphabetically) and compares such concepts in other faiths thus making the work a useful reference tool.
Academic Journals
Web Resources
- Sri Granth is a Sri Guru Granth Sahib search engine and full-text resource freely available online.
- Sikhs.org is a website that provides extant overview of Sikhism's origins, development and philosophy, as well as full-text scriptures, pronunciation guide and glossary.
- The Guru Granth Sahib Project is a digital resource featuring transliteration, translation, commentary and calligraphy of the Sikh scripture in English.