| The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent Contributor(s): Singh, Nikky-Guninder Kaur (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521050561 ISBN-13: 9780521050562 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Sikhism - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) |
| Dewey: 294.620 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6" W x 9" (1.07 lbs) 332 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This work is an original and critical interpretation of Sikh literature from a feminist perspective. It analyzes the rich feminine imagery and symbolism that pervades the divine-human encounter in this literature, and gives a new authenticity to a relatively neglected religious tradition. Nikky Singh shows convincingly that Sikh Gurus and poets did not want the feminine principle to serve just as a figure of speech or literary device, but was intended, rather, to pervade the whole life of the Sikhs. Her work thus reverses an androcentric approach to Sikhism. |