Martyrdom in the Sikh Tradition: Playing the 'Game of Love'

By Louis E. Fenech

Book Overview

Through an analysis of the Sikh scriptures, eighteenth and nineteenth century Sikh literature, as well as the voluminous tracts and newspapers produced under the auspices of the late nineteenth-century 'reform' movement, the Singh Sabha, this book examines how and why Sikhs began to represent their history as a history of persecutions and martyrdoms.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195679016
• ISBN13: 9780195679014
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"