LEADER 03107oam 2200469I 450 001 9910825473703321 005 20230814222212.0 010 $a0-429-84294-5 010 $a0-429-45351-5 010 $a0-429-84293-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000004818092 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5379583 035 $a(OCoLC)1035213319 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004818092 100 $a20180611d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe nirankari Sikhs /$fby John C.B. Webster 210 1$aBoca Raton, FL :$cRoutledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (109 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-138-31723-3 327 $tchapter 1 Introduction /$rJohn C.B. Webster -- $tchapter 2 The Nineteenth Century /$rJohn C.B. Webster -- $tchapter 3 The Consolidation of Tradition, 1909?1947 /$rJohn C.B. Webster -- $tchapter 4 Relocation, 1947?1976 /$rJohn C.B. Webster -- $tchapter 5 The Nirankaris Today /$rJohn C.B. Webster. 330 3 $aThis is a new edition of Dr. Webster's, The Nirankari Sikhs (1979), which has been recognized as 'single most important work on the history of Baba Dayal and his successors'. It updates the earlier edition not only by dealing with the past forty years of Nirankari history but also by taking into account subsequent scholarship on the history of Sikhism, especially during the first half of the nineteenth century. Further, it also provides two additional primary sources of nineteenth century Nirankari history along with the nine included in the earlier edition.This new edition will be of value not only to those scholars interested in Nirankari history but also to those seeking a fuller understanding of the evolution of Sikh identity since the nineteenth century. Sikh identity has been a major issue for Nirankaris in recent decades because they have been confused with the Sant Nirankari Mandal which makes no claims to a Sikh identity. Nirankaris, like other Sikhs, base their beliefs and practices upon the Guru Granth Sahib and revere the ten Sikh gurus. For this reason they view themselves, and are considered by other Sikhs, to be minority group within Sikhism. They are distinguished from other Sikhs, most obviously in not fully embracing the Khalsa tradition of the Sikhs and in having a continuing hereditary line of human gurus. How such similarities and differences have affected their own, and the very nature of, Sikh identity over the past two centuries is an important part of this history. 606 $aNirankaris 606 $aSikhism 606 $aRELIGION / Comparative Religion$2bisacsh 607 $aSouth Asia$xHistory 615 0$aNirankaris. 615 0$aSikhism. 615 7$aRELIGION / Comparative Religion. 676 $a954 700 $aWebster$b John C. B.$f1935-$01626830 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825473703321 996 $aThe nirankari Sikhs$93963095 997 $aUNINA