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Ranging from detailed descriptions of grammatical structures and vocabulary to presentations of poetry and short stories written by pre-eminent twentieth century authors, An Introduction to Punjabi: Grammar, Conversation, and Literature, is a language manual that responds to the needs of beginning and intermediate language learners. While this book is designed for use in classroom settings, it can also be used independently. |
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G.S.
Mann's Sikhism (Prentice Hall, 2004)
is published in Religions of the World Series. Focusing predominantly
on primary source material, this book reconstructs five centuries
of Sikh history and examines Sikh beliefs and practices, as well
as the nature and composition of Sikh society.
The Japanese and Spanish editions of the book were released in 2007.
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G.
S. Mann's Making of Sikh Scripture
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2001) reconstructs the history
of the Sikh scriptural text, the Adi Granth, from the 1530s
to the present day, and also attempts to place it in the larger
context of Sikh institutional developments. This book is also
available online at Oxford Scholarship Online, and it has been reprinted in both hard (2002) and soft cover (2003 and 2006) by Oxford
University Press, New Delhi.
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Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs in America,
was a co-authored volume featuring the work of G.S. Mann, Paul
David Numrich, and Raymond B. Williams (New York: Oxford University
Press, 2001). The volume contains three chapters that narrate
the history of the Sikhs and their settlement in America. A
revised edition of the book is released in 2008. |
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Mark
Juergensmeyer's Terror in the Mind of God
(Berkeley: UC Press, 2000) has a chapter on Sikh militancy, and
presents the first serious discussion of religious nationalism
in which Sikh issues are closely woven into the main narrative.
The winner of the prestigious Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion
in 2003, the book has gone through several editions. |
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