Understanding Sikhism: A Guide for Teachers

✍ Scribed by James D. Holt

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 235
• Series: Teaching Religions and Worldviews
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Sikhism is often the religion that teachers have the least confidence in teaching, despite being the fifth largest religion in the world, and being commonly regarded as one of the six main religions to be taught in schools. This book fills that 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.

Aspects of Sikhism explored include the concepts that form the central beliefs of Sikhism, and the expression of these beliefs in worship and daily life, and the ethics of Sikhs in the modern day. Each chapter includes authentic voices of believers today and provides opportunities for the reader to consider the concepts and how they can be respected and taught in the classroom.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Figures
Tables
Series Foreword
Acknowledgements
Note on Texts and Translation
Introduction
Part 1 Key Concepts in Sikhism
Chapter 1 Waheguru
Chapter 2 The Nature of Humanity/Becoming Gurmukh
Chapter 3 The Ten Gurus
Chapter 4 Guru Granth Sahib
Chapter 5 Equality
Chapter 6 Sewa
Chapter 7 Expressions of Faith
Part 2 Contemporary Issues
Chapter 8 The Ethical Dimension
Chapter 9 Authority in the Sikh Diaspora
Chapter 10 Sikhs and Contemporary Britain
Glossary
References
Index