Exploring Sikhism

by W.H.McLeod

This Volume brings together essays published over decades by an internationally renowned scholar of Sikh Studies whose interest embraces all aspects of Sikh history,belief,and practice.The Essays,trenchant,insightful,and engagingly written, cover a range of subjects---from the nature of the Sikh Panth (the Sikh Community) and the Khalsa Rahit (the code of belief and behaviour all intiated Sikhs must promise to obey) to Guru Nanak and the Sikh diaspora.The volume concludes with a spirited answer to some of the critisms that have been levelled against McLead over the course of his career.This collection will be invaluable for students and scholars of Sikh studies as well as general will be interested in the work of this important scholar.About The AuthorHew McLeod is Emeritus Professor at the University of Otago,Dunedin,New Zealand.