The Construction of Religious Boundaries

Download or read book The Construction of Religious Boundaries written by Harjot Oberoi and published by Delhi, India : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Author Shows That Early-Period Sikh Tradition Was Not Unduly Concerned With Establishing Distinct Religious Boundaries And That There Was Immense Diversity Within Sikh Society For Much Of The 19Th Century. But By The Closing Decades Of The 19Th Century, Egged On By The Social And Cultural Forces Unleashed By The Raj, The Singh Sabha, Ranging Religions Movement, Viewed The Multiplicity In Sikh Identity With Suspicious And Hostility And Launched A Powerful Project To Recast Sikh Tradition And Purge It Of Its Diversity. Condition Good.