How do we understand Sikhi in the present age? Is it a syncretic mix of Hinduism and Islam? Is it a movement within Hinduism? Can we call it a religion?
How do we understand Sikhi in the present age? Is it a syncretic mix of Hinduism and Islam? Is it a movement within Hinduism? Can we call it a religion? If we call Sikhi a dharam, how do we understand it in contradistinction to the idea of religion in the West and that of dharma among the Hindus? The above questions have their origin in modernist and historicist theoretical approaches that have been defining the field of Sikh Studies until recent times. Introduction to Sikhi will be an interdisciplinary course offering philosophical reflections on key Sikh concepts to have a fresh look at the history and religion of the Sikhs.
