The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent

The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent (Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions, Series Number 3)

This work is an original and critical interpretation of Sikh literature from a feminist perspective. It analyzes the rich feminine imagery and symbolism that pervades the divine-human encounter in this literature, and gives a new authenticity to a relatively neglected religious tradition. Nikky Singh shows convincingly that Sikh Gurus and poets did not want the feminine principle to serve just as a figure of speech or literary device, but was intended, rather, to pervade the whole life of the Sikhs. Her work thus reverses an androcentric approach to Sikhism.
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The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent (Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions, Series Number 3)