Sikhism
A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition

I picked up this book before a trip to Amritsar. While Sikhs are arguably the most visually distinct religious adherents, it’s one of the least understood world religions with respect to internal aspects like beliefs and practices. And a major religion, it is. With 23 million followers, it’s between......more

Solidly fine, but that's about it; this book is very strangely structured, and uninterested in answering even the most basic questions about the beliefs that feed into Sikh practices. It's nice to know about those practices, of course, but without any context, it's hard to see why anyone is doing th......more

A rather boring book, about a relatively boring subject. This book offered a review of what Sikhs believe. But it was explained in a monotonic voice. It does not give any useful information if one is not just about to meet a Sikh!......more

Being a short introduction in an area I have no familiarity with, I can’t really speak to its accuracy but generally it provides a broad overview of this large and relatively unknown religion though it (unfortunately in my view) is far more focused on the history and lives of Sikh people at the expe......more

My interest in Religion stems primarily from the desire to learn about faith and beliefs, and their metaphysical underpinnings. So when I pick up a book in order to learn about a religion that is different from my own, I have an expectation that the major part of that book will deal with the subject......more