Introduction / Pashaura Singh and Louis E. Fenech -- An overview of Sikh history / Pashaura Singh -- The evolution of the Sikh community / Louis E. Fenech -- Sikhism in the eighteenth century / Purnima Dhavan -- The Sikh kingdom / Sunit Singh -- Colonial formations of Sikhism / Navdeeps S. Mandair -- Sikhs in independent India / Joginder Singh -- Representations of Sikh history / Anne Murphy -- Survey of literature in the Sikh tradition / Christopher Shackle -- The Guru Granth Sahib / Pashaura Singh -- The Dasam Granth / Robin Rinehart -- The works of Bhai Gurdas / Rahuldeep Singh Gill -- The works of Bhai Nand Lal Goya / Louis E. Fenech -- Sectarian works / Hardip Singh Syan -- Pre-colonial Sikh literature / Toby Braden Johnson -- Sikhism in twentieth-century Punjabi literature / Tejwant Singh Gill -- 'Western' writers on the Sikhs / Harpreet Singh -- Linguistic and philological approaches to sacred Sikh literature / Michael C. Shapiro -- Gurmat : the teachings of the Gurus / Pashaura Singh -- The Khalsa and the Rahit / Louis E. Fenech -- Sikh interactions with other religions / W. Owen Cole -- Secular and religious miri/piri domains in Sikhism : frames for Sikh politics / Virinder S. Kalra -- Sikh nationalism / Giorgio Shani -- Postcolonial and postmodern perspectives on Sikhism / Balbinder Singh Bhogal -- Sikh philosophy/ Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair -- Sikh institutions / Michael Hawley -- Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee : an overview / Kashmir Singh -- The Shiromani Akali Dal / Amarjit Singh Narang -- Sikh sects / Opinderjit Kaur Takhar -- Sikh sants and their establishments in India and abroad / Eleanor Nesbitt -- Taksals, akharas, and Nihang deras / Paramjit Singh Judge -- Global Sikhism / Mark Juergensmeyer -- Sikh music / Gurnam Singh -- Sikh cultural performances / Michael Nijhawan -- Sikh art / Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh -- The Darbar Sahib / Charles M. Townsend -- The Khalsa Heritage Complex / William J. Glover -- Sikh material culture / Anne Murphy -- Sikh martial art (gatkā) / Kamalroop Singh -- Sikhi through Internet, films, and videos / Susan Elizabeth Prill -- Sikh culture and Punjābiyat / Pritam Singh and Meena Dhanda -- The Sikh diaspora / Darshan Singh Tatla -- Sikhs in mainland European countries / Kristina Myrvold -- Sikhs as a racial and religious minority in the US / Jaideep Singh -- Sikhs living beyond Punjab in India / Himadri Banerjee -- Sikh migration, diasporas, and transnational practices / Shinder Singh Thandi -- Punjabi Sikhs and Gora Sikhs / Verne A. Dusenbery -- 'Khalistan' as political critique / Cynthia Keppley Mahmood -- Changing manifestations of caste in the Sikh Panth / Surinder S. Jodhka -- Gender in Sikh traditions / Doris R. Jakobsh -- A feminist interpretation of Sikh scripture / Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh -- New directions in Sikh studies / Pashaura Singh.