The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh's 1993 study from Cambridge University Press, part of the Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions series, reads the Sikh scriptures' imagery of the Transcendent and is the standard scholarly authority for the claim that the Sikh conception of God is not gendered male. Its strength is close textual engagement with the Guru Granth Sahib by a specialist in Sikh studies, published by a major academic press. Its limit is that it argues one reading of gendered imagery across a large scriptural corpus; specific verses cited from it should be checked against the text itself for context.
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Reliability tier 1: a scholarly monograph from a major academic press in a recognized series, close textual engagement by a specialist in the field. NotesCambridge Studies in Religious Traditions 3. Reads the Sikh scriptures on the Transcendent through their feminine imagery and is the standard authority for the claim that the Sikh conception of God is not male.
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AuthorNikky-Guninder Kaur Singh
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication Year1993
Source Typeacademic monograph
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