Contents

• Introduction : Problems of Defining and Locating the Sikh Identity / 19
• Exegesis of Sikhism : The Methodological and Ideological Crisis / 30
• The Quintessence of Sikhism : The Doctrinal Sovereignty / 43
• The Sikh Metaphysics : Some Fundamental Problems / 77
• The Concept of Akal Murat / 92
• The Meaning and Significance of Rituals and Sacraments / 106
• Introduction to Sri Guru Granth Sahib / 116
• A Conceptual Study of the Sikh Religion / 128
• Sri Akal Takht / 136
• The Nature and Role of Organization in Sikhism / 143
• A Critique of the Attempts at Destroying the Sovereign Self-Identity of Sikhism / 150
• Sikhism and Marxism / 158
• Sikhism and the Challenges of Contemporary Modes of Thought / 175
• Sikhism : A Recapitulation / 190
• The Sikh Problem Today / 207
• The Challenges : A Retrospection / 217
• Ideological Problems of the Third Millennium Civilization / 225
• Sikhism and the Third Millennium Civilization / 236
• The Dialectics of Ethnic and Ethno-religious Consciousness / 249
• A Critique of Interreligious Dialogue Today / 257