{"product_id":"first-sikh-hardcover-1","title":"First Sikh - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNikky-Guninder Kaur Singh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this highly accessible and comprehensive biography, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh deftly mines the available sources to construct a vivid and complex account of Guru Nanak's life and legacy, his personality and background, the pluralistic world he lived in, his teachings and philosophy, and even the manner in which he has been understood by believers and scholars over time. What emerges is a majestic and magisterial portrait of a great enlightener who not only founded one of the world's major religions but whose singular message of unity and hope has endured centuries after he first walked the earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Sikh\u003c\/i\u003e unites rigorous scholarship with a deep love for the subject, offering fascinating insights into Guru Nanak's life and times even as it explores key facets of Sikhism. Moreover, it shows us how Guru Nanak continues to remain relevant in a twenty-first-century reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikky-Guninder Kaur Singh\u003c\/b\u003e is Crawford Professor and Chair of the department of Religious Studies at Colby College in the USA. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Guru Granth Sahib: its Physics and Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), \u003ci\u003eThe Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eThe Name of My Beloved: Verses of the Sikh Gurus\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), now published in Penguin Classics as \u003ci\u003eHymns of the Sikh Gurus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of the Khalsa: \u003c\/i\u003e(2005), \u003ci\u003eOf Sacred and Secular Desire: An Anthology of Lyrical Writings \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003efrom the Punjab\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.3 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47193729204473,"sku":"9780670088621","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/pzgMnXRCFn9780670088621_8e741c07-a56b-4593-bc3d-affd65e5ef5f.webp?v=1767909737","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/first-sikh-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}