John Stratton Hawley is Professor and Chair of Religion at Barnard College and Director of the Southern Asian Institute at Columbia University. Gurinder Singh Mann is Assistant Professor of Sikh Studies and South Asian Religion at Columbia University.

"Scholars around the world have long recognized the need to expand the study of Sikhism which has frequently been imbedded in broader works on Indian tradition and religion. This book presents a rationale for looking at Sikhism as an independent religious tradition, provides a background for previous work in the area, and outlines possible directions for future scholarship in the field. The authors of the essays represent some of the foremost scholars of the field in North America. They capably establish that there is a need to develop this area of scholarship further, providing suggestions for possible directions that can be undertaken in the field."—Jane Singh, University of California at Berkeley

• IntroductionNote on Transliteration and Pronunciation1. Sikhism and Religious StudiesMark Juergensmeyer2. Sikh Studies and the Study of HistoryN. Gerald Barrier3. The Study of Sikh LiteratureW. H. McLeod4. The Sikh Diaspora and Sikh StudiesArthur W. Helweg5. Sikh Studies and the Sikh Educational HeritageGurinder Singh Mann6. Sikh Studies in North America: A Field GuideJoseph T. O'Connell7. Teaching the Sikh Tradition: A Course at ColumbiaGurinder Singh Mann8. A Brief History of Sikh Studies in EnglishJ. S. GrewalGlossary of Punjabi TermsSelect Bibliography of Works in EnglishContributors