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Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas (2012) What makes you not a Sikh? : a preliminary mapping of values. Sikh Formations, Vol.8 (No.2). pp. 231-245. doi:10.1080/17448727.2012.728691 ISSN 1744-8727.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17448727.2012.728691
Abstract
This study sets out to establish which Sikh values contrasted with or were shared by non-Sikh adolescents. A survey of attitude toward a variety of Sikh values was fielded in a sample of 364 non-Sikh schoolchildren aged between 13 and 15 in London. Values where attitudes were least positive concerned Sikh duties/code of conduct, festivals, rituals, prayer Gurdwara attendance, listening to scripture recitation, the amrit initiation. Sikh values empathized with by non-Sikhs concerned family pride, charity, easy access to ordination and Gurdwaras, maintaining the five Ks, seeing God in all things, abstaining from meat and alcohol and belief in the stories of Guru Nanak. Further significant differences of attitude toward Sikhism were found in comparisons by sex, age and religious affiliation. Findings are applied to teaching Sikhism to pupils of no faith adherence. The study recommends the extension of values mapping to specifically Sikh populations.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Teenagers -- Conduct of life, Teenagers -- Religious life, Spiritual life -- Sikhism, Values | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Sikh Formations | ||||
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | ||||
ISSN: | 1744-8727 | ||||
Official Date: | 28 September 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.8 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 15 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 231-245 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/17448727.2012.728691 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Funder: | University of Warwick, Great Britain. Dept. for Education. Teaching Agency, Dhammakāya International Society of the United Kingdom (DISUK) |
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