Brings together new approaches to the study of Sikh religion, culture and ethnicity being pursued in the diaspora by Sikh academics.

Chapter 1 Introduction: New Perspectives in Sikh Studies; Chapter 2 Canon Formation in the Sikh Tradition, Gurinder Singh Mann; Chapter 3 Eighteenth Century Khalsa Identity: Discourse, Praxis and Narrative, Jeevan Deol; Chapter 4 Thinking Differently about Religion and History: Issues for Sikh Studies, Arvind-pal Singh Mandair; Chapter 5 On the Hermeneutics of Sikh Thought and Praxis, Balbinder Bhogal; Chapter 6 Making Punjabi Literary History, Christopher Shackle; Chapter 7 The Mirror and the Sikh: The Transformation of Ondaatje's Kip, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh; Chapter 8 The Limits of 'Conventional Wisdom': Understanding Sikh Ethno-nationalism, Gurharpal Singh; Chapter 9 Imagining Punjab: Narratives of Nationhood and Homeland among the Sikh Diaspora, Darshan S. Tatla; Chapter 10 What Has a Whale Got to Do With It? A Tale of Pogroms and Biblical Allegories, Harjot Oberoi;