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Sikh Ways of Dying: Religious Ceremonies in Changing Deathscapes
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3366-7368
2022 (English)In: Death and Religion in a Changing World / [ed] Kathleen Garces-Foley, Routledge, 2022, 2, p. 153-179Chapter in book (Refereed)
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This chapter examines Sikh ways of dying and changing death ceremonies in the Sikh religion from historical and contemporary perspectives. After an overview of religious beliefs surrounding death in the Sikh tradition and the development of normative codes of conducts in the past, the chapter describes the rituals that are included in contemporary death ceremonies among the Sikhs in India. Migration transforms many practices related to death when minority communities need to adapt practices to new customs and regulations in the majority society. A closer look at death ceremonies among Sikhs in Sweden illustrates how they have maintained essential elements of death ceremonies that are considered important in the Sikh tradition while simultaneously adjusting rituals and creating new spaces for commemorating the dead. The chapter considers the challenges that have emerged with the Covid-19 pandemic in India and beyond and how the global crisis has influenced Sikh death ceremonies. While the deathscapes are continually changing in the interface with new societal challenges, the Sikhs continue to perform prayers and text recitations from the Sikh scriptures, the Guru Granth Sahib, in new ways.

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Routledge, 2022, 2. p. 153-179
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History of Religions
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Humanities, Study of Religions
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-123799DOI: 10.4324/9781003126997-8Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85156246147ISBN: 9781000588897 (print)ISBN: 9780367649302 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-123799DiVA, id: diva2:1789056
Available from: 2023-08-17 Created: 2023-08-17 Last updated: 2023-09-07Bibliographically approved

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