I must say when I read Mcleod's books as a youth it semed to me that his books seemed to be well researched and having the Oxford paperback label must mean they are truthful sccounts of Sikhism. I also remember at the time being unforfortable with some of the conclusions that Mcleod came up with, as they didn't sit true with Sikh tradition.
As I grew older I read more books and more sources which contradicted Mcleod(and his faithful band). Then I started notocing contradictions in Mcleod's books themselves. He seemed to change his mind from book to book.
I know now that Mcleod had meant well when studying Sikhism, but his methodology was flawed. Their were huge gaps in his knowledge that only a person who has been brought up in the traditions of Sikhi understands as what I call "background knowledge".
I knew Mcleod was wrong in his conclusions, and now I have discovered stal wart academics from the Sikh fraternity who have used hard facts to debunk Mcleod's theories. These stallwarts and creme de la creme of sikh intellectuals have published books on www.globalsikhstudies.net. Here is an example of an essay on that site.
http://www.globalsikhstudies.net/pdf/per-sikh-studies.pdf
I must commend Dr Mann, Jagjit Singh and all for the sterling work they have done in correcting some of the myth making done by Mcleod and his cronies.
I hope you will join me in supporting www.globalsikhstudies.net.
As I grew older I read more books and more sources which contradicted Mcleod(and his faithful band). Then I started notocing contradictions in Mcleod's books themselves. He seemed to change his mind from book to book.
I know now that Mcleod had meant well when studying Sikhism, but his methodology was flawed. Their were huge gaps in his knowledge that only a person who has been brought up in the traditions of Sikhi understands as what I call "background knowledge".
I knew Mcleod was wrong in his conclusions, and now I have discovered stal wart academics from the Sikh fraternity who have used hard facts to debunk Mcleod's theories. These stallwarts and creme de la creme of sikh intellectuals have published books on www.globalsikhstudies.net. Here is an example of an essay on that site.
http://www.globalsikhstudies.net/pdf/per-sikh-studies.pdf
I must commend Dr Mann, Jagjit Singh and all for the sterling work they have done in correcting some of the myth making done by Mcleod and his cronies.
I hope you will join me in supporting www.globalsikhstudies.net.