Tensions between Religious Nationalism and Pluralism: The Sikh Case

In this paper, I examine the tensions between pluralism and religious nationalism in the US looking at how they have both shaped the Sikh experience. Religious nationalism is on the rise globally, and the US is no exception. Christian nationalism has only become more influential in recent years. Simultaneously, the ideology of pluralism is increasingly subject to critique. Studying pluralism and religious nationalism by drawing on the Sikh case has the potential to shed light on religious nationalism generally, theories of immigrant integration, and the Sikh response to religious nationalism.