The camphor flame : popular Hinduism and society in India /

"Popular Hinduism is shaped, above all, by worship of a multitude of powerful divine beings--a superabundance indicated by the proverbial total of 330 million gods and goddesses. The fluid relationship between these beings and humans is a central theme of this rich and accessible study of popul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fuller, C. J. (Christopher John), 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Edición:Revised and expanded edition.
Temas:
Hinduism > India.
Religion and sociology > India.
Hindouisme > Inde.
Sociologie religieuse > Inde.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Hinduism.
Manners and customs.
Religion and sociology.
India > Religious life and customs.
India > Social life and customs.
Inde > Mœurs et coutumes.
India.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Popular Hinduism is shaped, above all, by worship of a multitude of powerful divine beings--a superabundance indicated by the proverbial total of 330 million gods and goddesses. The fluid relationship between these beings and humans is a central theme of this rich and accessible study of popular Hinduism in the context of the society of contemporary India. Lucidly organized and skillfully written, The Camphor Flamebrings clarity to an immensely complicated subject. C.J. Fuller combines ethnographic case studies with comparative anthropological analysis and draws on textual and historical scholarship as well. The book's new afterword brings the study up-to-date by examining the relationship between popular Hinduism and contemporary Hindu nationalism."--Provided by publisher
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780691186412
0691186413

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