The Camphor Flame : Popular Hinduism and Society in India - Revised and Expanded Edition /

"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fuller, C. J. (Christopher John), 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Edition:Revised and expanded edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Religion and sociology.
Manners and customs.
Hinduism.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Sociologie religieuse > Inde.
Hindouisme > Inde.
Religion and sociology > India.
Hinduism > India.
India.
Inde > Moeurs et coutumes.
India > Social life and customs.
India > Religious life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780691186412

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