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Author Fuller, C. J. (Christopher John), 1949- author.

Title The camphor flame : popular Hinduism and society in India / C.J. Fuller
Edition Revised and expanded edition
Published Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
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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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Hinduism -- India
Religion and sociology -- India
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
Hinduism
Manners and customs
Religion and sociology
SUBJECT India -- Religious life and customs
India -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007592
Subject India
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780691186412
0691186413