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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.

Publication Info. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2004]
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Edition Revised and expanded edition.
Description 1 online resource
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Series Princeton paperbacks.
Princeton paperbacks.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
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Contents Ch. 1. Popular Hinduism and Indian society -- Ch. 2. Gods and Goddesses -- Ch. 3. Worship -- Ch. 4. Sacrifice -- Ch. 5. Rituals of kingship -- Ch. 6. Rituals of the village -- Ch. 7. Devotionalist movements -- Ch. 8. Devotionalism, goddesses, and women -- Ch. 9. Pilgrimage -- Ch. 10. Misfortune -- Ch. 11. Conclusion.
Subject Hinduism -- India.
India -- Religious life and customs.
India -- Social life and customs.
Religion and sociology -- India.
Hindouisme -- Inde.
Inde -- Mœurs et coutumes.
Sociologie religieuse -- Inde.
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
Hinduism
Manners and customs
Religion and sociology
India https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmdx47cDXrRhBXHtbvPwC
11.92 Hinduism. (NL-LeOCL)077594630
Cultus.
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Other Form: Print version: Fuller, C. J. Camphor flame : popular Hinduism and society in India. Revised and expanded edition. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2004 364 pages 9780691120485
ISBN 9780691186412 (electronic bk.)
0691186413 (electronic bk.)
9780691120485
069112048X (pbk. ; alk. paper)

 
    
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