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 Flame" brings 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.
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