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Miracle As Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions.
"Claims of the miraculous are foundational to faith and skepticism, making and breaking religious careers and movements in their wake. Drawing on a variety of South Asian religious traditions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity - this book revolves around the theme of conundrum, demonstra...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
State University of New York Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction: Divine Proof or Tenacious Embarrassment? The Wonders of the Modern Miraculous""; ""PART I. Miracles and Modern Ambivalence""; ""2. The Neo-Vedanta Miracle""; ""3. Miraculous Health and Medical Itineration amongSatnamis and Christians in Late Colonial Chhattisgarh""; ""4. Kataragama and the Tsunami: The Adbhuta, Ascarya, and the Pratiharya""; ""PART II. Making and Breaking Shrine Reputations""; ""5. Showing Miracles in Rajasthan: Proof and Grace""
- ""6. A Miracle (or Two)in Tiruchirapalli""""7. The Science of the Miraculous at an Upstate New York Temple""; ""PART III. Managing the Establishment: Miracles and Popular Expression""; ""8. An Ethnographic Encounterwith the Wondrous in a South Indian Catholic Shrine""; ""9. The “Deep Secret�and Dangers of Karamat: Miraculous Acts, Revelation, and Secrecy in a South Indian Sufi Tradition""; ""10. Media of Miracles, Miracle of Media: Clairvoyants and Commercials on South Asian Television in the Diaspora""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""
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