Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions

Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions
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Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 0791476340
ISBN-13 : 9780791476345
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Book Synopsis Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions by : Corinne G. Dempsey

Download or read book Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions written by Corinne G. Dempsey and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2009-01-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, demonstrating how miracles offer divine proof, tenacious embarrassment, and, in many cases, both. The contributors explore not only how modern miracles are conundrums themselves but also how they make conundrums out of assumed divides between scientific and supernatural realms, modernity and tradition, the West and the rest, and ethnographer and native. Book jacket.


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