Miracle as modern conundrum in South Asian religious traditions [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Corinne G. Dempsey and Selva J. Raj

• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 218 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 202/.117
• Soggetto topico: Miracles
• Soggetto geografico: South Asia Religion
• Altri autori: DempseyCorinne G RajSelva J
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Divine proof or tenacious embarrassment? the wonders of the modern miraculous / Corinne G. Dempsey -- Miracles and modern ambivalence -- The neo-vedanta miracle / Robin Rinehart -- Miraculous health and medical itineration among Satnamis and Christians in late colonial Chhattisgarh / Chad M. Bauman -- Kataragama and the Tsunami : the Adbhuta, Ascarya, and the Pratiharya / Sunil Goonasekara -- Making and breaking shrine reputations -- Showing miracles in Rajasthan : proof and grace / Ann Grodzins Gold -- A miracle (or two) in Tiruchipalli / William P. Harman -- The science of the miraculous at an upstate New York Hindu temple / Corinne G. Dempsey -- Managing the establishment : miracles and popular expression -- An ethnographic encounter with the wondrous in a South Indian Catholic shrine / Selva J. Raj -- The 'deep secret' and dangers of karamat : miraculous acts, revelation, and secrecy in a South Indian Sufi tradition / Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger -- Media of miracles, miracle of media : clairvoyants and commercials on South Asian TV networks in the diaspora / Neelima Shukla-Bhatt.
• Titolo autorizzato: Miracle as modern conundrum in South Asian religious traditions
• ISBN: 0-7914-7739-8; 1-4356-9459-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782753903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II