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