Miracle as modern conundrum in South Asian religious traditions / / edited by Corinne G. Dempsey and Selva J. Raj
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| Titolo: |
Miracle as modern conundrum in South Asian religious traditions / / 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
RajSelva J
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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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Looks at perceptions of the miraculous in a variety of contemporary South Asian religious traditions-Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. |
| 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.: | 9910807827903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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