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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dempsey, Corinne G.

Raj, Selva J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miracles.

South Asia--Religion.

South Asia.

Physical Description:

xiii, 218 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Looks at perceptions of the miraculous in a variety of contemporary South Asian religious traditions-Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791477397

0791477398

9781435694590

1435694597

OCLC:

923404139