TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weddle,David L.
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Miracles : : Wonder and Meaning in World Religions
SN  - 9780814784532
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - NYU Press
KW  - Religions
KW  - fast
KW  - Miracles
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Comparative Religion
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - miracles
KW  - aat
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - Preface; 1 Preliminary Considerations; 2 Hinduism: Signs of Spiritual Liberation; 3 Judaism: Signs of Covenant; 4 Buddhism: Signs of Transcendent Wisdom; 5 Christianity: Signs of Divine Presence; 6 Islam: Signs of Divine Authority; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author; Open Access
N2  - Despite the dominance of scientific explanation in the modern world, at the beginning of the twenty-first century faith in miracles remains strong, particularly in resurgent forms of traditional religion. In Miracles, David L. Weddle examines how five religious traditions--Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam--understand miracles, considering how they express popular enthusiasm for wondrous tales, how they provoke official regulation because of their potential to disrupt authority, and how they are denied by critics within each tradition who regard belief in miracles as an illus
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/11130/
ER  -