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050		4	_aBL1055 -- .M57 2008eb
100	1		_aRaj, Selva J.
245	1	0	_aMiracle As Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aAlbany : _bState University of New York Press, _c2008.
264		4	_c©2008.
300			_a1 online resource (235 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Divine Proof or Tenacious Embarrassment?The Wonders of the Modern Miraculous -- PART I. Miracles and Modern Ambivalence -- 2. The Neo-Vedanta Miracle -- 3. Miraculous Health and Medical Itineration amongSatnamis and Christians in Late Colonial Chhattisgarh -- 4. Kataragama and the Tsunami: The Adbhuta, Ascarya, and the Pratiharya -- PART II. Making and Breaking Shrine Reputations -- 5. Showing Miracles in Rajasthan: Proof and Grace -- 6. A Miracle (or Two)in Tiruchirapalli -- 7. The Science of the Miraculous at an Upstate New York Temple -- PART III. Managing the Establishment:Miracles and Popular Expression -- 8. An Ethnographic Encounterwith the Wondrous in a South Indian Catholic Shrine -- 9. The "Deep Secret"and Dangers of Karamat: Miraculous Acts, Revelation, and Secrecy in a South Indian Sufi Tradition -- 10. Media of Miracles,Miracle of Media: Clairvoyants and Commercials on South Asian Television in the Diaspora -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
520			_aLooks at perceptions of the miraculous in a variety of contemporary South Asian religious traditions-Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aDempsey, Corinne G.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aRaj, Selva J. _tMiracle As Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions _dAlbany : State University of New York Press,c2008 _z9780791476338
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3407358 _zClick to View
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