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

Other author Dempsey, Corinne G.
Other author Raj, Selva J.
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxiii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Miracles.
South Asia--Religion.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008000123
ISBN9780791476338 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0791476332 (hardcover : alk. paper)