Raj / Dempsey Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-7914-7739-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Raj, Selva J.

Dempsey, Corinne G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Divine Proof or Tenacious Embarrassment? The Wonders of the Modern Miraculous
Corinne G. Dempsey Part I. Miracles and Modern Ambivalence 2. The Neo-Vedanta Miracle
Robin Rinehart 3. Allopathic ‘Miracles’ and Medical Itineration among Satnamis and Christians in Late Colonial Chhattisgarh
Chad M. Bauman 4. Kataragama and the Tsunami: The Adbhuta, Ascarya and Pratiharya
Sunil Goonasekera Part II. Making and Breaking Shrine Reputations 5. Showing Miracles in Rajasthan: Proof and Grace
Ann Grodzins Gold 6. A Miracle (or Two) in Tiruchi
William P. Harman 7. The Science of the Miraculous at an Upstate New York Hindu Temple
Corinne G. Dempsey Part III. Managing the Establishment: Miracles and Popular Expression 8. An Ethnographic Encounter with the Wondrous in a South Indian Catholic Shrine
Selva J. Raj 9. The ‘Deep Secret’ of Karamat: Miraculous Acts, Revelation and Secrecy in a South Indian Sufi Tradition
Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger 10. Media of Miracles, Miracles of Media: Clairvoyants and Commercials on South Asian TV Networks in the Diaspora
Neelima Shukla-Bhatt Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Corinne G. Dempsey is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point and the author of Kerala Christian Sainthood: Collisions of Culture and Worldview in South India and The Goddess Lives in Upstate New York: Breaking Convention and Making Home at a North American Hindu Temple and coeditor (with Selva J. Raj) of Popular Christianity in India: Riting between the Lines, also published by SUNY Press. Selva J. Raj (1952–2008) was Chair and Stanley S. Kresge Professor of Religious Studies at Albion College and coeditor (with William P. Harman) of Dealing with Deities: The Ritual Vow in South Asia, also published by SUNY Press.