Looks at perceptions of the miraculous in a variety of contemporary South Asian religious traditions-Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity.
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: Divine Proof or Tenacious Embarrassment? The Wonders of the Modern Miraculous | |
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| Miracles and Modern Ambivalence | |
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| The Neo-Vedanta Miracle | |
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| Miraculous Health and Medical Itineration among Satnamis and Christians in Late Colonial Chhattisgarh | |
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| Kataragama and the Tsunami: The Adbhuta, Ascarya, and the Pratiharya | |
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| Making and Breaking Shrine Reputations | |
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| Showing Miracles in Rajasthan: Proof and Grace | |
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| A Miracle (or Two) in Tiruchirapalli | |
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| The Science of the Miraculous at an Upstate New York Temple | |
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| Managing the Establishment: Miracles and Popular Expression | |
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| An Ethnographic Encounter with the Wondrous in a South Indian Catholic Shrine | |
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| The �Deep Secret� and Dangers of Karamat: Miraculous Acts, Revelation, and Secrecy in a South Indian Sufi Tradition | |
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| Media of Miracles, Miracle of Media: Clairvoyants and Commercials on South Asian | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Index | |
