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 illusory distraction from moral
responsibility.
In dynamic and accessible prose, Weddle shows us what miracles
are, what they mean, and why, despite overwhelming scientific
evidence, they are still significant today: belief in miracles
sustains the hope that, if there is a reality that surpasses our
ordinary lives, it is capable of exercising--from time to
time--creative, liberating, enlightening, and healing power in our
world.
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