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Article: Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- April 1, 2009
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Miracle As Modern Conundrum In South Asian Religious Traditions
Corinne G. Dempsey & Selva J. Raj, editors
State University of New York Press
State University Plaza, Albany, NY 12246-0001
9780791476338, $65.00, www.sunypress.edu
Miracles are commonly defined as phenomena that cannot be accounted for by natural means but are the product of the supernatural or divine. Every religion has its own version of the miraculous as part of its theological and cultural history. Knowledgeably co-edited by Corinne G. Dempsey (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin--Stevens Point) and Selva J. Raj (former Chair and ...