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Signs of God : miracles and their interpretation / Mark Corner
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TextPublication details: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2005Description: viii, 219 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0754640299 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0754640302 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ARCH YNDC 231.73 C815S 22
- BT103 .C67 2005
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Summary: Annotation b Miracles cannot be shunted to one side as an embarrassing hangover from a "pre-scientific age." Miracles have played an important role in the history of all the major world religions, and many religious believers claim that they continue to do so. This accessible book examines the nature of miracles both in philosophical and historical terms, and concludes that, whether or not miracles happen, it is difficult to see how religious belief could survive without them
What is a miracle? -- Hume and miracles -- Miracles and acts of God -- Miracles and modern science -- Miracles and the problem of evil -- The miracles of Jesus -- Miracles after Jesus -- Miracles after the Reformation -- Christianity and the miracle of Resurrection -- Jesus' Resurrection and the nature of God -- Miracles in non-Christian religions -- Miracles in the modern world -- Summary and conclusions
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| ARCH YNDC 231.73 B291M Morality and religion. | ARCH YNDC 231.73 B877M Miracles and the critical mind / | ARCH YNDC 231.73 C376M Miracles in Jewish and Christian antiquity : imagining truth / | ARCH YNDC 231.73 C815S Signs of God : miracles and their interpretation / | ARCH YNDC 231.73 G313D In defense of miracles : a comprehensive case for God's action in history / | ARCH YNDC 231.73 L324W Water into wine? : an investigation of the concept of miracle / | ARCH YNDC 231.73 L673M Miracles : a preliminary study / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-214) and index
What is a miracle? -- Hume and miracles -- Miracles and acts of God -- Miracles and modern science -- Miracles and the problem of evil -- The miracles of Jesus -- Miracles after Jesus -- Miracles after the Reformation -- Christianity and the miracle of Resurrection -- Jesus' Resurrection and the nature of God -- Miracles in non-Christian religions -- Miracles in the modern world -- Summary and conclusions
Annotation b Miracles cannot be shunted to one side as an embarrassing hangover from a "pre-scientific age." Miracles have played an important role in the history of all the major world religions, and many religious believers claim that they continue to do so. This accessible book examines the nature of miracles both in philosophical and historical terms, and concludes that, whether or not miracles happen, it is difficult to see how religious belief could survive without them
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