TY - BOOK AU - Corner,Mark TI - Signs of God: miracles and their interpretation SN - 0754640299 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - BT103 .C67 2005 U1 - ARCH YNDC 231.73 C815S 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Aldershot, Hampshire, England, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate Pub. KW - Miracles N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -