Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions

Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Illustrations......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
1. Introduction: Divine Proof or Tenacious Embarrassment?The Wonders of the Modern Miraculous......Page 16
PART I. Miracles and Modern Ambivalence......Page 36
2. The Neo-Vedanta Miracle......Page 38
3. Miraculous Health and Medical Itineration amongSatnamis and Christians in Late Colonial Chhattisgarh......Page 54
4. Kataragama and the Tsunami: The Adbhuta, Ascarya, and the Pratiharya......Page 72
PART II. Making and Breaking Shrine Reputations......Page 98
5. Showing Miracles in Rajasthan: Proof and Grace......Page 100
6. A Miracle (or Two)in Tiruchirapalli......Page 120
7. The Science of the Miraculous at an Upstate New York Temple......Page 134
PART III. Managing the Establishment:Miracles and Popular Expression......Page 154
8. An Ethnographic Encounterwith the Wondrous in a South Indian Catholic Shrine......Page 156
9. The “Deep Secret”and Dangers of Karamat: Miraculous Acts, Revelation, and Secrecy in a South Indian Sufi Tradition......Page 182
10. Media of Miracles,Miracle of Media: Clairvoyants and Commercials on South Asian Television in the Diaspora......Page 202
Contributors......Page 226
E......Page 230
M......Page 231
T......Page 232
Y......Page 233