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Miracles : an encyclopedia of people, places, and supernatural events from antiquity to the present / Patrick J. Hayes, editor.

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ABC-CLIO, 2016.

Miracles -- Encyclopedias.

Supernatural -- Encyclopedias.

Marvelous, The -- Encyclopedias.

Religion -- Encyclopedias.

Religions -- Encyclopedias.

9781610695985 (hc.)

xxxv, 478 pages ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-448) and index.

Miracles give hope to the hopeless and exemplify the intersection of the divine and the mundane. They have shaped world history and continue to influence us through their presence in films, television, novels, and popular culture. This encyclopedia provides a unique resource on the philosophical, historical, religious, and cross-cultural conceptions of miracles that cut across denominational lines, going far beyond discussions of specific miracle stories to explore their provenance, cultic aspects, philosophical underpinnings, and psychological roots. This book covers some of the major aspects of miraculous phenomena through entries drawn from the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and the hard sciences, particularly physics and natural biology, presenting accounts of miracles with a range of expert interpretations of those events."--Provided by publisher.

Hayes, Patrick J., 1966-

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