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• catalog abstract ""According to surveys, most Americans today believe in miracles. For many others, however, a belief in miracles seems incompatible with a modern world view. Why does interest in miracles persist even in a secular era? Why are miracles such a controversial part of Western religious thinking? In this fascinating book, Robert Bruce Mullin traces the debate about miracles from the Reformation to the twentieth century, focusing particularly on the years from 1860 to 1930. He examines the way preachers, faith healers, psychic researchers, scientists, historians, philosophers, and literary figures have grappled with issues of the miraculous." "Before the mid-1800s, the author contends, Catholics had defended post-biblical miracles, while Protestants insisted true miracles were limited to the biblical era. By the end of the nineteenth century, however, the Protestant position had largely collapsed, and two opposing views emerged in its wake. Some Protestants wished to jettison all miracles - even those recorded in the Bible. Others took a new interest in modern miracles, believing that the presence of miracles could help ground contemporary religious faith. This transformation in attitudes toward miracles not only changed the Anglo-American religious landscape and created a new focus of debate, Mullin says, it also opened up a new basis for accord between Protestants and Catholics."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b9632552.
• catalog created "1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
• catalog description ""According to surveys, most Americans today believe in miracles. For many others, however, a belief in miracles seems incompatible with a modern world view. Why does interest in miracles persist even in a secular era? Why are miracles such a controversial part of Western religious thinking? In this fascinating book, Robert Bruce Mullin traces the debate about miracles from the Reformation to the twentieth century, focusing particularly on the years from 1860 to 1930. He examines the way preachers, faith healers, psychic researchers, scientists, historians, philosophers, and literary figures have grappled with issues of the miraculous." "Before the mid-1800s, the author contends, Catholics had defended post-biblical miracles, while Protestants insisted true miracles were limited to the biblical era. By the end of the nineteenth century, however, the Protestant position had largely collapsed, and two opposing views emerged in its wake. Some Protestants wished to jettison all miracles - even those recorded in the Bible. Others took a new interest in modern miracles, believing that the presence of miracles could help ground contemporary religious faith. This transformation in attitudes toward miracles not only changed the Anglo-American religious landscape and created a new focus of debate, Mullin says, it also opened up a new basis for accord between Protestants and Catholics."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "A limited age of miracles? -- The rise of the new debate over miracles -- the miracle question in America, 1860-1885 -- The question of healing -- Catholics and the question of miracles -- What about Jesus? the new biblical criticism and the New Testament miracles -- The new search for evidences -- Miracles and the crisis of the 1920s.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-311) and index.".
• catalog extent "x, 322 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0300066961 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New Haven, CT : Yale University Press,".
• catalog subject "231.7/3 20".
• catalog subject "BT97.2 .M85 1996".
• catalog subject "Miracles History of doctrines 19th century.".
• catalog subject "Miracles History of doctrines 20th century.".
• catalog tableOfContents "A limited age of miracles? -- The rise of the new debate over miracles -- the miracle question in America, 1860-1885 -- The question of healing -- Catholics and the question of miracles -- What about Jesus? the new biblical criticism and the New Testament miracles -- The new search for evidences -- Miracles and the crisis of the 1920s.".
• catalog title "Miracles and the modern religious imagination / Robert Bruce Mullin.".
• catalog type "text".