The science of miracles : investigating the incredible /
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| Author / Creator: | Nickell, Joe. |
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| Imprint: | Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2013. |
| Description: | 450 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9285663 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Toward a Science of Miracles
- Part 1. Miraculous Effigies
- Chapter 1. Miracle Idols
- Chapter 2. Miracle Statue of Belgium
- Chapter 3. The Idol of Pachacamac
- Chapter 4. The Holy Image of Guadalupe
- Chapter 5. The Painting That Performs a Miracle
- Chapter 6. Jesus under the Microscope
- Chapter 7. Snapshot Miracles
- Chapter 8. Grilled-Cheese Madonna
- Chapter 9. Animated Images: The "New" Idolatry
- Chapter 10. A Weeping Icon and the Crime Laboratory
- Chapter 11. The Case of the Miracle Oil
- Chapter 12. Hindu Statues That Drink Milk
- Chapter 13. The Statues That Glow
- Part 2. Magical Relics
- Chapter 14. The True Cross: Chaucer, Calvin, and Relic Mongers
- Chapter 15. The Holy Blood
- Chapter 16. The Image of Edessa Revealed
- Chapter 17. The Holy Mandylion: A Déjà-View
- Chapter 18. Miracle or Fraud? The Turin Shroud
- Chapter 19. Artistry and the Shroud
- Chapter 20. Oviedo's Holy Sudarium
- Chapter 21. Miraculous Relics
- Chapter 22. In Search of the Emerald Grail
- Chapter 23. St. James's Miraculous Relics
- Chapter 24. "Incorruptible" Corpses
- Part 3. Miracle Healings
- Chapter 25. Jesus' Healings
- Chapter 26. Lourdes and Other Healing Waters
- Chapter 27. The Belgian Lourdes
- Chapter 28. Miracle Dirt of Chimayó
- Chapter 29. Peter Popoff's "Gift of Knowledge"
- Chapter 30. Benny Hinn's Miracle Crusades
- Chapter 31. Spiritist Healer: "John of God"
- Chapter 32. Healings by a "Victim Soul"
- Part 4. Visionary Experiences
- Chapter 33. Jesus' Resurrection Apparitions
- Chapter 34. "Visions" behind The Passion
- Chapter 35. Eucharistic Signs
- Chapter 36. The Secrets of Fatima
- Chapter 37. The Medjugorje Phenomenon
- Chapter 38. Guardian Angel Encounters
- Chapter 39. Heaven's Stenographer
- Chapter 40. The Mormon Seer
- Chapter 41. Visits from the Beyond
- Part 5. Saintly Powers
- Chapter 42. Miracles-or Parables?
- Chapter 43. Miracle Worker of Amsterdam
- Chapter 44. Mysteries of Popular Saints
- Chapter 45. Tijuana's Murderer "Saint"
- Chapter 46. Stigmata: Wounds of Christ
- Chapter 47. The Case of Padre Pío
- Chapter 48. Stigmata of a Convert
- Chapter 49. Taking Up Serpents
- Chapter 50. Additional Pentecostal Powers
- Chapter 51. Loretto Staircase: St. Joseph's Miracle Carpentry?
- Part 6. The Devil's Work?
- Chapter 52. Exorcising Demons
- Chapter 53. Horror at Amityville
- Chapter 54. Demon Victims I Have Known
- Chapter 55. Satan's Step
- Chapter 56. Footprints of the Devil?
- Chapter 57. Fire from Heaven-or Hell?
- Notes
- References
- Index
