Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. contents vii
3. Acknowledgments viii
4. Note on Transliteration x
5. Introduction: The Qurʾanic Miracle Stories: A Puzzling Motif? 1
6. Part 1. A Medieval Muslim Debate
7. 1 In Defense of a Literal Reading of Miracles: Ghazali’s Case for Contingency and Grace 15
8. 2 A Cautious Approach to Miracle Stories: Ibn Rushd’s Case for Rationalism and Divine Wisdom 43
9. Part 2. Reframing the Debate on Miracles in Modern Terms
10. 3 David Hume on Empiricism, Common Sense, and Miracles 71
11. 4 Charles S. Peirce on Pragmatism, Science, and Miracles 92
12. Part 3. Contemporary Connections
13. 5 Said Nursi’s Contemporary Reading of Qurʾanic Miracle Stories 123
14. Conclusion: Qurʾanic Hermeneutics in the Modern Age 164
15. Notes 177
16. Bibliography 201
17. Index 209