Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Miracles and Modern Ambivalence
7. The Neo-Vedanta Miracle 23
8. Miraculous Health and Medical Itineration among Satnamis and Christians in Late Colonial Chhattisgarh 39
9. Kataragama and the Tsunami 57
10. Making and Breaking Shrine Reputations
11. Showing Miracles in Rajasthan 85
12. A Miracle (or Two) in Tiruchirapalli 105
13. The Science of the Miraculous at an Upstate New York Temple 119
14. Managing the Establishment: Miracles and Popular Expression
15. An Ethnographic Encounter with the Wondrous in a South Indian Catholic Shrine 141
16. The “Deep Secret” and Dangers of Karamat 167
17. Media of Miracles, Miracle of Media 187
18. Contributors 211
19. Index 215