Miracles and the Postsecular: Some "Unscientific" Thoughts on Peace Like a River and Mariette in Ecstasy
If our culture is now "postsecular," then perhaps it is time that we emerge from our own "embarrassment" as scholars over the scandal of the miraculous claims of our faith. As I will argue here, one area of resurgence that is being carefully documented by scholars is belief in th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2020]
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2020, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 107-125 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Ron Hansen
B Miracles B Leif Enger B Postsecular |
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| Summary: | If our culture is now "postsecular," then perhaps it is time that we emerge from our own "embarrassment" as scholars over the scandal of the miraculous claims of our faith. As I will argue here, one area of resurgence that is being carefully documented by scholars is belief in the miraculous. In Leif Enger's Peace Like a River (2004) and Ron Hansen's Mariette in Ecstasy (1991), claims to the miraculous are taken seriously, and a recognition of the conditions of our secular age are notably at play. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/chy.2020.0006 |