Miracles: Their Concept and Identification
The first two parts of this article are an attempt to conceptually clarify what we mean by saying that something is a miracle. I will argue that perceiving or experiencing an event as a divine act is not only necessary, but also sufficient for considering it a miracle. In the final paragraph I will...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2017
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| In: |
Toronto journal of theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 33, Pages: 9-23 |
| Further subjects: | B
self-authentication
B causal account B Event B concept of miracle B Wonder |
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| Summary: | The first two parts of this article are an attempt to conceptually clarify what we mean by saying that something is a miracle. I will argue that perceiving or experiencing an event as a divine act is not only necessary, but also sufficient for considering it a miracle. In the final paragraph I will try to show that, as a subclass of events, miracles share with the former what I call their self-authenticating character—a character whose uniqueness explains and accounts for their privileged accessibility and identification from a first-person perspective. |
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| ISSN: | 1918-6371 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Toronto journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/tjt.33.suppl_1.9 |
