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Islam, Christianity and the Realms of the Miraculous: A Comparative Exploration
Author: Ian Richard Netton
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This new and dynamic approach to the perennially fascinating subject of miracles adopts a strictly anthropological and phenomenological approach. Allowing the miracles to speak for themselves, Ian Richard Netton examines these phenomena in the Islamic and Christian traditions through the lens of narration. What are the stories of the miracles? What are the contexts which gave rise to these miracles and allowed them to garner belief and flourish? Perspectives covered include the views of believers and non-believers alike in these phenomena. Similarities and differences in content and approach are explored with a primary focus on the five main anthropological topoi of food, water, blood, wood and stone, and cosmology. A range of intertextual elements in both these Islamic and Christian traditions are discerned. **About the Author Ian Richard Netton is Emeritus Professor of Islamic Studies in the University of Exeter. He is the author or editor of 22 other books including Islam, Christianity and Tradition a Comparative Exploration (EUP 2006) and Islam, Christianity and the Mystic Journey a Comparative Exploration (EUP 2011) which are the first two parts of his Islam-Christianity Trilogy. This volume is the final part.
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This new and dynamic approach to the perennially fascinating subject of miracles adopts a strictly anthropological and phenomenological approach. Allowing the miracles to speak for themselves, Ian Richard Netton examines these phenomena in the Islamic and Christian traditions through the lens of narration. What are the stories of the miracles? What are the contexts which gave rise to these miracles and allowed them to garner belief and flourish? Perspectives covered include the views of believers and non-believers alike in these phenomena. Similarities and differences in content and approach are explored with a primary focus on the five main anthropological topoi of food, water, blood, wood and stone, and cosmology. A range of intertextual elements in both these Islamic and Christian traditions are discerned. **About the Author Ian Richard Netton is Emeritus Professor of Islamic Studies in the University of Exeter. He is the author or editor of 22 other books including Islam, Christianity and Tradition a Comparative Exploration (EUP 2006) and Islam, Christianity and the Mystic Journey a Comparative Exploration (EUP 2011) which are the first two parts of his Islam-Christianity Trilogy. This volume is the final part.
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