Apparitions, Healings, and Weeping Madonnas: Christianity and the Paranormal

by Lisa J. Schwebel

Overview

The present volume examines a broad range of phenomena that have been put forward as direct interventions by God in the human realm. It looks at them through the lens of theology, but it also leans on recent developments in the field of parapsychology, a discipline that studies unusual psychic abilities. The two threads of inquiry complement each other, shedding new light on the processes of religious experience and inviting a new appreciation of the human yearning for the transcendent.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781616436957
Publisher:	Paulist Press
Publication date:	07/05/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	471 KB

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
1.	Mysticism and Parapsychology	15
2.	Ghosts and Apparitions	41
3.	Weeping Icons and Other Unusual Phenomena	68
4.	Prophecy and Precognition	90
5.	Criteria for Genuine Visions	121
6.	Healings and Miracles	130
	Conclusion: Some Theological Observations	168
	Appendix	177
	Glossary	182
	Bibliography	191