Defending Black Faith by Craig S. Keener

'Any history of the rise and growth of Christianity that fails to take account of the belief in miracles and healings and signs and wonders is missing a very large part of the story. More Extranormal Cases Conclusion Concluding Unscientific Postscript Appendixes Indexes Endorsements Blindness, Inability to Walk, Death, and Nature: Some Dramatic Reports Part 4: Proposed Explanations 13. Supernatural Claims in the Recent West 12. Supernaturalism in Earlier Christian History 11. Examples from Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean 10. Developing Hume's Skepticism toward Miracles Part 3: Miracle Accounts beyond Antiquity 7.

Antisupernaturalism as an Authenticity Criterion? 5. Comparison of Early Christian and Other Ancient Miracle Accounts Part 2: Are Miracles Possible? 4. Ancient Miracle Claims outside Christianity 3. Opening Questions about Early Christian Miracle Claims 2. Contents Introduction Part 1: The Ancient Evidence 1. Drawing on claims from a range of global cultures and taking a multidisciplinary approach to the topic, Keener suggests that many miracle accounts throughout history and from contemporary times are best explained as genuine divine acts, lending credence to the biblical miracle reports. This wide-ranging and meticulously researched two-volume study presents the most thorough current defense of the credibility of the miracle reports in the Gospels and Acts. Respected New Testament scholar Craig Keener argues that it is time to rethink Hume's argument in light of the contemporary evidence available to us. In fact, hundreds of millions of people today claim to have experienced miracles. Yet current research shows that human experience is far from uniform. Highly recommended.'-Ben Witherington III, Asbury Theological Seminary Most modern prejudice against biblical miracle reports depends on David Hume's argument that uniform human experience precludes miracles. We have here perhaps the best book ever written on miracles in this or any age. Christianity Today 2013 Book Award Winner Winner of The Foundation for Pentecostal Scholarship's 2012 Award of Excellence 2011 Book of the Year, 's Academic Blog 'This book is a rarity in the scholarly world in that it is both rigorous in its scholarship and speaks with knowledge and passion about an exciting subject that demands our attention.

Defending Black Faith by Craig S. Keener