Accepting miracles without fuss

Nov 3, 2010
by Dennis Coday

A good read from Eureka Street, the Jesuit publication from Australia:

For a while a gap opened between popular religion and the more focused account of faith given by the educated. But as theologians began to study the popular experience of faith more deeply, they came to see its complexities and its resources for developing a more just society. The coverage of Mary MacKillop's recent canonisation disclosed a similar tension between popular expressions of faith and more reflective accounts of religion. The tension was reflected in different ways of viewing sainthood.

Read the full story: Questions miracles raise

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