Can We Still Believe in Miracles?

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  • Author(s): Johnson, Luke Timothy (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    Commonweal. 2/22/2019, Vol. 146 Issue 4, p14-19. 6p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      Miracles; Biblical criticism; Enlightenment; Creative ability; Omnipotence of God; Creation; Religious experience; Myth
    • Abstract:
      The article, adapted from a 2016 speech by biblical scholar Luke Timothy Johnson to the Catholic Biblical Association at the Catholic University of America, discusses Christian belief in miracles in relation to biblical interpretation. Topics include the treatment of miracles in Enlightenment thinking, Enlightenment views of human creativity in relation to the notion of divine action, and a theology of creation in relation to miracles. Also noted are the importance religious experience and narrative myth.