Where Miracles Happen: True Stories of Heavenly Encounters
A 20-year feature journalist, Anderson won national attention withWhere Angels Walk(Barton & Brett, 1992). Her visibility on TV and radio talk shows and on the lecture circuit and her requests for "miracle experiences" in a number of magazines brought Anderson the narratives on which her new book is based. The author reviews various religious ideas about heavenly intervention in human affairs and summarizes Americans' attitudes on the subject according to major polls; she then reports dozens of contributors' stories under five headings: "Miracles through Prayer," "Angel Miracles," "Miracles from Beyond," "Miraculous Healings," and "God's Special Miracles." It is not difficult to understand the appeal of the recent spate of books on angels and miracles: the best of them reaffirm believers' faith, and many nonbelievers find these heartwarming (if sentimental and undocumented) stories as hard to resist as a Frank Capra movie. To her credit, Anderson avoids most editorializing; she turns each person's experience into a brief, spiritual short story. Given past performance, expect requests.Mary Carroll--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.