*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. xi*PREFACE, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTIO, pg. 3*CHAPTER ONE: Personal Experiences and Public Demands: La Salette, Lourdes, and Fatima, pg. 25*CHAPTER Two: Personal Crises of Health, Public Crises of Faith: San Damiano, pg. 92*CHAPTER THREE: Can the Testimonies of Thousands Be Wrong? San Sebastian de Garabandal, pg. 124*CHAPTER FOUR: From Personal to Public: La Salette, pg. 165*CHAPTER FIVE: A Secret in Three Parts: Fatima, pg. 190*CHAPTER SIX: The Drama of Secrets in Post-World War II Marian Apparitions, pg. 220*CHAPTER SEVEN: The Fundamentals of Modern Apparition Worldviews, pg. 245*APPENDIX: Suggestions for Further Reading and Study, pg. 271*NOTES, pg. 279*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 319*INDEX, pg. 333
Winner of the 1993 Byron Caldwell Smith Award, University of Kansas "A fascinating study of seven apparitions of the Virgin Mary reported since 1846 and of how such events, usually cryptic at first, are interpreted and accepted-or not-by ecclesiastical authority."--New York Times Book Review
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