Yujin Nagasawa is Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham in the UK. He is author of God and Phenomenal Consciousness: A Novel Approach to Knowledge Arguments (CUP, 2008), The Existence of God: A Philosophical Introduction (Routledge, 2011), and Maximal God: A New Defence of Perfect Being Theism (OUP, forthcoming).

"'Miracles' is just the sort of topic that is perfect for Oxford University Press's extensive 'Very Short Introductions' series in that it is specific enough to allow for a focused treatment, and yet expansive enough to be of interest to a wide readership The book would certainly be a helpful addition to any undergraduate course that touches on miracles, particularly because of the many lively illustrations and examples that Nagasawa includes in the text."--Brett Hendrickson, Reading Religion

"Miracles inhabit the human psyche. They evoke intense, polarizing reactions - uncritical acceptance from believers, derisive denial from nonbelievers. In this much-needed book, Yujin Nagasawa, an innovative and fearless philosopher, expands our understanding of miracles and provides a sweeping, thoughtful, penetrating, objective account of their origins and meaning." - Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Creator and Host, PBS TV series Closer To Truth

"Thought-provoking." -- Catholic Herald

"A very fair-minded treatment of miracles." -- Paradigm Explorer

"Nagasawa has a fairly detached view of the whole subject, which neither denigrates the believer nor exalts the sceptic...[He] writes engagingly, and with a relatively easy to understand style...this is a book I would recommend to both believer and sceptic." - Jonathan Cowie, Science Fact & Science Fiction Concatenation