Paolo Parigi is Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department at Stanford University. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 2008.

'This book offers a fascinating interpretation of how and why the Catholic Church invented rules to govern the process of evaluating miracles during the Counter-Reformation. Emphasizing the largely secular challenges the Church faced in the wake of the Protestant reformation, Parigi makes the case that the Church hierarchy and local clerics joined forces to reward miracles that cross-cut social categories, thereby solidifying the organizational structure of the recently weakened Church. More organizational theory than religious history, the captivating details of early modern miracles are nevertheless the key to making this book of interest to a wide range of readers.' Katherine Stovel, University of Washington

1. The congregatio sacrorum rituum; 2. The living saint; 3. The acolytes; 4. The devil's advocate and the doctor; 5. Manufacturing true miracles.

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