ABSTRACT
This chapter examines what is understood by the term "miracle" and what differentiates them, if anything, from daily events that have a beneficial or seemingly providential outcome. It considers what the potential conflicts with science might be, both in practical and philosophical terms. The chapter suggests how this may impact on the engagement of students with science education, including an examination of what students say when asked about the relationship between the scientific worldview and the idea of miracles. It explores a broader set of ideas about the nature of miracles as understood by theologians, philosophers and scientists and analysis how these may help to ease some of the tensions we have encountered when working with students in this arena. The chapter examines the nature of miracles and the relationship between science and miracles. Miracles are an important element of many religious traditions where they have a more defined nature than that encountered in much colloquial usage of the term.
