Religion, Spirituality and the Near-Death Experience
December 16, 2003 DOI: 10.4324/9780203398203 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Topics | Near-death experience |
| Keywords | Spirituality Psychoanalysis Alternative medicine |
| Citations | 82 |
| Key points | Proposes that NDEs can be credibly investigated by balancing scientific and spiritual viewpoints, without favoring either a religious or a purely skeptical stance. |
Abstract
This dramatic and sustained response to decades of research into near-death experiences (NDEs) is the first book to credibly bridge the gap between the competing factions of science and spirituality. Neither a religious argument touting NDEs as hard evidence for God, nor a scientific rebuke to religious interpretations, it balances investigation of these much-reported yet baffling phenomena, and brings fresh urgency to the study of our hopes for a life beyond.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on near-death experience, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otherworld Journeys: Accounts of Near-Death Experience in Medieval and Modern Times | 1987 | Historical analysis | |
| Neuroscience and the Near-Death Experience: Roles for the NMSA-PCP receptor, the sigma receptor and the endopsychosins | 1990 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Implications of near-death experiences for a postmaterialist psychology. | 2010 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Near-Death Experience as a Probe to Explore (Disconnected) Consciousness | 2020 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Near-death experiences between science and prejudice | 2012 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
Citations in the library
Cited by 19
- Near-death experiences. American Psychological Association eBooks October 27, 2004
- NEAR‐DEATH EXPERIENCES AND SPIRITUALITY Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science June 2, 2006
- Evoking the ineffable: The phenomenology of extreme sports. Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice 2017
- Phenomenology of Near-death Experiences: A Cross-cultural Perspective Transcultural Psychiatry March 1, 2008
- Almost 40 Years Investigating Near-Death Experiences The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease October 29, 2014
and 14 more in the library