Religious Encounters With Death
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Religious Encounters With Death
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
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Religious Encounters With Death
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Author : American Academy of Religion
language : en
Publisher: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press
Release Date : 1977
Religious Encounters With Death written by American Academy of Religion and has been published by University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Family & Relationships categories.
Life After Death
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Author : Farnáz Maʻsúmián
language : en
Publisher: Kalimat Press
Release Date : 2002
Life After Death written by Farnáz Maʻsúmián and has been published by Kalimat Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Near Death Experience In Indigenous Religions
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Author : Gregory Shushan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-07-03
Near Death Experience In Indigenous Religions written by Gregory Shushan and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-03 with Religion categories.
Near-death experiences are known around the world and throughout human history. They are sometimes reported by individuals who have revived from a period of clinical death or near-death and they typically feature sensations of leaving the body, entering and emerging from darkness, meeting deceased friends and relatives, encountering beings of light, judgment of one's earthly life, feelings of oneness, and reaching barriers, only to return to the body. Those who have NDEs almost invariably understand them as having profound spiritual or religious significance. In this book, Gregory Shushan explores the relationship between NDEs, shamanism, and beliefs about the afterlife in traditional indigenous societies in Africa, North America, and Oceania. Drawing on historical accounts of the earliest encounters with explorers, missionaries, and ethnologists, this study addresses questions such as: Do ideas about the afterlife commonly originate in NDEs? What role does culture play in how people experience and interpret NDEs? How can we account for cross-cultural similarities and differences between afterlife beliefs? Though NDEs are universal, Shushan shows that how they are actually experienced and interpreted varies by region and culture. In North America, they were commonly valorized, and attempts were made to replicate them through shamanic rituals. In Africa, however, they were largely considered aberrational events with links to possession or sorcery. In Oceania, Micronesia corresponded more to the African model, while Australia had a greater focus on afterlife journey shamanism, and Polynesia and Melanesia showed an almost casual acceptance of the phenomenon as reflected in numerous myths, legends, and historical accounts. This study examines the continuum of similarities and differences between NDEs, shamanism, and afterlife beliefs in dozens of cultures throughout these regions. In the process, it makes a valuable contribution to our knowledge about the origins of afterlife beliefs around the world and the significance of related experiences in human history.
Religion Spirituality And The Near Death Experience
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Author : Mark Fox
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2003
Religion Spirituality And The Near Death Experience written by Mark Fox and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Near-death experiences categories.
Bridging the gap between science and spirituality, this volume offers a dramatic and sustained response to decades of research into near-death experiences.
What Is It Like To Be Dead
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Author : Jens Schlieter
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-08-06
What Is It Like To Be Dead written by Jens Schlieter and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-06 with Religion categories.
Studies of "near-death experiences" show that such experiences not only provide a new certainty of post-mortem survival, but often function as a call for fundamental change in the present. Reported aftereffects encompass changes in attitudes, beliefs, and life orientation. It is said that "experiencers" have lost their fear of death, found their purpose in life, or become "more spiritual." The experience - often declared to be indescribable, inexplicable, or ineffable - is held by many to be the most important of their lives and, moreover, the best proof available for matters "transcendent." In What Is It Like To Be Dead?, Jens Schlieter argues that to understand recent testimonies of near-death experiences, we need to be aware of the history of innumerable reports of earlier near-death experiences that were communicated and handed down in scores of newspapers, journals, and books. Collections of such testimonies have been published for more than 150 years, accompanied by attempts to classify and interpret them. Schlieter analyzes the religious relevance of near-death experiences -for the experiencers themselves, but also for the growing audience attracted by these testimonies. Near-death experiences bear ontological, epistemic, intersubjective, and moral significance, ranging from reassurance that religious experience is still possible to claims that they initiate a new spiritual orientation in life, or offer evidence for the transcultural validity of afterlife beliefs. This study is the first to document and analyze four centuries of near-death testimonies before the codification of the genre in the 1970s, offering the first full account of the modern genealogy of "near-death experiences."
Encounters With Eternity
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Author : Christopher Jay Johnson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Encounters With Eternity written by Christopher Jay Johnson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Religion categories.
Views of death and life after death held by the Assemblies of God, Bahai faith, Baptists, Buddhism, Churches of Christ, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Lutherans, Presbyterianism, Roman Catholicism, Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Unitarian Universalism, United Methodist Church.
God Is With Us
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Author : Ken R. Vincent
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-06-03
God Is With Us written by Ken R. Vincent and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-03 with Religion categories.
Over a century ago, William James in Varieties of Religious Experience made the case that, "The founders of every church owed their power originally to the fact of their direct personal communication with the Divine." From the 1960s to the present day, thousands of cases have been recorded that demonstrate religious/spiritual/mystic experiences are quite common. Numerous social science surveys done over the past 50 years indicate that at least 50% of us have had a Spiritually Transformative Experience. Using the same tools that social scientists and medical researchers employ to study all other facets of human behavior, researchers have gained fresh insights into how humans experience God in the here-and-now and in the hereafter. The results of this research include: 1. God (aka, Ultimate Reality/Great Spirit) is with us and not distant. 2. Judgment is a reality. In the NDE, the experiencer is often brought before a divine judge/being of light for a "life review." This can be frightening, comforting, or both; nevertheless, it is awesome. 3. Hell is not permanent. Hell is for purification and rehabilitation and not eternal punishment. 4. Religious groups that declare that theirs is the only path to God and salvation are totally wrong. NDE and other religious experiences (e.g., after-death communications, death-bed visions) are replete with stories of people of all faiths and denominations in heaven. 5. "By their fruits you shall know them." Virtually all of the books on the NDE and other religious experiences mentioned in this book speak to the fact that these events change people for the better. What is universal is from God; the remainder of religion is cultural.
Experiences Near Death
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Author : Allan Kellehear
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1996
Experiences Near Death written by Allan Kellehear and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The author compares near-death experiences from all over the world, revealing their similarities as well as their differences.
Making Sense Of Death And Immortality
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Author : Paul Badham
language : en
Publisher: SPCK
Release Date : 2013-06-20
Making Sense Of Death And Immortality written by Paul Badham and has been published by SPCK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-20 with Religion categories.
Many think that belief in life after death flies in the face of what science has discovered. Paul Badham explores the grounds on which the hope of immortality, central for Christian doctrine, can be revitalized today. He suggests that the possibility of a relationship between God and human beings is confirmed by our religious experience, and that resurrection and immortality need each other. Includes chapters on the evidential value of near-death experiences, concepts of heaven, and arguments against belief in hell.