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Author: James R. Lewis
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9781578591350
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Death and Afterlife Book objectively surveys and explores worldwide popular, historical and cultural aspects of death and the beyond. From alchemy to near- death experiences and from Gilgamesh to the collective unconscious, readers will find objective and sensitive information on this ever-fascinating and elusive topic.
Author: Glennys Howarth
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-12-16
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 1136913602
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn recent years there has been a massive upsurge in academic, professional and lay interest in mortality. This is reflected in academic and professional literature, in the popular media and in the proliferation of professional roles and training courses associated with aspects of death and dying. Until now the majority of reference material on death and dying has been designed for particular disciplinary audiences and has addressed only specific academic or professional concerns. There has been an urgent need for an authoritative but accessible reference work reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of the field. This Encyclopedia answers that need. The Encyclopedia of Death and Dying consolidates and contextualizes the disparate research that has been carried out to date. The phenomena of death and dying and its related concepts are explored and explained in depth, from the approaches of varied disciplines and related professions in the arts, social sciences, humanities, medicine and the sciences. In addition to scholars and students in the field-from anthropologists and sociologists to art and social historians - the Encyclopedia will be of interest to other professionals and practitioners whose work brings them into contact with dying, dead and bereaved people. It will be welcomed as the definitive death and dying reference source, and an essential tool for teaching, research and independent study.
Author: Michael Martin
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015-03-12
Total Pages: 709
ISBN-13: 0810886782
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBecause every single one of us will die, most of us would like to know what—if anything—awaits us afterward, not to mention the fate of lost loved ones. Given the nearly universal vested interest in deciding this question in favor of an afterlife, it is no surprise that the vast majority of books on the topic affirm the reality of life after death without a backward glance. But the evidence of our senses and the ever-gaining strength of scientific evidence strongly suggest otherwise. In The Myth of an Afterlife: The Case against Life after Death, Michael Martin and Keith Augustine collect a series of contributions that redress this imbalance in the literature by providing a strong, comprehensive, and up-to-date casebook of the chief arguments against an afterlife. Divided into four separate sections, this collection opens with a broad overview of the issues, as contributors consider the strongest evidence of whether or not we survive death—in particular the biological basis of all mental states and their grounding in brain activity that ceases to function at death. Next, contributors consider a host of conceptual and empirical difficulties that confront the various ways of “surviving” death—from bodiless minds to bodily resurrection to any form of posthumous survival. Then essayists turn to internal inconsistencies between traditional theological conceptions of an afterlife—heaven, hell, karmic rebirth—and widely held ethical principles central to the belief systems supporting those notions. In the final section, authors offer critical evaluations of the main types of evidence for an afterlife. Fully interdisciplinary, The Myth of an Afterlife: The Case against Life after Death brings together a variety of fields of research to make that case, including cognitiveneuroscience, philosophy of mind, personal identity, philosophy of religion, moralphilosophy, psychical research, and anomalistic psychology. As the definitive casebookof arguments against life after death, this collection is required reading for anyinstructor, researcher, and student of philosophy, religious studies, or theology. It issure to raise provocative issues new to readers, regardless of background, from thosewho believe fervently in the reality of an afterlife to those who do not or are undecidedon the matter.
Author: P. M. H. Atwater
Publisher:
Published: 2014-04
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781937907204
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat really happens when we die? Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? A surprising number of people have died and lived to tell the tale - 4 to 5 percent of the global population have had a near-death experience. This is the encyclopaedia of this phenomenon, including crucial research regarding the experience, its after-effects and the implications for all of us who someday will shed this mortal coil.
Author: Deborah Noyes
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780618823628
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow much do we truly know and understand about our own mortality? Enter Encyclopedia of the End, a compulsively readable and beautifully illustrated compendium that explores this most taboo of topics. Entries present a kaleidoscopic mix of topics from afterlife to assassination, forensic science to funeral foods, rigor mortis to reincarnation and more. With an appreciation for the profound and profane, Deborah Noyes helps lift the shroud of secrecy surrounding one of the most fascinating--and ordinary--phenomena of life. After all, who says that a book about death can't be lively?
Author: James R. Lewis
Publisher: Gale Cengage
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis guide addresses questions on phenomena that have endured since the dawn of humankind, and reports recent trends such as the increases in near death experiences due to the use of defibrillators. Readers can explore beliefs pertaining to life after death that have developed in every culture, religion, philosophy and psychic dimension. Nearly 250 entries, presented in an A-Z order, provide biographies, definitions, theories and cultural and religious belief systems.
Author: John Martin Fischer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 019046660X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNear-Death Experiences gives an account of the profound meaning and striking transformative effects that near-death experiences engender. They argue that the integrity of scientific inquiry is compatible with genuine understanding of the significance of human spirituality.
Author: Glennys Howarth
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2007-01-16
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 0745625339
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Glennys Howarth provides a cutting-edge, comprehensive discussion of the key topics in death and dying and in so doing demonstrates that the study of mortality is germane to all areas of sociology. The book is organized thematically, utilizing empirical material from cross-national and cross-cultural perspectives. It carefully addresses questions about social attitudes to mortality, the social nature of death and dying, and explanations for change and diversity, and explores traditional and contemporary experiences of death."--Jacket.
Author: P.M.H. Atwater
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
Published: 2009-01-09
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1612830846
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReal-life stories of out-of-body experiences, encountering a special light, greeters from the afterlife, life reviews, tunnels, and 360-degree vision--are all part of this intriguing look at near-death experiences (NDEs) by one of the world’s noted authorities, P.M.H. Atwater. Atwater shares her amazing findings, based on her sessions with more than 4,000 adults and children and over 40 years of research; a breathtaking culmination to a successful and controversial career. Atwater examines every aspect of the near-death phenomenon: from first-hand accounts of survivors experiencing flash forwards, waking up in morgues, and developing psychic abilities, to stunning cases of groups experiencing NDEs together. Atwater offers statistics from her findings to show the distinctive common patterns that people experience, as well as the common aftereffects and how it changed their lives. She also explores the physiological and spiritual changes that result from near-death experiences and looks at the connections between the NDE experience and what is often called “enlightenment." Near Death Experiences not only provides a glimpse of what lies beyond the veil of our temporal existence, but points to what--or who--we really are and what we are meant to be.
Author: P. M. H. Atwater
Publisher:
Published: 2009-07
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781929661336
DOWNLOAD EBOOKP M H Atwater knows what it's like to die. And the experience so changed her life that she has devoted years to researching the phenomenon of the Near-Death Experience. From her own encounter with life-after-death and from interviews with hundreds of others, she presents this remarkable and reassuring vision into a world beyond the one we know: What it feels like to die; What awaits us after we see the light; Why many who are rescued from death don't want to come back; Why some people encounter hellish experiences; How life changes after a Near-Death Experience and much more!
