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Surprise - and Discovery? - in the Near-Death Experience
Article exploring expressions of surprise and puzzlement that lend a ring of authenticity to self-reports of near-death experiences (NDEs). Surprise typically indicates the discovery of novel features of reality during the cognition-reality interplay that makes learning possible. If at least some NDE surprises are discoveries in a nonsubjective sense, then that cognition-reality interplay can continue during moments near death as subject learn that self and reality must be understood to include a nonmaterial realm.
Date:
Summer 1997
Creator:
Gibbs, John C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
God, Tragedy, and the Near-Death Experience: Evaluating Kushner's Perspectives on Theodicy
Article evaluating Harold Kushner's original and reconstructed perspectives on God and the theodicic problem on the basis of research on the near-death experience (NDE) and related phenomena.
Date:
Summer 1999
Creator:
Gibbs, John C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Moody's Versus Siegel's Interpretation of the Near-Death Experience: An Evaluation Based on Recent Research
Article using recent research to evaluate Raymond Moody's versus Ronald Siegel's interpretations of the near-death experience (NDE). Whereas Moody had concluded that the NDE is ontologically valid, Siegel interpreted the NDE as a purely subjective hallucinatory phenomenon.
Date:
1986~
Creator:
Gibbs, John C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Refreshment and Reunion in Paradise: Near-Death Experiences in Early North African Christianity
Article discussing the near-death experiences of Perpetua and Saturus, martyrs of early Christianity.
Date:
Spring 2009
Creator:
Potthoff, Stephen E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reply to Michael Sabom's Commentary
Article responding to Michael Sabom's commentary, suggesting that the near-death experience's (NDE's) ontological and spiritual significance extends to religious issues and raises questions relevant to whether near-death experiencers and Jesus have spirituality in common.
Date:
Winter 2005
Creator:
Gibbs, John C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Perinatal Interpretation of Frightening Near-Death Experiences: A Dialogue with Kenneth Ring
Article proposing a more comprehensive interpretation of frightening near-death experiences (NDEs), in response to a paper by Kenneth Ring.
Date:
Autumn 1994
Creator:
Bache, Christopher
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Validity and Reliability of the Near-Death Experience Scale-6 (NDE-6)
Research study reporting the development and psychometric properties of a 6-item Near-Death Experience Scale (NDE-6) drawn largely from the 16-item parent scale. This short form evidenced adequate test-retest reliability and internal consistency, as well as construct validity. The index shows promise for use in research and as a screening scale in clinical contexts.
Date:
Winter 2003
Creator:
Prosnick, Kevin P. & Evans, William J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
What Do Near-Death Experiencers and Jesus Have in Common? The Near-Death Experience and Spong's New Christianity
Article relating near-death phenomena to John Shelby Spong's argument for a more "authentic" view of Jesus, a more spiritual understanding of humanity, and a new, evolving Christianity. Near-death research and Spong's envisioned new Christianty share in principle the ideal of progress through challenge and open dialogue.
Date:
Winter 2005
Creator:
Gibbs, John C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library