Abstract: In Western culture, approaches to the afterlife have mutated throughout history, from shamanism and mythology to philosophy, spiritualism, and psychical research. For conceptual reasons, however, survival research seems to many to be languishing, despite some remarkable recent advances. I urge a return to a more experience-based approach, modeled after features of the near-death experience, for its practical benefits; I intend that approach to complement other forms of research, not displace them. Finally, I underscore the unique status of survival research as a scientific pursuit.

Reviews of the books "Children of the New Millennium: Children's Near-Death Experiences and the Evolution of Humankind" and "Subtext for Children of the New Millennium," both by researcher P. M. H. Atwater.

Study examining the relationship in people who have not had a near-death experience (NDE) between attitudes toward and knowledge of NDEs.

Letter from John Tomlinson to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic of religion and NDEs.

Letter from Barbara Harris Whitfield to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic of progress in the field of NDE research and spirituality.

Letter from Leon S. Rhodes written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic of near-death experiences and Christianity.

Letter from Jenny Wade to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Religious Wars in the NDE Movement."

Letter from J. Kenneth Arnette to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Response to Krishnan."

Letter from J. Timothy Green to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Did NDEs Play a Seminal Role in the Formulation of Einstein's Theory of Relativity?"

Letter Brice J. Horacek to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "EMDR, ADCs, NDEs, and the Resolution of Loss."

Letter from Neal Grossman to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Forgiveness and the Near-Death Experience."

Letter from Bogomir Golobic to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Marian Visionaries of Medjugorje."

Letter Beverly Brodsky to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Beverly Brodksy Responds."

Letter from Allan L. Botkin to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Allan Botkin Responds."

Letter from Evelyn Elsaesser-Valarino to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Review of On the Other Side of Life."