Gender and Trauma in the Near-Death Experience: An Epidemiological and Theoretical Analysis (open access)

Gender and Trauma in the Near-Death Experience: An Epidemiological and Theoretical Analysis

Article exploring the nature of the "fear-death experience" (FDE) by way of an epidemiological analysis, and discussing the FDE as one of several causal theories of the near-death experience (NDE).
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Audain, Linz
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Contribution of Tipler's Omega Point Theory to Near-Death Studies (open access)

A Contribution of Tipler's Omega Point Theory to Near-Death Studies

Article presenting Frank Tipler's concepts and arguments, and highlighting the value of his orientation for near-death studies. Tipler's work takes the steam out of scientific rejection of religious, spiritual, or noetic phenomena, and makes it possible to accept these phenomena while maintaining a strictly scientific posture.
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Crumbaugh, James C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Near-Death Experience: An Integration of Cultural, Spiritual, and Physical Perspectives (open access)

The Near-Death Experience: An Integration of Cultural, Spiritual, and Physical Perspectives

Article exploring two conflicting perspectives: that the near-death experience (NDE) is a glimpse into an after-death state and that it is the result of a dying brain, as well as a third perspective that NDEs are culturally determined. The author proposes an integrated model in which all three perspectives are viewed with equal weight.
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Paulson, Daryl S.
System: The UNT Digital Library