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Letter to the Editor: Investigating Iranian Shiite Muslim Near-Death Experiences: Background, Methodological Considerations, and Preliminary Comments (open access)

Letter to the Editor: Investigating Iranian Shiite Muslim Near-Death Experiences: Background, Methodological Considerations, and Preliminary Comments

Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Investigating Iranian Shiite Muslim Near-Death Experiences: Background, Methodological Considerations, and Preliminary Comments."
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Ghasemiannejad, Alinaghi; Long, Jeffrey & Long, Jody
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Editor's Foreword [Fall 2013] (open access)

Editor's Foreword [Fall 2013]

Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critique of "A Prospectively Studied Near-Death Experience with Corroborated Out-of-Body Perceptions and Unexplained Healing" (open access)

Critique of "A Prospectively Studied Near-Death Experience with Corroborated Out-of-Body Perceptions and Unexplained Healing"

Abstract: An article titled "A Prospectively Studied Near-Death Experience with Corroborated Out-of-Body Perceptions and Unexplained Healing" by Penny Sartori, Paul Badham, and Peter Fenwick was published in the Journal of Near-Death Studies in 2006. The authors concluded that the reported case strengthened "the cumulative experience derived from many other individual cases that suggest that our current models of consciousness must expand in order to provide and adequate explanation of NDEs" (p. 83). However, a closer examination of Sartori et al.'s paper raises significant questions about their methodology and interpretation of their findings. In particular, certain methodological weaknesses and possible interpretation biases undermine the paper's conclusions. This critique addresses both Sartori et al.'s original paper and relevant parts of Sartori's (2008) Ph.D. thesis published subsequently.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Rush, Michael J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rejoinder to "Response to 'Critique of "A Prospectively Studied Near-Death Experience with Corroborated Out-of-Body Perceptions and Unexplained Healing"'" (open access)

Rejoinder to "Response to 'Critique of "A Prospectively Studied Near-Death Experience with Corroborated Out-of-Body Perceptions and Unexplained Healing"'"

Michael J. Rush discusses Penny Sartori's response to his critiques of her article "A Prospectively Studied Near-Death Experience with Corroborated Out-of-Body Perceptions and Unexplained Healing."
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Rush, Michael J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Response to "Critique of 'A Prospectively Studied Near-Death Experience with Corroborated Out-of-Body Perceptions and Unexplained Healing'" (open access)

Response to "Critique of 'A Prospectively Studied Near-Death Experience with Corroborated Out-of-Body Perceptions and Unexplained Healing'"

Abstract: In this article, I respond to a critique by Michael Rush of a 2006 article from this Journal in which I and my co-authors described a case of a near-death experience with veridical components and an inexplicable healing. I address each point from the critique in the order in which it was raised. Overall, I found most of the criticism to have been points I had already addressed in previous publications, and the critique also provided my an opportunity to clarify a few points I had not previously detailed. For me, this professional exchange has served to underscore the difficulty of conducting methodologically sound prospective research on near-death experiences.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Sartori, Penny
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to the Editor: When Ideology Overrules Science (open access)

Letter to the Editor: When Ideology Overrules Science

Letter Rudolph H. Smit written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "When Ideology Overrules Science."
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Smit, Rudolf H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Divine Moments: Ordinary People Having Spiritually Transformative Experiences (open access)

Book Review: Divine Moments: Ordinary People Having Spiritually Transformative Experiences

Review of a book titled "Divine Moments: Ordinary People Having Spiritually Transformative Experiences" written by Nancy Clark.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Wood, Andrew
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library