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1 online resource (275 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-266) and index. |
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Carol Zaleski's book is the first objective, comprehensive survey of the mass of evidence surrounding near-death experiences: the extraordinary visions and ecstatic feelings reported by people who have survived a close brush with death. Comparing recent near-death narratives with those of a much earlier period she finds both profound similarities and striking contrasts. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Contents; INTRODUCTION; PART I: ORIENTATION; CHAPTER 1: A Wide-AngJe View; CHAPTER 2: Four ModeJs of Christian OtherworJd Journey Narration; The Otherworld Journey as Apocalypse:; The Otherworld Journey as Miracle Story:; The Otherworld Journey as Conversion:; The Otherworld Journey as Pilgrimage:; PART II: MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN RETURN-FROM-DEATH STORIES: A THEMATIC TREATMENT; CHAPTER 3: The Other World: Medieval Itineraries; Exit from the Body; The Guide; The Journey; CHAPTER 4: Obstacles; Fire; The Test-Bridge; Encounter with Deeds. |
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CHAPTER 5: ReentryThe Visionary Transformed; The Visionary as Messenger; The Narrator as Messenger; Vision and Revision; Interpretation of Visions; PART III: THE MODERN NEAR-DEATH NARRATIVE: A THEMATIC AND COMPARATIVE TREATMENT; CHAPTER 6: From Deathbed Visions to Life After Life; Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Precursors; Life After Life:, A New Phase; The Researchers; CHAPTER 7: The Other World: Modern Itineraries; Attitudes toward Death and Dying; Images of the Soul; Liminality; The Journey; The Light; Judgment; "Falling into Heaven": Mystical States and Visions of the Whole. |
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Otherworld TopographyOtherworld Demography; CHAPTER 8: Back to Life; Approaching the Point of No Return; The Visionary Transformed; The Visionary and the Interviewer; PART IV: THE INTERPRETATION OF NEAR-DEATH VISIONS; CHAPTER 9: Ecstatics and Statistics; Credentials; Verification; CHAPTER 10: Explanations and Counterexplanatidns; Were They Dead?; Models of Death; "Natural" Causes; Counterarguments; CHAPTER 11: Evaluating Near-Death Testimony; Experiential Claims; Double Vision; Corporeal Imagery; The Question of Interpretation; Another World to Live In; Orientation. |
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Appendix: Chronology of Medieval VisionsNotes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Near-death experiences -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Near-death experiences -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Voyages to the otherworld.
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Voyages to the otherworld. |
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Voyages to the otherworld in literature.
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Voyages to the otherworld in literature. |
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Man Near-death experiences, history |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zaleski, Carol. Otherworld journeys. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1988 9780195056655 (DLC) 86017983 (OCoLC)21155613 |
| ISBN |
9780195363524 (electronic book) |
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0195363523 (electronic book) |
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128052362X |
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9781280523625 |
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0195039157 (alkaline paper) |
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9780195039153 (alkaline paper) |
