Religion, Spirituality, and the Near-death Experience

Can science adequately refute theological interpretations of NDEs in the absence of convincing medical explanations, and are religion and science necessarily in conflict?" "Drawing on the unpublished testimonies of almost 100 NDE survivors gathered over thirty years, and including a full overview of new theories and controversies, this scrupulously researched book is the only complete and up-to-date introduction to a subject that defies conventional understanding. Neither a religious argument touting NDEs as hard evidence of God nor a scientific rebuke washing them away, its balanced investigation of these much-reported yet baffling phenomena brings fresh urgency of the study of our hopes for a life beyond."--BOOK JACKET.