Reincarnation does not figure prominently in academic discussion. Moreover, though some articles defended reincarnation, the vast majority were critical of it. The doctrines of reincarnation are more widely spread by semi-academic books and pamphlets. In general, these focus on offering evidence to prove the occurrence of reincarnation rather than presenting consistent theories. In the English language area, Ian Stevenson has emerged as a prolific and influential author who is frequently quoted.
Doctrinal reincarnation is also readily available on the Internet.
I have identified more than a hundred websites that disseminate reincarnational beliefs. In all this the popular defence of reincarnation emerges as an undercurrent of protest against the materialist assumptions of western science. The stress on soul as ultimate reality within the universe strongly contradicts the scientific establishment which reduces all reality, including our human spirit, to mere matter.