The handbook of near-death experiences
Subtitle: thirty years of investigation
By: edited by Janice Miner Holden, Bruce Grayson, and Debbie James ; foreword by Kenneth Ring.
Contributors: Holden, Janice Miner.; Grayson, Bruce.; James, Debbie.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313358647; 9780313358654
Subjects: Near-death experiences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The field of near-death studies : past, present, and future / Janice Miner Holden, Bruce Greyson, and Debbie James; title: Pleasurable Western adult near-death experiences : features, circumstances, and incidence / Nancy L. Zingrone and Carlos Alvarado; title: Aftereffects of pleasurable Western adult near-death experiences / Russell Noyes ... [et al.]; title: Distressing Western near-death experiences : finding a way through the abyss / Nancy Evans Bush; title: "Trailing clouds of glory" : the near-death experiences of Western children and teens / Cherie Sutherland; title: Characteristics of Western near-death experiencers / Janice Miner Holden, Jeffrey Long, and B. Jason MacLurg; title: Census of non-Western near-death experiences to 2005 : observations and critical reflections / Allan Kellehear; title: World religions and near-death experiences / Farnáz Masúmián; title: Veridical perception in near-death experiences / Janice Miner Holden; title: Explanatory models for near-death experiences / Bruce Greyson, Emily Williams Kelly, and Edward F. Kelly; title: Practical applications of research on near-death experiences / Ryan Foster, Debbie James, and Janice Miner Holden.