Answering skeptics of Near Death Experiences

This book answers skeptical critiques of near-death experiences and argues that veridical NDEs support substance dualism and consciousness beyond the brain. It combines empirical evidence, philosophical argument, and Christian theological reflection.

Table of Contents


Chapter 1The Question That Wont Go Away

Chapter 2What Are Near Death Experiences

Chapter 3A Brief History of NDE Research

Chapter 4The Strongest Cases, Veridical Perception

Chapter 5The Pam Reynolds Case Revisited

Chapter 6NDEs in the Blind

Chapter 7NDEs in Children

Chapter 8ndes across cultures

Chapter 9Deathbed Visions and Shared Death Experiences

Chapter 10The Dying Brain Hypothesis

Chapter 11Oxygen Deprivation, CO2, Chemical Explanations

Chapter 12The Temporal Lobe Objection

Chapter 13Out of Body Experiences and the Temporo-Parietal Junction

Chapter 14Phantom Limbs and the Illusory Body Argument

Chapter 15Dreams Hallucinations and Altered States

Chapter 16The Ketamine and Drug Induced Experience Objection

Chapter 17The Timing Problem

Chapter 18Memory Confabulation and Narrative

Chapter 19Confirmation Bias and Researcher Bias

Chapter 20Cultural Conditioning, Expectations

Chapter 21The Vivid Doesnt Mean Veridical

Chapter 22The Consistency Objection

Chapter 23Consciousness, and the Brain, The Hard Problem

Chapter 24Substance Dualism and the Evidence from NDEs

Chapter 25The Physicalist Objection to NDEs

Chapter 26Biblical Anthropology and the Case for the Soul

Chapter 27Resurrection vs Soul Escape

Chapter 28NDEs and Christian Theology

Chapter 29The Transformative Power of NDEs

Chapter 30Answering the Heaven Tourism Critics

Chapter 31The Cumulative Case, Why NDE Skepticism Fails

Chapter 32What NDES Mean For Us

Appendix AComprehensive NDE Case Index

Appendix BAnnotated Bibliography

Appendix CGlossary of Key Terms

Appendix DMarsh Arguments Quick Reference