scholarly journals Changes in religious beliefs, attitudes, and practices following near-death experiences: An Australian study

1990 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cherie Sutherland
Keyword(s):  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Australian Study ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Near Death Experiences

Exploring Near-Death Experiences across Cultures

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Shushan
Keyword(s):  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The Body ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
Common Elements ◽  
Cultural Process ◽  
Extraordinary Experiences ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Near Death Experiences

Near-death experiences (NDEs) share many common elements worldwide, indicating that they originate in phenomena that are independent of culture. They also have many elements unique to the individual experiencers and their cultures, demonstrating a symbiotic relationship between experience and belief. There are numerous examples worldwide of religious beliefs originating in NDEs and other extraordinary experiences. This is in contradiction to widely accepted notions that all experiences and beliefs are generated entirely by culture or language. Such paradigms not only fail to explain the origins of religious beliefs or the nature of related experiences but also fail to take seriously the testimonies of their sources. Near-death experiences provide perfectly rational grounds for beliefs that the soul can leave the body, and that it can survive death and join spirits of the dead in another world. As such, the phenomenon helps to demonstrate the cross-cultural process of reasoning based on evidence.

Attitudes and Practices of Doctors toward Spouse Assault Victims: An Australian Study

1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia W. Easteal ◽  
Simon Easteal
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Australian Capital Territory ◽  
Australian Study ◽  
Gender Stratification ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Wife Battering ◽  
Prevention And Treatment ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Assault Victims ◽  
Do So

The attitudes and practices of 96 doctors toward spousal assault victims in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia, were investigated by questionnaire surveys distributed to general practitioners. The results indicate that although most doctors believe that members of their profession should play a role in prevention and treatment, many doctors may be failing to do so. In general, the sample was fairly homogeneous attitudinally, although long-serving practitioners tend to have more conservative attitudes about the causes of spousal assault and about doctors’ role in prevention; and female doctors have more liberal beliefs than males about some aspects of causation and intervention. However, the latters’ responses are less sympathetic when questioned about their own feelings and practices. Very few of the doctors had received any training on domestic violence issues, and for those that had, such training was minimal. There is nevertheless an indication that training has influenced some beliefs. The findings are not surprising in the context of the historical and current Australian ethos which perpetuates traditional gender stratification and wife battering.

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