Long live A(me)rica! An examination of the interplay between nationalistic–symbolic immortality striving and belief in life after death.

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 861-881
Author(s):  
Andy Scott ◽  
Jeff Schimel ◽  
Michael Sharp
Keyword(s):  
Life After Death ◽  
Symbolic Immortality

Comments on "The psychology of life after death."

1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 1459-1461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Life After Death

The Religious Functions of Near-Death Experiences

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Schlieter
Keyword(s):  
Religious Experience ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Life After Death ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Near Death Experiences

This final chapter secures the result of the survey by discussing the religious functions of near-death experiences for affected individuals, but also the functions of the reports for the audience. It outlines (a) ontological, (b) epistemic, (c) intersubjective, and (d) moral aspects. It has been argued that experiencers feel closer to God, are less attracted to religion, and are significantly more inclined to believe in life after death. A function of the narratives consists in the claim that, in atheistic and secular times, individual religious experience is still possible. Several reports argue with a copresence of life and death. Discussing cognitivist approaches, the chapter finally concludes that, given the Latin etymology of “experience,” harboring, among others, the meaning of “being exposed to danger” or “passing a test,” near-death experiences can be seen as a match for conceptions of religious experience as a transformative, gained by surviving a life-threatening danger.

scholarly journals Factors Moderating the Impact of After Death Communications on Beliefs and Spirituality

2021 ◽  
pp. 003022282110291
Author(s):  
Jennifer K. Penberthy ◽  
Marieta Pehlivanova ◽  
Tevfik Kalelioglu ◽  
Chris A. Roe ◽  
Callum E. Cooper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Experience ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Emotional Reaction ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Life After Death ◽  
Moderating Factors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

After death communications(ADCs) are defined as perceived spontaneous contacts with living individuals by the deceased. This research presents on a subset of data from a recent large international survey of individuals who experienced ADCs and provided systematic information regarding these experiences. In our research we explore the impact of having an ADC on reported spirituality, religiosity, beliefs and attitudes about death and dying and also explore the moderating factors of this impact. We found that having an ADC was perceived as a positive life experience and that it was associated with a reduction in fear of death, belief in life after death and that the deceased could communicate with the living, and increased reported spirituality. Moderating factors include aspects of having or desiring physical contact with the deceased as well as perceiving some emotional reaction to the ADCs. Future directions for research exploration are also provided based on our findings.

Life after Death with Dignity: The Oregon Experience

Social Work ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Death With Dignity ◽  
Life After Death

Tourism Economics: Life after Death?

1995 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Tribe
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Growth ◽  
The State ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Model Curriculum ◽  
Mainstream Economics ◽  
Life After Death ◽  
Educational Package ◽  
Critical Scrutiny ◽  
Economics Courses ◽  
Introductory Economics

Paul Omerod's recent book, The Death of Economics, provides the background to this paper. As Omerod's book laments the state of mainstream economics it seems an appropriate time to subject economics for tourism degrees to similar critical scrutiny. There has been a rapid growth in institutions offering degrees in tourism, from none in 1985 to 40 and rising by 1995, and economics has generally been part of the package on offer to students. This paper starts by outlining three serious challenges to economics both as a discipline and as educational knowledge for tourism students. It then examines how the educational package of economics is framed, and from this concludes that economics courses may arise more from accident (or inertia) than design, or that the design may not be appropriate for current needs. It therefore suggests that there is considerable scope for the re-framing of introductory economics for tourism students. In the light of the criticisms of economics expressed in the first section, a model curriculum for tourism economics is proposed, and ways in which such a model might be promoted and developed are explored.

Symbolic Immortality: The Tlingit Potlatch of the Nineteenth Century

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 315
Author(s):  
Susan K. Short ◽  
Sergei Kan
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Symbolic Immortality
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