JNDS, Volume 24, Number 2

Abstract: John Gibbs relates research findings on near-death experiences (NDEs) to John Shelby Spong's "continuity view of Jesus" and his "call for a new Christianity." Gibbs' argument falls short of demonstrating congruence of the scientific findings of NDE research with the theological claims of Spong, who posits that Jesus was not God, but just a person

JNDS, Volume 25, Number 4

Abstract: Keith Augustine raises questions regarding Pam Reynolds's near-death experience (NDE) while undergoing cerebral aneurysm surgery using the hypothermic cardiac arrest ("standstill") procedure. I specifically address questions regarding anesthesia and brainstem auditory evoked response procedures; and the relation of Reynolds's NDE to "standstill" and life after death

JNDS, Volume 18, Number 4

Abstract: This article responds to 15 excerpts from Kenneth Ring's paper that question the accuracy and integrity of Light & Death (Sabom, 1998)

JNDS, Volume 19, Number 1

Article responding to Gracia Fay Ellwood's commentary on Light & Death, in which she alleges serious problems with the discussion of Raymond Moody's research, views on the psychic and the occult, and the use of the Bible as an authoritative document

JNDS, Volume 26, Number 3

Letter from Michael B. Sabom to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic "Study of Perception in Autoscopic NDEs.

JNDS, Volume 1, Number 1

This paper discusses the effort to find an objective means of evaluating near-death experiences (NDEs). A study of "one hundred and sixteen near-death survivors have been interviewed in this study" (abstract). The author's mechanism for determining the authenticity of out-of-body experiences (OBEs) requires that individuals recall details that are specific to the events that surrounded their physical body during the duration of their OBE, and the individual must have no physical means of gaining sensory information about their surroundings

JNDS, Volume 26, Number 3

Article discussing the acute dying experience (ADE), which incorporates peritraumatic dissociation and hyperarousal into an experiential continuum lasting seconds to minutes. It is instantly triggered by the sudden, clear perception of threat of significant injury and/or death and followed, at times, by physical trauma, physiological derangement, and loss of consciousness. Results from this and other studies show that paradoxically the more terrifying and traumatic an accident may appear, the more peaceful and painless it may actually be experienced

JNDS, Volume 26, Number 3

Letter from P. M. H. Atwater to the editor discussing how memories of near-death experiences appear to be more stable over time than other traumatic memories