Culture and the Near-Death Experience: Comments on Keith Augustine's "Psychophysiological and Cultural Correlates Undermining a Survivalist Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences"

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Abstract: This paper is a sociological commentary on the leading paper by Keith Augustine. It discusses the relationship between social expectations and culture as well as extending the discussion about the possibility that near-death experiences may not be a singular entity. I suggest there are sound grounds for developing a typology of experiences that have different and or overlapping causes and phenomenology.

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147-153 p. ; 23 cm.

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Kellehear, Allan Winter 2007.

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  • Main Title: Culture and the Near-Death Experience: Comments on Keith Augustine's "Psychophysiological and Cultural Correlates Undermining a Survivalist Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences"
  • Serial Title: Journal of Near-Death Studies
  • Series Title: JNDS, Volume 26, Number 2

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Abstract: This paper is a sociological commentary on the leading paper by Keith Augustine. It discusses the relationship between social expectations and culture as well as extending the discussion about the possibility that near-death experiences may not be a singular entity. I suggest there are sound grounds for developing a typology of experiences that have different and or overlapping causes and phenomenology.

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147-153 p. ; 23 cm.

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  • Journal of Near-Death Studies, 26(2), Human Sciences Press, Winter 2007, pp. 147-153

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  • Publication Title: Journal of Near-Death Studies
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue: 2
  • Page Start: 147
  • Page End: 153
  • Pages: 7

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Journal of Near-Death Studies

The Journal of Near-Death Studies is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal devoted to the field of near-death studies. It is published on a quarterly basis by the International Association for Near-Death Studies. The Journal began publication in 1982 under the name Anabiosis which was changed to its current title in 1986 with the start of Volume 6.

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Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 26, Number 2, Winter 2007 (Journal/Magazine/Newsletter)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 26, Number 2, Winter 2007

Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.

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Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 26, Number 2, Winter 2007, ark:/67531/metadc799425

Psychophysiological and Cultural Correlates Undermining a Survivalist Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences (Article)

Psychophysiological and Cultural Correlates Undermining a Survivalist Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences

Third part of a critique of survivalist interpretations of near-death experiences (NDEs), which considers psychophysiological and cultural correlates of NDEs suggesting that such experiences are solely products of individuals' minds rather than windows into a transcendental realm.

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Psychophysiological and Cultural Correlates Undermining a Survivalist Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences, ark:/67531/metadc799229

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Kellehear, Allan. Culture and the Near-Death Experience: Comments on Keith Augustine's "Psychophysiological and Cultural Correlates Undermining a Survivalist Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences", article, Winter 2007; Lawrence, Kansas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798980/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

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