LEADER 04443nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910823784303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-028158-8 010 $a1-280-52362-X 010 $a0-19-802098-8 010 $a0-19-536352-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000407938 035 $a(EBL)272428 035 $a(OCoLC)476010669 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000305354 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11226892 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000305354 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10305647 035 $a(PQKB)10128478 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000364034 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12132597 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364034 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10396032 035 $a(PQKB)10422095 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1591112 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000407938 100 $a19900409h19881987 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOtherworld journeys $eaccounts of near-death experience in medieval and modern times /$fCarol Zaleski 210 $aNew York ;$aOxford $cOxford University Press$d1988, c1987 215 $a1 online resource (286 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-503915-7 311 $a0-19-505665-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: ORIENTATION; CHAPTER 1 A Wide-Angle View; CHAPTER 2 Four Models of Christian Otherworld Journey Narration; The Otherworld Journey as Apocalypse: The Vision of St. Paul; The Otherworld Journey as Miracle Story: The Dialogues of Gregory the Great; The Otherworld Journey as Conversion: The Vision of Drythelm; The Otherworld Journey as Pilgrimage: St. Patrick's Purgatory; PART II: MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN RETURN-FROM-DEATH STORIES: A THEMATIC TREATMENT; CHAPTER 3 The Other World: Medieval Itineraries; Exit from the Body; The Guide; The Journey; CHAPTER 4 Obstacles; Fire 327 $aThe Test-Bridge Encounter with Deeds; CHAPTER 5 Reentry; The Visionary Transformed; The Visionary as Messenger; The Narrator as Messenger; Vision and Revision; Interpretation of Visions; PART III: THE MODERN NEAR-DEATH NARRATIVE: A THEMATIC AND COMPARATIVE TREATMENT; CHAPTER 6 From Deathbed Visions to Life After Life; Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Precursors; Life After Life: A New Phase; The Researchers; CHAPTER 7 The Other World: Modern Itineraries; Attitudes toward Death and Dying; Images of the Soul; Liminality; The Journey; The Light; Judgment 327 $a""Falling into Heaven"": Mystical States and Visions of the Whole Otherworld Topography; Otherworld Demography; CHAPTER 8 Back to Life; Approaching the Point of No Return; The Visionary Transformed; The Visionary and the Interviewer; PART IV: THE INTERPRETATION OF NEAR-DEATH VISIONS; CHAPTER 9 Ecstatics and Statistics; Credentials; Verification; CHAPTER 10 Explanations and Counter explanations; Were They Dead?; Models of Death; ""Natural"" Causes; Counterarguments; CHAPTER 11 Evaluating Near-Death Testimony; Experiential Claims; Double Vision; Corporeal Imagery; The Question of Interpretation 327 $aAnother World to Live In Orientation; APPENDIX: Chronology of Medieval Visions; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; 330 $aDozens of books, articles, television shows, and films relating ""near-death"" experiences have appeared in the past decade. People who have survived a close brush with death reveal their extraordinary visions and ecstatic feelings at the moment they died, describing journeys through a tunnel to a realm of light, visual reviews of their past deeds, encounters with a benevolent spirit, and permanent transformation after returning to life. Carol Zaleski's Otherworld Journeys offers the most comprehensive treatment to date of the evidence surrounding near-death experiences. The first to pla 606 $aNear-death experiences$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aVoyages to the otherworld 615 0$aNear-death experiences$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aVoyages to the otherworld. 676 $a133.9013 676 $a133.9013 700 $aZaleski$b Carol$0718168 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823784303321 996 $aOtherworld Journeys$93929699 997 $aUNINA