Human interaction with the divine, the sacred, and the deceased : psychological, scientific, and theological perspectives /: psychological, scientific, and theological perspectives. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Thomas G. Plante, Gary E. Schwartz.
• Editors: Plante, Thomas G; Schwartz, Gary E, 1944-
• Contents: Introduction Thomas G. Plante and Gary E. Schwartz Part I: The Personal and Storied Experience of Divine and Departed Communications 1: Marginalizing the Sacred: The Clinical Contextualization of Sensed Presence Experiences Patricia Pearson 2: Understanding Lived Experiences of Encountering the Divine and the Departed T. Anne Richards 3: Personal Experiences of Communication with the Departed, the Sacred, and the Divine – A Self-Science Approach Gary E. Schwartz Part II: Theological Considerations 4: Travels Beyond Catherine Wolff 5: "God saw . . . and God knew . . .": Science, Divine Action, and Un/answered Prayers Paul J. Schutz 6: "My Soul is Not Me": Monistic Anthropologies and Participatory Prayer Amanda Alexander 7: Christian Perspectives on Praying for Deliverance from Demons Candy Gunther Brown 8: Islamic Perspectives on Human Interaction with the Divine, the Sacred, Saints, and the Deceased. Hasan Awan and Carrie York Al-Karam Part III: Medical, Technological, and Scientific Considerations 9: Love and Healing Larry Dossey 10: Implications of the Emerging Science of Consciousness for Prayer and Divine Experience Eben Alexander 11: Murder, Truth and Justice, and Religion: Altered Carbon and the Ambiguity of Real Death Braden Molhoek 12: Ghosts and Gods in the Machine: Human-Machine Interfaces in Transhuman Philosophy Levi Checketts 13: Contemporary Evidence for Communication with the Departed and the Sacred Gary E. Schwartz Part IV: Psychological Considerations 14: The Process of Believing and Communicating with the Unseen Raymond F. Paloutzian, Rüdiger J. Seitz, and Hans-Ferdinand Angel 15: The Meaning of Beliefs in Communicating with God and the Deceased for Individuals’ Well-being Crystal L. Park 16: Perceiving Messages from the Divine and Departed: An Attributional Perspective Julie J. Exline and Kathleen C. Pait 17: Ethical Challenges with Communication with the Divine and the Departed Thomas G. Plante Conclusions Thomas G. Plante and Gary E. Schwartz ;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 133.9; Spiritualism; Spirituality
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000418026; 9781000418002; 9781003105749
• Related ISBNs: 9780367616205
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