Immortality: The Other Side of Death

Rating:
Summary: Bible-based look at "near death" experiences
Review: A fascinating, Bible-based look at life after death and the true meaning of the much-publicized "near death" experiences. By presenting the very latest scientific, philosophical, anthropological, ethical, and theological evidence on the topic, the authors confirm the timeless truth and validity of the Bible's teachings about life after death.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent resource for the foundations of immortality
Review: The authors seek to establish not only the rationality and justification of belief in immortality, but seek to show through epistemological comparison how immortality is just as factual as many more accepted concepts.The belief in mind/body dualism is explored extensively with great merit. The sections on near-death experiences are interesting - though their merit to the overall issue is questionable and questioned by the authors.The weakest portion of the book is that section dedicated to dealing with the fear of death. Approached from a thoroughly Christian perspective, it seems rather anemic. William Cullen Bryant's _Thanatopsis_ comes to mind as a greater source of solace. Overall, the book deserves serious consideration - especially in light of the two-century attack dualism has endured - and the more recent rejection of dualism as a Christian concept my modern theists.