We believe that no thoughtful questions, addressed with state-of-the-art evidence and methodologies by scholars of goodwill, should be off-limits and so we have assembled a multidisciplinary team of scholars with unique expertise and qualifications to address the topic of human interaction with the divine, the sacred, and the deceased examining psychological, scientific, and theological perspectives.
We have divided the contributions into four major sections that include 1 the personal experience, 2 theological consideration, 3 medical, technological, and scientific considerations, and finally 4 psychological considerations.
Scholars who specialize in theology, psychology, medicine, neuroscience, and ethics are included thus providing a multidisciplinary, well-rounded, and grounded perspective on human interaction with the divine, the sacred, and the deceased.
We come to these issues and questions from various informed academic and applied lenses along with diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds as well. Although the jury is still out in terms of the answers to all, if not at least many, of our questions regarding human efforts to communicate with those who are beyond the realm of the living, these scholars together provide a very thoughtful, compelling, evidence based, and contemporary approach.
While we all have more questions than answers perhaps, we can collectively move the ball forward in our understanding of this critically important topic in a thoughtful manner.
T homas G. He has published over professional journal articles and book chapters. Additionally, he has published 24 books.
He has evaluated or treated more than a thousand priests and applicants to the priesthood and diaconate and has served as a consultant for a number of Roman Catholic and Episcopal Church dioceses and religious orders.
Gary E. Schwartz, PhD is a professor of psychology, medicine, neurology, psychiatry, and surgery, and director of the Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health, at the University of Arizona. He moved to Yale University in , where he was a professor of psychology and psychiatry, director of the Yale Psychophysiology Center, and co-director of the Yale Behavioral Medicine Clinic, before moving to Arizona in Understanding the How and Why of Compliance.
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