What Is It Like to Be Dead? Near-Death Experiences, Christianity, and the Occult

...this work represents a step forward in the study of near-death reports. Schlieter has grasped the importance of researching the "genealogy" of these narratives, rather than naively receiving them without any context, either within a culture or the reporter's life, let alone accepting the accounts without any critical or even analytic engagement. The word "indispensable" is overused, but in my opinion, for those interested in the field of near-death narratives, this volume is indeed indispensable. Joseph Azize, Numen