An Invitation to Christian Philosophers and Theologians to Study Afterlife Apologetics: Near-Death, Deathbed, and other Visionary Experiences

Visionary experiences such as near-death experiences (NDEs) and deathbed experiences (DBEs) have been widely documented, professionally studied and published, but have not received sufficient attention by Christian philosophers and theologians, leaving a gap in peer-reviewed religious literature.

This paper identifies several types of visionary experiences that seem to offer data relevant to many philosophical and theological themes, such as the afterlife, substance dualism, and the existence of a personal, loving God.

Types of experiences include NDEs, deathbed visions, crisis apparitions, after death communications, terminal lucidity, visions of Jesus, demonic visions, premonitions of death, and angelic visions.

Thus, this paper invites scholarly discussion via the Philosophical Issues in ‘Afterlife Apologetics’ project.

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