Life After Death: Fact or Fiction?

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This article is about the second Opposing Viewpoints book on the topic of life after death; for the first edition see Life After Death: Opposing Viewpoints (1990).

Life After Death: Fact or Fiction? is a book, in the Fact or Fiction? series (part of the Opposing Viewpoints series), presenting selections of contrasting viewpoints on the afterlife: six selections making the case that it is a fact, and six which present evidence against it. It was edited by Kimberly Benton.

It was published by Greenhaven Press (Farmington Hills) in 2004 as a 192-page hardcover (ISBN 0-7377-1735-1) and paperback (ISBN 0-7377-1736-X).

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Chapter	Viewpoint	Author	Notes
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Life After Death Is a Fact	1. Near-Death Experiences Are Proof of Life After Death	Elisabeth Kübler-Ross	Excerpt from On Life After Death (Celestial Arts, 1991, paperback, ISBN 0-89087-653-3; Scribner, 1997, hardcover, ISBN 0-684-84223-8; Scribner, 1997, paperback, ISBN 0-684-83938-5).
	2. Reincarnation Is Evidence of Life After Death	Philip Kapleau	Excerpt from The Wheel of Life And Death: A Practical and Spiritual Guide (Doubleday, 1989; DIANE Publishing Company, 1997, hardcover, ISBN 0-7881-6314-0; Scribner, 1998, paperback, ISBN 0-684-84631-4; Audio Literature, 1998, audio cassette, ISBN 1-57453-057-7).
	3. A Religious View of Life After Death	Leighton Ford	Excerpt from "Hope for a Great Forever," Christianity Today International.
	4. Life After Death Theories Are Provable	Victor Zammit	Excerpt from "A Lawyer Presents the Case for the Afterlife: Irrefutable Objective Evidence," 2000.
	5. Scientific Experiments Prove Life After Death Communications	Gary E. Schwartz, Linda Russek, Lonnie Nelson, and Christopher Barensten	Excerpt from "Accuracy and Replicability of Anomalous After-Death Communication Across Highly Skilled Mediums," Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 2001.
	6. Past-Life Hypnotic Regression Proves Life After Death	Michael Newton	Excerpt from Destiny of Souls: New Case Studies of Life Between Lives (Llewellyn Publications, 2000, paperback, ISBN 1-56718-499-5).
Chapter 2: Evidence Against Life After Death Near-Death	1. Experiences Are Not Proof of Life After Death	Susan Blackmore	Excerpt from "Near-Death Experiences: In or Out of the Body?," Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 16, 1991, pp. 34-45.
	2. Reincarnation Is Fiction	Hieromonk Seraphim Rose	Excerpt from The Soul After Death: Contemporary "After-Death" Experiences in the Light of the Orthodox Teaching on the Afterlife (Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1980; St. Xenia Skete Press, 1998, reissue edition paperback, ISBN 0-938635-14-X).
	3. Life After Death Cannot Be Scientifically Proven	Paul Kurtz	Excerpt from "The New Paranatural Paradigm: Claims of Communicating with the Dead," Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 24, November 2000, p. 27.
	4. Psychics Do Not Prove Life After Death	Joe Nickell	Excerpt from "John Edward: Hustling the Bereaved," Skeptical Inquirer, November/December 2001.
	5. Scientific Experiments Do Not Prove Life After Death	Richard Wiseman and Ciaran O'Keeffe	Excerpt from "A Critique of Schwartz et al.'s After-Death Communication Studies," Skeptical Inquirer, November/December 2001.
	6. Past-Life Regression Does Not Prove Life After Death	Nicholas P. Spanos	Excerpt from "Past-Life Hypnotic Regression: A Critical View," Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 12, Winter 1987-1988, pp.174-80.
Epilogue: Analyzing the Evidence
For Further Research
Index