Did St Jerome Have a Near-death Experience?
This article is concerned with a remarkable experience recounted by St Jerome, which has a number of features associated with reports of 'near-death experiences' (NDEs). Curiously, commentators who have explored patristic and mediaeval accounts of NDEs have hitherto neglected this account....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2009]
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| In: |
The expository times
Year: 2009, Volume: 120, Issue: 11, Pages: 530-533 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Judgement B Near-death experiences B St Jerome B Future Life B Saints B out-of-body experience B near-death experience B God B Dualism |
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| Summary: | This article is concerned with a remarkable experience recounted by St Jerome, which has a number of features associated with reports of 'near-death experiences' (NDEs). Curiously, commentators who have explored patristic and mediaeval accounts of NDEs have hitherto neglected this account. The aetiology and significance of NDEs is disputed; however, it is likely that the negative aspects of St Jerome's vision were influential on subsequent Christian reflections on judgement and the afterlife. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5308 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The expository times
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0014524609106839 |
