Life at Death [Hardcover]

Kenneth Ring (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 310 pages
• Publisher: Coward Mc Cann; 1St Edition edition (July 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0698110323
• ISBN-13: 978-0698110328
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #806,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kenneth Ring, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Connecticut, and an internationally recognized authority on the subject of near-death experiences on which he has written five books and nearly a hundred articles. He is also the co-founder and past President of The International Association for Near-Death Studies and the founding editor of its quarterly scholarly journal, The Journal of Near-Death Studies, now in its thirtieth year. Dr. Ring has appeared on many television and radio programs and been often interviewed in the press in connection with his work on near-death experiences.

Early in 2008, Dr. Ring became interested and then deeply involved in issues having to do with the situation of Palestinian people and in that connection traveled to the West Bank. His contacts with Palestinian people led to his work on his book, Letters from Palestine, on which he collaborated with a Palestinian friend, Ghassan Abdullah of Ramallah. Dr. Ring has also written articles about Gaza and continues to be actively engaged with issues having to do with Palestinian life and culture.

He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has three children and four grandchildren.

Much more information about Dr. Ring and his books can be found on his website, www.lettersfrompalestine.com He is also on Facebook.

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Scientific Study of NDE's, May 10, 2000

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This review is from: Life at Death (Paperback)

This is the first scientific study of the Near Death Experience. It is like a breath of fresh air after the anecdotal accounts of men like Raymond Moody. There is a statistical analysis of the aspects of the NDE, and some of the conclusions are rather surprising, but the small sample size is rather upsetting. With the prevalence of NDE's around, it seem rather silly to only use 100 people in the sample. At any rate, let's hope that this book will be encourage other researchers to look at the Near Death Experience a little more citically.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars interesting, November 6, 2010

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This review is from: Life at Death (Paperback)

NDEs are very interesting experiences. We really don't know what will happen when we die, all what will be is speculative. But those reports may be very helpful for many grieving or frightened people.
The way K. Ring wrote about it shows a great deal of insight. If somebody is interested in NDEs his books are sure good to read and may be a great help preferable to all 'esoteric' pseudo science.

1.0 out of 5 stars Unacceptable, November 25, 2011

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Book not as advertised. Threw it in trash. Dirty, crinkled cover, book filled with highlighted and underscored passages, comments jotted in margins, earmarked pages, and something I would not even consider selling at any price. "Your Online Bookstore" will never get any more business from me.