Near Death Experiences

Every year it seems a new book or movie is released that recounts an individual’s brief tour of heaven. Are there any common threads that emerge when evaluating the history of these kinds of reports? What should we believe about the afterlife, and how do stories like these compare with what we find Scripture? On this program, Shane Rosenthal talks again with St. Louis University professor Michael McClymond about how the reporting of near-death experiences has shaped, and continues to shape, contemporary views of the afterlife.