{"product_id":"signs-of-reincarnation-exploring-beliefs-cases-and-theory-9781538124819","title":"Signs of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigns of Reincarnation provides a systematic, inter-disciplinary examination of beliefs in as well as evidence for reincarnation that will appeal to students of anthropology, religious studies, philosophy, and the psychology of consciousness and memory, as well as parapsychology. Matlock discusses various ways the reincarnation evidence may be interpreted and shows that although the postmortem survival and reincarnation of consciousness entails a rejection of the materialist notion that consciousness is generated by the brain, it does not require the acceptance of any radically new concepts or the abandonment of well-established findings in mainstream psychology or biology. The book includes an extensive bibliography and a glossary of specialized and technical terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn excellent introduction to the important but little-known body of evidence for human rebirth. James Matlock relentlessly and properly confronts traditional beliefs, the behavior of would-be critics, and recent attempts to provide conceptual frameworks accommodating rebirth data. A major contribution! -- Edward F. Kelly, Ph.D., professor of perceptual studies, University of Virginia, coeditor of Beyond Physicalism: Toward Reconciliation of Science and Spirituality\u003cbr\u003eMatlock writes a compelling history and analysis of the data supporting cases suggestive of reincarnation. As a neuroscientist, I believe that the data from many cases reported by Matlock and others concerning memories of past lives, cannot be easily explained by any other alternative hypothesis. -- Marjorie Woollacott, Ph.D., emeritus professor of neuroscience, University of Oregon, author of Infinite Awareness: The Awakening of a Scientific Mind\u003cbr\u003eMatlock has written the first comprehensive exploration of reincarnation across cultures. Signs of Reincarnation should be read by anyone seriously interested in the many facets of reincarnation. -- Robert Rosenberg, Ph.D., historian of science and technology, former editor, Thomas Edison Papers at Rutgers University\u003cbr\u003eMatlock’s work, particularly his processual soul theory, deserves to be carefully considered by all hard scientists, psychologists, anthropologists, and philosophers, especially in the context of our materialistic world and our understanding of science. -- Antonia Mills, Ph.D., professor emerita, First Nations Studies University of Northern British Columbia Canada.\u003cbr\u003eIn this cogently reasoned, appropriately critical, and extremely well sourced book, Matlock makes a strong case for the reincarnation hypothesis, largely by demonstrating that it accounts for the full range of data and case reports better than the paranormal and conventional alternatives. A must read for anyone with a scholarly interest in post-mortem survival and an open mind. -- John Palmer, Ph.D., former research director, Rhine Research Center, former editor, Journal of Parapsychology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOREWORD: A TALE OF TWO THEORIES, by Jeffrey Mishlove  PREFACE   CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF REINCARNATION SIGNS  What is Reincarnation?  Challenge to Materialism   CHAPTER 2: THE BELIEF IN REINCARNATION  Signs, Beliefs, and Customs in Animistic Cultures  A Brief History of the Belief in Rebirth, West and East  Karma, God, and the Individual in Rebirth Theory  CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODS AND INTERPRETATIVE FRAMES  Accounts of Past-Life Memory Recorded Before 1960  Ian Stevenson’s Field Research and Its Critics  Interpretive Frames for Reincarnation Cases  CHAPTER 4: CHILD STUDIES: THE PRINCIPAL SIGNS OF REINCARNATION  Involuntary Memory of Previous Lives  Behavioral Identification with the Previous Person  Birthmarks and Other Physical Signs  CHAPTER 5: CHILD STUDIES: SECONDARY SIGNS OF REINCARNATION  Signs of Discarnate Agency  Universal, Near-Universal, and Culture-Linked Patterns  The Psychological Impacts of Past-Life Memory  CHAPTER 6: PAST-LIFE RECALL IN ADULTHOOD AND THIRD-PARTY REPORTS  Developmental Factors in Involuntary Past-Life Memory Retrieval  Fantasy and Fact in Past Life Regression under Hypnosis  The Contributions of Shamans, Psychics, and Mediums  CHAPTER 7: THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION  Beyond Materialism  Personal Identity and Postmortem Survival  Reincarnation and Life  AFTERWORD: IMPLICATIONS OF REINCARNATION CASES FOR BIOLOGY, by Michael Nahm","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041143980375,"sku":"9781538124819","price":61.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781538124819.jpg?v=1750949107","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/signs-of-reincarnation-exploring-beliefs-cases-and-theory-9781538124819","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}