Latter-day Saint scholar Matthew Bowman explores near-death experiences and how they influence apocalyptic and other end-of-the-world writings in Mormonism.
From “Embraced by the Light” to “Visions of Glory,” these books fascinate members as they hunt for how they relate to their religion and prophecies for the end of the world.
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seem particularly intrigued by the way such experiences affirm their teachings of the afterlife and have rushed to buy the many books on the topic, including Betty Eadie’s 1992 bestseller, “ On this week’s show., historian Matthew Bowman, director of Mormon studies at Claremont Graduate University in Southern California and author of “Donate to the newsroom now.Matthew Bowman: Exploring the LDS spin on near-death experiences, the apocalypse and Chad Daybell
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