Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife

Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife is a book written by American neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander III. It relates and discusses his memories of experiences during a coma.

Summary

In the fall of 2008, Alexander, a doctor at Lynchburg General Hospital in Virginia, contracted a very rare bacterial meningitis and spent seven days in a coma. During this state, Alexander experienced something that gave him reason to believe in consciousness after death. In this book Alexander relates the details of his experience from the point of view of a neurosurgeon and discusses how this has affected his views on life, philosophy and medicine.

Author Biography

Dr. Eben Alexander began his career as an academic neurosurgeon 25 years ago. He has spent 15 years at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital, the Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. He has had personal experience with hundreds of patients who suffered strong alterations in their level of consciousness, and among many of whom experienced trauma, brain tumors, ruptured aneurysms, infections, and stroke.[1]

Over the course of his career Alexander wrote more than 150 chapters and papers in peer reviewed journals, and gave more than 200 presentations at conferences and medical centers worldwide.[2]

Reviews and Reception

Proof of Heaven reached the top 10 list in USA Today's 150 top selling titles.[3] It has also reached number 1 on New York Times' best selling paperback nonfiction books, [4] number 3 on Los Angeles Times best sellers, [5] and is included on Amazon Best Sellers of 2012. Proof of Heaven was featured in Newsweek[6] and Dr. Alexander's story was presented on ABC news Nightline.[7] Some scepticism and criticism has been received, as well as praise.[8][9][10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Eben Alexander, III, M.D., F.A.C.S". Eternea.
  2. ↑ "Eben Alexander III M. D.". Amazon.
  3. ↑ Best-Selling Books: What America's Reading, USA Today. Retrieved November 18, 2012
  4. ↑ Best Sellers, New York Times. Retrieved November 18, 2012
  5. ↑ This week's bestsellers, Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 18, 2012
  6. ↑ Heaven is Real:A Doctor's Experience of the Afterlife (cover image), Newsweek, October 15, 2012. Retrieved on November 18, 2012
  7. ↑ Marsh, Mary and Moran, Terry, Neuroscientist Sees "Proof of Heaven" in Week-Long Coma, ABC News, October 24, 2012. Retrieved on November 18, 2012
  8. ↑ Wendy-Marie Teichert, BOOK REVIEW: *Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife*, Catholic Business Journal
  9. ↑ Michael Shermer, Why a Near-Death Experience Isn’t Proof of Heaven, Scientific American, 19 March 2013
  10. ↑ Donald S. Whitney, Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander III (review), The Center for Biblical Spirituality, 2013
  11. ↑ "Proof of Heaven reviews". Christianbook.com.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 19, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.