Life Begins at Death by Leslie D. Weatherhead is a short but thought-provoking exploration of one of humanity's most enduring questions: does personal existence continue after physical death? Written by one of the best-known British Christian ministers and theological writers of the twentieth century, the book approaches death and the afterlife from a Christian perspective while also engaging with ideas concerning psychical research and survival.
 
The book takes an accessible question-and-answer form, with Weatherhead replying to questions put to him by Norman French. First published in Britain in 1969, it is classified bibliographically under the Christian understanding of the future life.
Rather than treating death solely as an ending, Weatherhead considers the possibility that it represents a transition into another stage of existence. The book examines questions surrounding survival after bodily death and places them within Weatherhead's broader interest in Christianity, psychology and psychical research.
This is particularly significant because Weatherhead was willing to explore areas that many Christian writers of his generation approached cautiously. His other writings included The Resurrection of Christ in the Light of Modern Science and Psychical Research, demonstrating his sustained interest in examining questions of resurrection and survival alongside contemporary psychical investigation.
 
The book explores:
Life after death from a Christian perspective
The possibility of survival beyond physical death
Christian understandings of the future life
Death as transition rather than extinction
Faith and questions concerning immortality
Spiritual interpretations of human existence
Christianity and psychical research
This title will appeal to readers interested in:
Life after death and survival research
Christian spirituality and theology
Psychical research and Christianity
Death, dying and the afterlife
Consciousness and survival after bodily death
Resurrection and immortality
Leslie D. Weatherhead and twentieth-century Christian thought
The subject matter also places the book within an interesting period of twentieth-century Christian discussion concerning psychical research. Notably, Life Begins at Death was itself stocked by the Churches' Fellowship for Psychical and Spiritual Studies in the early 1980s alongside works on survival, bereavement and psychical research.
 
Life Begins at Death – Leslie D. Weatherhead – Life After Death, Christian Spirituality, Survival & Psychical Research