Celebrating fifty years of thoughtful Christian engagement with the paranormal, this volume brings together five leading voices from the 2025 50th Anniversary Conference of The Christian Parapsychologist journal.
Drawing on Scripture, theology, philosophy, and decades of psychical research, the contributors explore miracles, near-death experiences, spirit communication, discernment, and the development of psychic gifts, all within a Christ-centred, biblically-based framework.
Alan Murdie's case for the intellectual credibility of Gospel miracles in light of modern psychical research employs a judicial, cumulative approach, in which converging testimonies gain probative force.
Dr Mark Fox critically reviews half a century of near-death experience research, surveying their core features, which reflect a transitional state rather than final reality, and grounding them in the Christian hope of the resurrection rather than mere disembodied survival.
Christian Romer challenges physicalist assumptions in modern-day parapsychology, distinguishes between the paranormal and the supernatural, and calls for the reintegration of science, philosophy,
theology in discerning spiritual phenomena.
Matthew McGuire argues that psychic abilities are God-given aspects of human nature that should not be divorced from holiness and spiritual growth, proposing that spiritual discipline must govern psychic development to glorify God.
Jimmy Akin explores biblical examples of spirit-communication, distinguishing between the various types mentioned, whilst ensuring that vigilance and discernment are fundamental in this field.
Accessible yet substantial, this book invites readers to test everything, hold fast to what is good, and add knowledge to faith in a world still wrestling with mystery.
