In this thought-provoking volume, Philip H. Wiebe provides the first critical study of visions of Jesus reported in recent years. Here are intriguing accounts of visions as told by 30 ordinary people--discussed in light of recent work on visual hallucinations by psychologists and neurologists. Wiebe's thoughtful and evenhanded approach makes provocative reading for skeptics and the faithful alike.
A career criminal claimed Christ appeared to him in his jail cell. A woman saw Jesus at a busy intersection in Miami. Another described how the head of Jesus materialized in her home. This critical study of contemporary visions of Jesus offers intriguing accounts or 30 ordinary people--and makes a case for the reality of the phenomena as true religious experience.
No serious doubt seems to exist that visions of Jesus have occurred and might continue today. Even those who are skeptical about the reality of religious experiences seem to agree that such visions have occurred, although they tend to dismiss them as hallucinations. However, enough reports have occurred in the history of the church to make such reports believable. "Visions and Appearances of Jesus" examines the remarkable fact that Jesus has s...
This book is Wiebe's defense of the claim that a significant form of spiritual experience is found in 'knowing something we have no right to know'. He selects forty-five first-hand accounts from a data-base at the University of Wales to make his case, and, in solidarity with those people, recounts something of his own experience.
