CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE BOOK “SCIENCE OF LIFE AFTER DEATH”

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Published: Oct 31, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1983-2478.2023v18n2e182r01
Keywords:
Mediunship, Anomalistic psychology, Life after death, Near-death experience, Reincarnation

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Daniel Foschetti Gontijo
UFMG
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4723-7756
Natacha Ágata de Queiroz Andrade Costa Gontijo
Pitágoras
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5034-3433

Abstract

Critical book review:


MOREIRA ALMEIDA, Alexander; COSTA, Marianna Abreu; COELHO, Humberto Schubert. Ciência após a morte. Belo Horizonte: Ampla, 2023.

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GONTIJO, Daniel Foschetti; GONTIJO, Natacha Ágata de Queiroz Andrade Costa. CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE BOOK “SCIENCE OF LIFE AFTER DEATH”. INTERAÇÕES, Belo Horizonte, v. 18, n. 2, p. e182r01, 2023. DOI: 10.5752/P.1983-2478.2023v18n2e182r01. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/interacoes/article/view/31155. Acesso em: 12 sep. 2025.
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Vol. 18 No. 2 (2023): Espiritualidade e saúde
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BOOK REVIEWS

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Author Biographies

Daniel Foschetti Gontijo, UFMG

Doutor e Mestre em Neurociências pela UFMG. Graduado em Psicologia pela FUMEC. Brasil. ORCID: 0000-0002-4723-7756. E-mail: odanielgontijo@gmail.com.

Natacha Ágata de Queiroz Andrade Costa Gontijo, Pitágoras

Graduada em Psicologia pela Faculdade Pitágoras. Brasil. ORCID: 0009-0006-5034-3433. E-mail: natchagata@gmail.com.

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