Howard Storm (author)

For the film, television director and actor, see Howard Storm (director)

Howard Storm
Born
Howard Storm

(1946-10-26) October 26, 1946 (age 78)
Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationSan Francisco Art Institute,(BFA)
University of California, Berkeley (MA, MFA)
United Theological Seminary,(MDiv)
ChurchUnited Church of Christ
Congregations served
Covington United Church of Christ, Covington, Ohio
TitleSenior Pastor, Covington United Church of Christ
Websitehttp://www.howardstorm.com/

Howard Storm (born October 26, 1946) is an American Christian minister, writer, and painter. He is a former professor and chairman of the art department at Northern Kentucky University.[1] In 2000, he authored My Descent Into Death, which chronicles his near-death experience. Storm's near-death experience has been cited in literature on near-death studies,[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] and his book has garnered endorsement by gothic fiction writer Anne Rice before it was acquired by Doubleday and republished in 2005. Storm has retold his story on NBC's Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show,[9][10] 48 Hours,[9] Discovery Channel[9] and Coast to Coast AM.[10]

  1. ^ "About the Artist". howardstorm.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  2. ^ Kenneth Ring and Evelyn Elsaesser Valarino, Lessons from the light, 1998, pp. 291-292, 293.
  3. ^ Judith Cressy, The near-death experience: Mysticism or madness, 1994, pp. 19-34.
  4. ^ Arvin S. Gibson, Echoes from Eternity: New near-death experiences examined, 1993, pp. 258, 270, 305.
  5. ^ Arvin S. Gibson, Journeys beyond life: True accounts of next-world experiences, 1994, pp. 210-229, 258.
  6. ^ Arvin S. Gibson, Fingerprints of God: Evidences from near-death studies, scientific research on creation, and Mormon theology, 1999, pp. 101-102, 188-189, 209.
  7. ^ P. M. H. Atwater, The big book of near-death experiences, 2007, p. 245.
  8. ^ R. G. Mays and S. B. Mays (2008). The phenomenology of the self-conscious mind. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 27(1), 5-45. p. 33.
  9. ^ a b c Howard Storm, My descent into death: and the message of love which brought me back, London: Claireview, 2000, front end leaf.
  10. ^ a b Former atheist to tell how near-death changed life: Author, missionary says he was delivered from hell, Dayton Daily News, January 28, 2006.