Visions of Jesus

Ernie Hollands a career criminal said Christ appeared to him in his cell in Millhaven Penitentiary. Maria Martinez saw Jesus at a busy intersection in Miami Florida. Rose Fairs was tying in bed one morning when the Venetian blinds opened and the head of Jesus materialized before her. Were these people only imagining a figure that seemed life-like or is there a chance that what they saw was in some way real?<P>This first critical study of contemporary visions of Jesus offers the intriguing accounts of thirty people most of them ordinary men and women without prior or subsequent experiences of this kind who remain mystified about their encounters. Wiebe recounts each vision in vivid detail exploring why these individuals believe their visions were of Jesus and why they typically believe them to be objective happenings rather than hallucinations or dreams. He regards the occurrences from perspectives as diverse as biblical scholarship and parapsychology concluding that they may well represent genuine religious experiences of a mystical character. The fascinating nature of these visions and Wiebe's thoughtfuL evenhanded approach to each report add up to a book that will be provocative reading for skeptics and the faithful alike.