Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Study with Jimmy Akin: Religion and Parapsychology
Feb 4, 2026
An eight-week course exploring how Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and other traditions have wrestled with ESP, miracles, and the afterlife. The series examines evidence, personal experiences, and how psi research might illuminate ideas like the soul and revelation. Practical details about schedule, tuition, and registration are also provided.
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Parapsychology Meets Big Religious Questions
- Jimmy Akin frames parapsychology as a century-long scientific inquiry that may bear on big religious questions.
- He suggests empirical psi research could illuminate topics like the soul, afterlife, and miracles.
Comparative Survey Of Religious Psi Interpretations
- The course surveys how major religions interpret phenomena like ESP, NDEs, reincarnation, and miracles.
- Akin argues that psi research can both challenge skeptics and support core religious claims.
Two-Way Conversation Between Psi And Faith
- Akin plans to examine both what parapsychologists make of religion and what religious people can make of parapsychology.
- He sees a two-way conversation that can refine interpretations on both sides.
Ancient faiths and modern psi research come together in this course to be taught by Jimmy Akin. The online course, Religion & Parapsychology, will explore how Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and more have grappled with ESP, miracles, and the afterlife—and why serious evidence may challenge both skeptics and believers alike: What if psi research strengthens, rather than weakens, core religious claims about the soul, revelation, and the spiritual world?