Stafford Betty, Ph.D.
Stafford Betty earned his Ph.D. in theology from Fordham University, where he specialized in Asian religious thought and Sanskrit. Today he is a professor of world religions at California State University, Bakersfield, and has evolved as one of the world�s most acclaimed experts on the afterlife. In 2011 he published The Afterlife Unveiled, which has emerged as a classic in the field. His most recent book, Heaven and Hell Unveiled (2014), is an in-depth description of spirit life, with an emphasis on how spirits progress from lower to higher planes on their eons-long march toward the Divine.
Stafford's numerous earlier publications focused on the philosophy of religion and psychical research; many are available at academia.edu. He has traveled to India four times and published three novels, one set in ancient India, another in the afterlife. He writes a blog for The Huffington Post in an attempt to reach non-specialists. He regularly addresses conference and radio audiences.
