Encyclopedia Of Cremation

Author : Lewis H. Mates
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317143833

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Encyclopedia of Cremation by Lewis H. Mates Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Cremation is the first major reference resource focused on cremation. Spanning many world cultures it documents regional histories, ideological movements and leading individuals that fostered cremation whilst also presenting cremation as a universal practice. Tracing ancient and classical cremation sites, historical and contemporary cremation processes and procedures of both scientific and legal kind, the encyclopedia also includes sections on specific cremation rituals, architecture, art and text. Features in the volume include: a general introduction and editorial introductions to sub-sections by Douglas Davies, an international specialist in death studies; appendices of world cremation statistics and a chronology of cremation; cross-referencing pathways through the entries via the index; individual entry bibliographies; and illustrations. This major international reference work is also an essential source book for students on the growing number of death-studies courses and wider studies in religion, anthropology or sociology.

Author : Lewis H. Mates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Cremation
ISBN : 1315579502

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Encyclopedia of Cremation by Lewis H. Mates Pdf

Author : Lewis H. Mates
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 879 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317143826

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Encyclopedia of Cremation by Lewis H. Mates Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Cremation is the first major reference resource focused on cremation. Spanning many world cultures it documents regional histories, ideological movements and leading individuals that fostered cremation whilst also presenting cremation as a universal practice. Tracing ancient and classical cremation sites, historical and contemporary cremation processes and procedures of both scientific and legal kind, the encyclopedia also includes sections on specific cremation rituals, architecture, art and text. Features in the volume include: a general introduction and editorial introductions to sub-sections by Douglas Davies, an international specialist in death studies; appendices of world cremation statistics and a chronology of cremation; cross-referencing pathways through the entries via the index; individual entry bibliographies; and illustrations. This major international reference work is also an essential source book for students on the growing number of death-studies courses and wider studies in religion, anthropology or sociology.

Author : Paul E. Irion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015004404771

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Cremation by Paul E. Irion Pdf

Author : Robert Kastenbaum,Beatrice Kastenbaum
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1989-09-18
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UOM:49015002881630

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Encyclopedia of Death by Robert Kastenbaum,Beatrice Kastenbaum Pdf

A broad range of information is offered in some 130 articles, though the editors make no claims of comprehensiveness. The contributions are concise and straightforward without being superficial or trite, presenting discussion of the controversies when the need exists. Among the topics covered: cremation, death anxiety, funerals, grief, living wills, mortality rate, murder, near-death experiences, stillbirth, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, as well as periodicals and organizations covering death and dying. Each entry carries references. A fine reference for a wide audience. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Jessica Cerezo-Román,Anna Wessman,Howard Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780192519085

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Cremation and the Archaeology of Death by Jessica Cerezo-Román,Anna Wessman,Howard Williams Pdf

The fiery transformation of the dead is replete in our popular culture and Western modernity's death ways, and yet it is increasingly evident how little this disposal method is understood by archaeologists and students of cognate disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. In this regard, the archaeological study of cremation has much to offer. Cremation is a fascinating and widespread theme and entry-point in the exploration of the variability of mortuary practices among past societies. Seeking to challenge simplistic narratives of cremation in the past and present, the studies in this volume seek to confront and explore the challenges of interpreting the variability of cremation by contending with complex networks of modern allusions and imaginings of cremations past and present and ongoing debates regarding how we identify and interpret cremation in the archaeological record. Using a series of original case studies, the book investigates the archaeological traces of cremation in a varied selection of prehistoric and historic contexts from the Mesolithic to the present in order to explore cremation from a practice-oriented and historically situated perspective.

Author : Clifton D. Bryant,Dennis L. Peck
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1161 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-15
Category : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
ISBN : 9781412951784

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Encyclopedia of Death & Human Experience by Clifton D. Bryant,Dennis L. Peck Pdf

This two-volume Encyclopdia - through multidisciplinary and international contributions and perspectives - organizes, defines and clarifies more than 300 death-related concepts.

Author : Anne Kjaersgaard
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783643909640

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Funerary Culture and the Limits of Secularization in Denmark by Anne Kjaersgaard Pdf

Considered one of the most irreligious countries in the world, in spite of continued religious affiliation of the majority of the population, Denmark is an important case to explore the limits of secularization. This study challenges the secularization thesis from the perspective of lived religion, innovatively examining death-related behaviour and hitherto overlooked religion in relation to organ donation, churchyard design, grave visiting rituals, and graveyard photographs. Dissertation. (Series: Death Studies. Nijmegen Studies in Thanatology, Vol. 4) [Subject: Danish Studies, Religious Studies, Death Studies]

Author : Julius Bautista,Francis Khek Gee Lim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134018871

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Christianity and the State in Asia by Julius Bautista,Francis Khek Gee Lim Pdf

This book examines how Christians in Asia express their religion under the spectre of the nation state and processes of globalization. Considering Christianity's growing prominence, and the various ways Asian nation states respond to this growth, this book brings into sharper analytical focus the ways in which the faith is articulated at the local, regional, and global level.

Author : Clifton D. Bryant,Dennis L. Peck
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1346 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412916080

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21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook by Clifton D. Bryant,Dennis L. Peck Pdf

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Author : Sarah De Nardi,Hilary Orange,Steven High,Eerika Koskinen-Koivisto
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780429631641

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The Routledge Handbook of Memory and Place by Sarah De Nardi,Hilary Orange,Steven High,Eerika Koskinen-Koivisto Pdf

This Handbook explores the latest cross-disciplinary research on the inter-relationship between memory studies, place, and identity. In the works of dynamic memory, there is room for multiple stories, versions of the past and place understandings, and often resistance to mainstream narratives. Places may live on long after their physical destruction. This collection provides insights into the significant and diverse role memory plays in our understanding of the world around us, in a variety of spaces and temporalities, and through a variety of disciplinary and professional lenses. Many of the chapters in this Handbook explore place-making, its significance in everyday lives, and its loss. Processes of displacement, where people’s place attachments are violently torn asunder, are also considered. Ranging from oral history to forensic anthropology, from folklore studies to cultural geographies and beyond, the chapters in this Handbook reveal multiple and often unexpected facets of the fascinating relationship between place and memory, from the individual to the collective. This is a multi- and intra-disciplinary collection of the latest, most influential approaches to the interwoven and dynamic issues of place and memory. It will be of great use to researchers and academics working across Geography, Tourism, Heritage, Anthropology, Memory Studies, and Archaeology.

Author : Douglas Davies,Hannah Rumble
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441165091

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Natural Burial by Douglas Davies,Hannah Rumble Pdf

From the 1990s the British developed an interest in natural burial, also known as woodland, green, or ecological burial. Natural burial constitutes part of a long, historical legacy for British funeral innovation; from Victorian cemetery monuments and garden cemeteries through the birth and rise of cremation to the many things done with cremated remains. The book sets natural burial in the context of such creative dealing with death, grief, mourning, and the celebration of life. Themes from sociology and anthropology combine with psychological issues and theological ideas to show how human emotions take shape and help people consider their own death whilst also dealing with the death of those they love. The authors explore the variety of motivations for people to engage with natural burial and its popular appeal, using interviews with people having a relationship with one natural burial site created by the Church of England but open to all. They illustrate people's understandings of life and death in the sacred, secular and mixed worlds of modern Britain.

Author : Tim Thompson
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782978510

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The Archaeology of Cremation by Tim Thompson Pdf

Human societies have disposed of their dead in a variety of ways. However, while considerable attention has been paid to bodies that were buried, comparatively little work has been devoted to understanding the nature of cremated remains, despite their visibility through time. It has been argued that this is the result of decades of misunderstanding regarding the potential information that this material holds, combined with properties that make burned bone inherently difficult to analyse. As such, there is a considerable body of knowledge on the concepts and practices of inhumation yet our understanding of cremation ritual and practice is by comparison, woefully inadequate. This timely volume therefore draws together the inventive methodology that has been developed for this material and combines it with a fuller interpretation of the archaeological funerary context. It demonstrates how an innovative methodology, when applied to a challenging material, can produce new and exciting interpretations of archaeological sites and funerary contexts. The reader is introduced to the nature of burned human remains and the destructive effect that fire can have on the body. Subsequent chapters describe important cremation practices and sites from around the world and from the Neolithic period to the modern day. By emphasising the need for a robust methodology combined with a nuanced interpretation, it is possible to begin to appreciate the significance and wide-spread adoption of this practice of dealing with the dead.

Author : Corina Rotar,Marius Rotar
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-17
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781443857468

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Dying and Death in 18th-21st Century Europe by Corina Rotar,Marius Rotar Pdf

This book features the second selection of the most representative papers presented at the international conference “Dying and Death in 18th–21st Century Europe” (ABDD), a traditional scientific event organized every year in Alba Iulia, Romania. The book invites the reader on a fascinating journey across the last three centuries of Europe, using the concept of death as a guide. The past and present realities of the complex phenomena of death and dying in Romania, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Serbia, Macedonia, Poland, USA, Germany, Sweden, Finland, and Italy are dealt with by authors from varying backgrounds, including historians, sociologists, psychologists, priests, humanists, anthropologists, and doctors. This is proof that death as a topic cannot be confined to one science; the deciphering of its meanings and of the shifts it effects requires a joint, interdisciplinary effort.

Author : Stephen Prothero
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520236882

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Purified by Fire by Stephen Prothero Pdf

Publisher Fact Sheet A history of cremation in America.