Natural Burial: Traditional - Secular Spiritualities and Funeral Innovation
Jul 2012 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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192
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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.
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 ...
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Douglas Davies is Professor in the Study of Religion and Director of Durham University's Centre for Death and Life Studies, UK. His numerous books on death and other aspects of Religious Studies reflect his combined skills as both Anthropologist of Religion and Theologian.
Hannah Rumble is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Exeter, UK. She is also an Associate at the Centre for Death and Life Studies, University of Durham, UK, and Research Associate at the Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath, UK.
Hannah Rumble is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Exeter, UK. She is also an Associate at the Centre for Death and Life Studies, University of Durham, UK, and Research Associate at the Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath, UK.
Douglas Davies is Professor in the Study of Religion and Director of Durham University's Centre for Death and Life Studies, UK. His numerous books on death and other aspects of Religious Studies reflect his combined skills as both Anthropologist of Religion and Theologian.
Hannah Rumble is Lectu...
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