Do Funerals Matter? is a creative interweaving of historical,
sociocultural, and research-based perspectives on death rituals,
drawing from myriad sources to create a picture of what death
rituals have been, and where, especially in the Western world, they
are going. Death educators, researchers, counselors, clergy,
funeral-service professionals, and others will appreciate the
book's theory- and research-based approach to the ways cultural
groups memorialize their dead. They will also find clear clinical
and practical applications in the author's exploration of the five
'ritual commonalities' of death-related ritual practice, and help
for professionals counseling the bereaved surrounding the funeral
ritual. Based on nearly three decades of research and teaching on
funeral rites, this volume promises to fill an important gap in the
cross-cultural literature on bereavement while answering an
important question for our generation: do funerals matter? Do
Funerals Matter? is a creative interweaving of historical,
sociocultural, and research-based perspectives on death rituals,
drawing from myriad sources to create a picture of what death
rituals have been, and where, especially in the Western world, they
are going. Death educators, researchers, counselors, clergy,
funeral-service professionals, and others will appreciate the
book's theory- and research-based approach to the ways cultural
groups memorialize their dead. They will also find clear clinical
and practical applications in the author's exploration of the five
'ritual commonalities' of death-related ritual practice, and help
for professionals counseling the bereaved surrounding the funeral
ritual. Based on nearly three decades of research and teaching on
funeral rites, this volume promises to fill an important gap in the
cross-cultural literature on bereavement while answering an
important question for our generation: do funerals matter?
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