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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 while also presenting cremation as a universal practice. This work is also an essential sourcebook for students on the growing number of death-studies courses and wider studies in religion, anthropology or sociology.
Cremation --- Burning the dead --- Incineration --- Dead --- Funeral rites and ceremonies
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Cremation --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Philosophy --- #GGSB: Liturgie --- #GGSB: Rituelen --- Funeral customs and rites --- Burning the dead
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Cremation --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- RBINS-SYMPOSIUM --- Burning the dead --- Incineration --- Dead --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Conferences - Meetings
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Cremation, as a means of managing the post-mortem body, was reintroduced to Europe at the end of the eighteenth century, but would not become common practice until the second half of the nineteenth century. This was a major development, with multifaceted implications which generated heated debate. Initially, armed with a variety of arguments (hygienic, economic, aesthetic, and philosophical arguments citing freedom of conscience and will) the advocates of modern cremation - who tended to come...
Cremation --- Incineration --- Burning of waste --- Combustion of waste --- Waste burning --- Waste combustion --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Burning the dead --- Dead --- Funeral rites and ceremonies
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Indians of North America --- Indians of North America --- Cremation --- Burning the dead --- Incineration --- Dead --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Indians of North America --- Indians of North America --- Antiquities. --- Funeral customs and rites. --- Burial --- Mortuary customs --- Massachusetts --- Antiquities.
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Philosophical anthropology --- Death --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Cremation --- Social aspects --- History. --- Funerals --- Mortuary ceremonies --- Obsequies --- Manners and customs --- Rites and ceremonies --- Burial --- Dead --- Mourning customs --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Burning the dead --- Incineration --- History --- Philosophy
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Just one hundred years ago, Americans almost universally condemned cremation. Today, nearly one-quarter of Americans choose to be cremated. The practice has gained wide acceptance as a funeral rite, in both our private and public lives, as the cremations of icons such as John Lennon and John F. Kennedy Jr. show. Purified by Fire tells the fascinating story of cremation's rise from notoriety to legitimacy and takes a provocative new look at important transformations in the American cultural landscape over the last 150 years.Stephen Prothero synthesizes a wide array of previously untapped source material, including newspapers, consumer guides, mortician trade journals, and popular magazines such as Reader's Digest to provide this first historical study of cremation in the United States. He vividly describes many noteworthy events-from the much-criticized first American cremation in 1876 to the death and cremation of Jerry Garcia in the late twentieth century. From the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era to the baby boomers of today, this book takes us on a tour through American culture and traces our changing attitudes toward death, religion, public health, the body, and the environment.
Cremation --- Cremation --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Public opinion --- Funerals --- Mortuary ceremonies --- Obsequies --- Manners and customs --- Rites and ceremonies --- Burial --- Cremation --- Cryomation --- Dead --- Mourning customs --- Burning the dead --- Incineration --- Dead --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- History. --- Public opinion. --- History. --- United States --- Social life and customs.
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Cremation --- Cremation --- Burial --- 264-055 --- Burial customs --- Burying-grounds --- Graves --- Interment --- Archaeology --- Public health --- Coffins --- Dead --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Grave digging --- Burning the dead --- Incineration --- Dead --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- 264-055 Begrafenis. Lijkdienst. Dodenofficie. Jaargetijde. Bidprentjes --- Begrafenis. Lijkdienst. Dodenofficie. Jaargetijde. Bidprentjes --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- History --- History --- Begrafenis. Lijkdienst. Dodenofficie. Jaargetijde. Bidprentjes
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"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 volume 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"--Provided by publisher.
Human remains (Archaeology) --- Cremation --- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient. --- Social archaeology. --- Archaeology --- Restes humains (Archéologie) --- Crémation --- Funérailles --- Archéologie sociale --- Archéologie --- History --- Methodology. --- Histoire --- Rites et cérémonies --- Méthodologie --- Death --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Ancient funeral rites and ceremonies --- Burning the dead --- Incineration --- Dead --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Skeletal remains (Archaeology) --- Human skeleton --- Primate remains (Archaeology) --- Social aspects --- Methodology --- Philosophy --- Death - Social aspects - History - To 1500. --- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient --- Social archaeology --- Restes humains (Archéologie) --- Crémation --- Funérailles --- Archéologie sociale --- Archéologie --- Rites et cérémonies --- Méthodologie --- Bioarchaeology
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