Do Funerals Matter? The Purpose and Practice of Death Rituals

Name: Do Funerals Matter? The Purpose and Practice of Death Rituals
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ISBN: 9780415662055

ISBN-10: 0415662052

ISBN-13: 9780415662055

Edition: 2013

Authors: William G. Hoy

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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…

Book details

List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 4/17/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



List of Figures


Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Funerals-Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going



More Treasured than Words: The Anchor of Significant Symbols



Getting Everybody Together: The Anchor of Gathered Community



Walk Out What You Can't Talk Out: The Anchor of Ritual Action



Looking Back to Look Forward: The Anchor of Cultural Heritage



Taking the Dead to the Party: The Anchor of the Body's Presence



North American Quests to Personalize Funeral Rituals



The Business of Funerals



Clinical Perspectives on the Value of Funerals



Farther Down the Road: Using Ritual in Grief Counseling


Epilogue


Glossary


References


Index