Death is the same across all cultures—we all live and die. The cycle of life is the same, buthow we view deathis different. You’re familiar with the traditional American funeral. Family members, friends, and relatives gather quietly around the body at a wake wearing all black. Later th...
In the beginning, according to the Book of Genesis, death and decline slithered onto the scene as punishment for wickedness and moral weakness, establishing a separation between God and humans, good and evil. The implications of this narrative have influenced Western thought on aging and dying fo...
Hland, Evy Johanne. Rituals of death and dying in modern and ancient Greece: writing history from a female perspective. xvii, 672 pp., illus., bibliogr. Newcastle‐upon‐Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014. 73.99 (cloth)Computational geometry...
This consideration has been taken into account in deathbed and mourning rituals that are intended to assist the soul to abandon the body and proceed on its afterlife journey. It was not unusual to wait until only the bones remain prior to burial because that would indicate that the spirit has...
The rituals and rites performed while a person is dying; Rites which accompany the disposal of the body; Rites that enable the soul to transit from the stage of a ghost (preta) to the realm of the ancestors, the Pitrs; Rites performed in honor of the Pitrs. ...
Dr. Candi Cann is a scholar and public intellectual who specializes in the fields of death, dying, and grief. Dr. Cann has written several books and articles on these topics and participated in many interviews and webinars. She is available for speeches
Brandy Schillace writes in her 2015 book ‘Death’s Summer Coat: What the History of Death and Dying Teaches Us About Life and Living,’ that Westerners are “bent on living forever, but committed to the disposable nature of absolutely everything else.” ...
Death and dying in Islam is a very ritualized affair. Rituals begin almost immediately after the person has passed. These rituals include the washing of the body, enshrouding the body in white linen, funeral prayers and then burial. The period of mourning generally lasts 3 days while widows ...
Killing.Every death system has norms that indicate when, how, and for what reasons individuals or other living creatures can be killed. There are international treaties that define what weapons and what killings are justifiable in war. Different cultures determine the crimes an individual can be ex...
Various cultures and religions view death in different manners and conduct mourning rituals according to their own traditions. In most cultures, visitors often come to express their condolences to the family and to bid farewell to the deceased. At times, funeral services are private. Various ethnic...