Cremation and Urn-burial
Author | : William Robinson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Burial |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : William Robinson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Burial |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Robert Boak Slocum |
Publisher | : Church Publishing, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 591 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0898697018 |
A comprehensive, quick reference for all Episcopalians, both lay and ordained. This thoroughly researched, highly readable resource contains more than 3,000 clearly entries about the history, structure, liturgy, and theology of the Episcopal Church—and the larger Christian church worldwide. The editors have also provided a helpful bibliography of key reference works and additional background materials. “This tool belongs on the shelf of just about anyone who cares for, works in or with, or even wonders about the Episcopal Church.”—The Episcopal New Yorker
Author | : Sir Thomas Browne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Norfolk (England) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sir Henry Thompson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1884 |
Genre | : Cremation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Thomas Browne |
Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2010-10-26 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0811221547 |
Urn Burial, one of the most influential essays in Western literature, is now available as a New Directions Pearl. Hydriotaphia, or Urn Burial, is one of the pinnacles of Renaissance scholarship and without doubt one of the great essays in English literature. Beginning with observations on the recent discovery of Roman antiquities in the form of burial urns, Browne’s associative mind wanders to elephant graveyards, to pre-Christian cremation ceremonies, and finally to the idea of Christian burial. Browne then explores, with a more melancholic meditation, man’s struggles with mortality and the uncertainty of his fate and fame in the living world. This edition includes a magisterial discourse on Sir Thomas Browne taken from the first chapter of W. G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1894 |
Genre | : Cremation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Fred Rosen |
Publisher | : Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2010-10-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1615927565 |
In this captivating review of the history, the practice, and the industry of cremation in America, award-winning former New York Times columnist Fred Rosen provides an authoritative source of information and many revealing facts about an increasingly common, yet still controversial, alternative to burial. Rosen gives an entertaining first person account of his inquiry into the practice of cremation and its roots. He describes the early ancient custom of cremation by funeral pyre and then explores why the rising Church banned the practice as a sacrilege. He then traces the underpinnings of the modern cremation movement in the late 19th century among a colorful group of intellectuals and physicians. This 19th century group endorsed this then illegal practice as a means to improve public health--as a way to prevent seepage of burial grounds from polluting ground water and spreading disease. Rosen goes on to examine, in today''s world, people''s feelings about death and religion as well as their sensitivities to cremation. Given certain abuses, he believes that this industry needs to be regulated. However, he finds much in favor of cremation when firsthand comparing its costs vs. the excesses and extravagances of the burial funeral industry. In an age when over 25 percent of the population is turning to cremation as a preferred funeral arrangement, this book offers much timely, useful, and engrossing information.
Author | : Anonymous |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781020012693 |
In this forward-thinking work, the author explores the future of burial practices and the rising popularity of cremation and urn-burial. With thoughtful reflections on the cultural and spiritual significance of death and burial, this book offers readers a unique perspective on a topic of importance to us all. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : United States. Federal Trade Commission |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 49 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Funeral supplies industry |
ISBN | : 1428957839 |
Author | : Jessica Cerezo-Román |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0198798113 |
The fiery transformation of the dead is replete in our popular culture and Western modernity's death ways, and yet it is increasingly evident how little this disposal method is understood by archaeologists and students of cognate disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. In this regard, the archaeological study of cremation has much to offer. Cremation is a fascinating and widespread theme and entry-point in the exploration of the variability of mortuary practices among past societies. Seeking to challenge simplistic narratives of cremation in the past and present, the studies in this volume seek to confront and explore the challenges of interpreting the variability of cremation by contending with complex networks of modern allusions and imaginings of cremations past and present and ongoing debates regarding how we identify and interpret cremation in the archaeological record. Using a series of original case studies, the book investigates the archaeological traces of cremation in a varied selection of prehistoric and historic contexts from the Mesolithic to the present in order to explore cremation from a practice-oriented and historically situated perspective.