Do Funerals Matter?: The Purposes and Practices of Death Rituals in Global Perspective - Couverture rigide

Hoy, William G.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415662044 ISBN 13 : 9780415662048

Editeur : Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

William G. Hoy, DMin, FT, has studied funeral rites for three decades, examining how they are used around the world to help mourners make sense of death and to negotiate the radical changes that come about in the aftermath of a loved person's death. He has worked as a clergyman, pastoral counselor, and scholar in congregation, hospice, bereavement center and university settings. Dr. Hoy holds the Fellow in Thanatology (FT) advanced practice credential from the Association for Death Education and Counseling, and teaches in the Medical Humanities Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415662044
• ISBN 13: 9780415662048
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
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