"Our Dead are the Ultimate Teachers of Life". The Corpse as an Inter-mediator of Transcendence: Spirituality in the German Funeral Market
Today in Germany, religion and the churches forfeit their sovereignty of interpretation and ritual concerning death and dying. The funeral director is the first point of contact when death occurs. Therefore he or she is able to influence the relationship between the living and the dead. In the cours...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox
[2013]
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Fieldwork in religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 223-240 |
Further subjects: | B
funeral market
B Spirituality B Transcendence B Death B corpse B funeral director |
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