Crafting Meaningful Funeral Rituals
A Practical Guide
Published on 21. November 2019
192 pages
978-1-78450-746-6 (ISBN)
Description
Funerals are among the most important life events in Western society, and fashioning a personalized ceremony for yourself or for a loved one is often the most meaningful way to celebrate the life of the deceased. For those wanting non-religious or secular funeral ceremonies, this step-by-step guide begins by identifying what you want from the funeral and showing how you can make it happen.
With sections on society's views of mortality, our need for rituals and crafting the actual ceremony, this guide provides the tools and philosophy to understand, plan and tailor a funeral for individuals. Includes all the tools necessary for the creation of a ceremony, such as a Ritual Profiles, checklists, and many other handy resources.
With sections on society's views of mortality, our need for rituals and crafting the actual ceremony, this guide provides the tools and philosophy to understand, plan and tailor a funeral for individuals. Includes all the tools necessary for the creation of a ceremony, such as a Ritual Profiles, checklists, and many other handy resources.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
31 icons and 25 figures
File size
2,09 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78450-746-6 (9781784507466)
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11/2019
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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Persons
Jeltje Gordon-Lennox is an author, psychotherapist, and founder of the Ashoka Association (Ashoka.ch), where she trains secular celebrants in the craft of secular ritualization. Jeltje lives in Switzerland. Margaret Holloway was a Social Care Lead of the National End of Life Care Programme (NEoLCP) team, the NHS programme set up to implement the UK Department of Health's End of Life Care Strategy, which ran between 2008 and 2013. Margaret is also Professor of Social Work at the University of Hull, UK.
Content
- Intro
- CRAFTING MEANINGFUL FUNERAL RITUALS
- CONTENTS
- Foreword by Margaret Holloway
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Part 1 - Mortality
- My Death Waits.
- Gone Too Soon
- Our Need for Ritual
- The Sense of Ritual
- Preplanning Makes Sense
- Part III - Crafting the Ceremony
- Planning the Ceremony
- Creating the Ceremony
- Realizing the Ceremony
- Part IV - The Future of the Dead
- New Mourning
- Glossary
- Resources
- References
- Index
- Blank Page
