Making Sense of Death: Ritual Practices and Situational Beliefs of the Recently Bereaved in the Netherlands
Jan 2017 · Death Studies. Nijmegen Studies in Thanatology Series Book 5 · LIT Verlag Münster
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This book on death rites and situational beliefs in the Netherlands offers valuable insight into the ways in which the recently bereaved make sense of a death. It shows how people seek and create meaning by reinventing ritual repertoires and by re-imagining afterlife beliefs. Attention is given to the changing role of religion, the co-creation of personalized funerals, and to innovation in cremation and remembrance practices. By demonstrating how people transform their relationship with the deceased through material practices, this study emphasizes the widely-overlooked dynamics of continuing bonds. *** "In her analysis, the author displays a commanding grasp of the bereavement literature.... Serious scholars should find much of value in this work.... Recommended." --Choice, Vol. 55, No. 7, March 2018(Series: Death Studies. Nijmegen Studies in Thanatology, Vol. 5) [Subject: Religious Studies, Death Rites]
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Brenda Mathijssen is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Reading (UK). She did her doctoral research at Radboud University in Nijmegen (The Netherlands), where she is affiliated to the Centre for Thanatology.
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