Relition: Belief and disposition preferences

Buchanan, T. & Gabriel, P. 2015

Race differences in acceptance of cremation: religion, Durkheim, and death in the African American community’, Social Compass, 62:1, 22-42.

Davies, D. 2015

‘Forms of disposal’, in K. Garces-Foley (ed.) Death and Religion in a Changing World, London: Routledge, 228-245.

Davies, D. 1997

‘Theologies of disposal’, in P.C. Jupp & T. Rogers (eds) Interpreting Death: Christian Theology and Pastoral Practice, Cassell: London, 67-84.

Davies, D. & Rumble, H. 2012

Natural Burial: Traditional-Secular Spiritualities and Funeral Motivation, London: Continuum.

Grandqvist, H. 1965

Muslim Death and Burial. Arab Customs and Traditions: Studies in a Village in Jordan, Helsinki: Societas Scientiarum Fennica, Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum.

Hupkovà, M. 2014

‘The link between the popularity of cremation in the Czech Republic and religious faith’, Prace Geograficzne, 137, 69-90.

Jindra, M. 2005

‘Christianity and the proliferation of ancestors: changes in hierarchy and mortality ritual in the Cameroon Grassfields’, Africa, 75:3, 356-377.

Jones, D. 2010

‘To bury or burn? Towards an ethics of cremation’, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 53: 335-47.

Kjærsgaard Markussen, A. 2013

‘Dead and the state of religion in Denmark: belonging, believing and doing’, in E. Venbrux, T. Quartier, C. Venhost and B. Mathijssen (eds) Changing European Deathways, Wien: Lit Verlag, 165-190.

Kjærsgaard, A.& Venbrux, E. 2016

‘Grave-visiting rituals, (dis)continuing bonds and religiosity’, Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies/Jaarboek voor Liturgie-Onderzoek, 32: 9-20.

Knight, F. 2018

‘Cremation and Christianity: English Anglican and Roman Catholic attitudes to cremation since 1885’, Mortality, 23:4, 301-319.

Lasnoski, K. 2016

‘Are cremation and alkaline hydrolysis morally distinct?. National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, 16:2, 233-242.

Maddrell, A. 2024

‘Deathscapes and religion’, in L. Kong, O. Woods & J.K.H. Tse (eds) Handbook of the Geographies of Religion, Cham: Springer, 213-225.

McNeill, H., Buckley, H.L., & Marunui Iki Pouwhare, R. 2022

‘Decolonizing indigenous burial practices in Aotearoa, New Zealand: A tribal case study’, OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying, 89:1, 207-221.

Mirkes, R. 2008

‘The mortuary science of alkaline hydrolysis: is it ethical?’National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, 8:4, 683-695.

Murti, R. 2016

‘Cemeteries in Jakarta: corpse treatment and management’, in N. Hinderman & M.R. Sanders (eds) Care, Loss and the End of Life, Leiden: Brill, 13-22.

Nešpor, Z. & Nešporová, O. 2011

‘V žáru lásky se život započal–v žáru ohně se končí’, Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review, 18:4, 563-602.

Onoma, A. 2018

‘The grave preferences of Mourides in Senegal: migration, belonging, and rootedness’, Africa Spectrum, 53:3, 65-88.

Onoma, A. 2019

‘Should Christians and Muslims cohabit after death? Diverging views in a Senegalese commune’, Africa Today, 66:1, 29-50.

Opoko, A. & Adeboye, A. 2021

‘Investigation of willingness of residents to adopt alternative burial methods in Abuja, Nigeria’, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environment Science, 665, 012060.

Events

The Cemetery Research Group runs two events a year: in May and in November. Follow the links and send in an abstract