Believer perspectives on death and funeral practices in a non-believing country

Title:

Believer perspectives on death and funeral practices in a non-believing country

Creator:

Nešporová, Olga

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:aa62ac94-de95-4155-85e8-76cbc3d8dcc2
uuid:aa62ac94-de95-4155-85e8-76cbc3d8dcc2
urnnbn:urn:nbn:cz:aba007-000hnq

Subject:

Czech Republic, death, last rites, funeral, and believers

Type:

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Format:

print

Description:

The article describes attitudes towards death and funeral rites in contemporary Czech society. It begins by revealing the attitudes to death held by the majority of the Czech population - non-believers. The customary secular funeral ceremony, held in a crematorium, is not entirely well suited to meeting the needs of the bereaved, and this is borne out by the fact that about one-third of all cremations are held without a funeral ceremony. The author argues that the current situation is not solely the result of the economic situation of individuals but also stems from the deeply rooted attitudes and values and the approach to religion of the Czech population. The second part of the article is devoted to the attitudes towards death and the funeral rite preferences of believers, based on a survey conducted with members of three religious groups: Roman Catholics, Protestants (Church of the Czech Brethren), and Jehovah's Witnesses. Finally, the author compares the attitudes of the secular majority and believers, and also outlines the connections between conditions today and under the former communist regime regarding the general approach to death and funeral rites.

Language:

Czech

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

1175-1193 and 93-111

Source:

Sociologický časopis | 2007 Volume:43 | Number:6

Harvested from:

CDK

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