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from Religion Media Centre: “Take-away” funeral companies, which take the body away for cremation without any ritual or service, are becoming increasingly popular after heavy marketing on daytime TV in front of an elderly audience. But...
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from Religion News Service: The think tank Theos publishes a report today Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK, which shows significant changes in the ways that people in the UK are approaching death and...
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By Wendy Appenteng Daniels, Theos. Flash mobs are the embodiment of surprise, a form of modern exuberance that revive otherwise mundane spaces, interrupting ordinariness, welcoming the unusual. They seem to be an “only in movies” type of...
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by Emma Petrie, BBC: The process, known as resomation, uses a mix of potassium hydroxide and water to break down human remains in what is billed as a more sustainable option. It takes four hours – the bones remain, and are powdered...
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from Religion Media Centre: Co-op funeral care has released the top ten funeral songs including classical and jazz ballads and traditional hymns. All Things Bright and Beautiful was the top choice hymn and “Time to Say Goodbye”, an...
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by Marianne Rozario, Theos: In light of her recent report, Ashes to Ashes, Marianne Rozario looks at the changing ways we mark death in society. 20/04/2023 How we mark death is changing. That’s one of the headlines from our recent Theos...
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