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Death Rituals in the Absence of a Body

Death Rituals in the Absence of a Body

FromBeyond Belief


Death Rituals in the Absence of a Body

FromBeyond Belief

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Nov 13, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The rituals of Remembrance Sunday still have power to move us. The thought of the millions who died, many of whom have no known grave; they are victims of war known only to God. For the many families who mourned loved ones killed in the World Wars, the fact that there were no bodies to bury, no tangible evidence of death, made the process of grieving and letting go all the more difficult. But does it pose a problem religiously? Joining Ernie Rea to discuss how we mourn our dead loved ones in the absence of a body are Professor Douglas Davies, Director of the Centre for Death and Life Studies at the University of Durham; Dr Miri Freud-Kandel, Fellow in Modern Judaism at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies; and Dr Chetna Kang, who is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Hindu Priest.

Producer: Amanda Hancox.
Released:
Nov 13, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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