Modern Cremation; Its History and Practice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Modern Cremation; Its History and Practice write by Sir Henry Thompson. This book was released on 1891. Modern Cremation; Its History and Practice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
History of Modern Cremation in Romania
History of Modern Cremation in Romania - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of Modern Cremation in Romania write by Marius Rotar. This book was released on 2013-01-11. History of Modern Cremation in Romania available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Cremation, as a means of managing the post-mortem body, was reintroduced to Europe at the end of the eighteenth century, but would not become common practice until the second half of the nineteenth century. This was a major development, with multifaceted implications which generated heated debate. Initially, armed with a variety of arguments (hygienic, economic, aesthetic, and philosophical arguments citing freedom of conscience and will) the advocates of modern cremation – who tended to come from the social and cultural elite – sought to impose their new model. This brought them into conflict with the traditional structures and patterns of burial, and thus with the Church, which had of course originally ended the practice of cremation. The present study is a history of cremation in Romania, beginning with the emergence of cremationist ideas in 1867 and taking the reader up to the present day. It analyses the following key periods: the second half of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century, the Interwar period (Romania then being the first Orthodox country in the world to possess a crematorium, which provoked a vehement reaction against cremation on part of the Orthodox Church), the Communist period (when no new crematoria were built even though the Communist regime proclaimed itself to be atheist), and the post-Communist period.
Cremation in America
Cremation in America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cremation in America write by Fred Rosen. This book was released on 2010-10-05. Cremation in America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this captivating review of the history, the practice, and the industry of cremation in America, award-winning former New York Times columnist Fred Rosen provides an authoritative source of information and many revealing facts about an increasingly common, yet still controversial, alternative to burial. Rosen gives an entertaining first person account of his inquiry into the practice of cremation and its roots. He describes the early ancient custom of cremation by funeral pyre and then explores why the rising Church banned the practice as a sacrilege. He then traces the underpinnings of the modern cremation movement in the late 19th century among a colorful group of intellectuals and physicians. This 19th century group endorsed this then illegal practice as a means to improve public health--as a way to prevent seepage of burial grounds from polluting ground water and spreading disease. Rosen goes on to examine, in today''s world, people''s feelings about death and religion as well as their sensitivities to cremation. Given certain abuses, he believes that this industry needs to be regulated. However, he finds much in favor of cremation when firsthand comparing its costs vs. the excesses and extravagances of the burial funeral industry. In an age when over 25 percent of the population is turning to cremation as a preferred funeral arrangement, this book offers much timely, useful, and engrossing information.
Purified by Fire
Purified by Fire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Purified by Fire write by Stephen Prothero. This book was released on 2001. Purified by Fire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Publisher Fact Sheet A history of cremation in America.
Cremation, Its History, Practice and Advantages. ...
Cremation, Its History, Practice and Advantages. ... - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cremation, Its History, Practice and Advantages. ... write by Mount Royal Cemetery Company, Montreal. This book was released on 1902. Cremation, Its History, Practice and Advantages. ... available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
