Do Funerals Matter?: The Purposes and Practices of Death Rituals in Global Perspective

Do Funerals Matter? is a creative interweaving of historical, sociocultural, and research-based perspectives on death rituals, drawing from myriad sources to create a picture of what death rituals have been; and where, especially in the Western world, they are going. The Classic Edition includes a new preface from the author reflecting on changes in the field since the book’s initial publication.

Death educators, researchers, counselors, clergy, funeral-service professionals, and others wil...