Format:
66 pages
,
illustrations
,
19 cm
Edition:
Rev. ed rev. by Beth K. Lamont and J. Sierra Oliva
ISBN:
9781616144098
,
1616144092
,
9781616144104
,
1616144106
Content:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introductory music -- The service -- Burial service -- Service for a child -- Cremation service -- Service for interment of ashes -- A memorial service -- Additional suggestions for music -- Additional suggestions for poetry.
Content:
First published in 1940, A Humanist Funeral Service has been helpful for over half a century to people not comfortable with the religious format of typical funeral services. The author, renowned humanist Corliss Lamont, last revised the text in 1977
Content:
Now, from her own experience as a humanist chaplain, Beth K. Lamont, widow of Corliss Lamont, has added two new scripts of humanist services, and has welcomed a new updated edition by humanist J. Sierra Oliva, who has added new dimensions and a new emphasis on celebrating the deceased's life in these suggested scripts for last rites
Content:
As in earlier versions of the book, there are meditations and eloquent passages of prose and poetry to express appreciation, grief, and farewell when a friend or loved one dies. One may choose according to individual preference the text and music deemed to be most appropriate
Content:
The service is dignified and reminiscent of past relationships with the deceased, stressing love, the beauty of life, the human kinship with nature, and the naturalness of death
Content:
In the quest for solace at a time of grief, one can turn to this nonreligious service for security, comfort, and purpose in accepting the finality of the loss of a loved one
Note:
Revised edition of: A Humanist funeral service
,
Includes bibliographical references
Language:
English
Keywords:
Humanismus
;
Bestattungsritus
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