ISSN:
2211-4866
Inhalt:
While attitudes towards death and dying have attracted much scholarly attention, surprisingly little is known about the practice of visiting cemeteries. According to the secularization thesis, the fate of cemetery visits conforms with declining church attendance. A de-secularization theory suggests that, in the modern world, cemeteries increasingly became spaces for a society of families rather than for a religious community, suggesting that visiting the tombs of the dead might grow alongside secularization. Finally, a ‘civic community’ theory, inspired by Putnam's work, sees cemetery visits as an expression of a social obligation among and across generations rather than a religious activity.
In:
Review of religious research, London : Sage Publications, 1959, 63(2021), 2, Seite 217-243, 2211-4866
In:
volume:63
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year:2021
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number:2
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pages:217-243
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Italien
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Religion
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Totenkult
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Säkularismus
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Friedhof
;
Familie
;
Pflicht
DOI:
10.1007/s13644-021-00454-1
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