{"id":5032,"date":"2023-05-08T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/?p=5032"},"modified":"2023-05-06T12:20:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T17:20:46","slug":"episode-23-the-death-of-the-traditional-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/episode-23-the-death-of-the-traditional-funeral","title":{"rendered":"Episode 23: The Death of the Traditional Funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A “Funeral” in Mayfields, Ferry Road, Eastham (UK)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Recovering the Christian Mind | May 8, 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Recent trends in end of life “celebrations” are a clear indication that the traditional funeral is itself, dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A comprehensive report from the Theos Think Tank in London details these trends away from religious rites and toward more informal gatherings tailored to the unique personality of the deceased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the report reveals is what it doesn’t say explicitly: we are masking the horrific nature of death (and its cause – SIN) with irreverence and humor rather than confronting the reality of what death is, how it has separated us, and where the hope lies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LINKS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theos Think Tank: Ashes to Ashes: Beliefs, Trends, and Practices in Dying, Death, and the Afterlife<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastor Paul Edwards: Pastoral Thoughts on the Funeral and the Treatment of the Body After Death<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 6, 1981: Memorial Service for Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rev. Paul Scalia: Funeral Homily for The Honorable Antonin Scalia<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recent trends in end of life “celebrations” are a clear indication that the traditional funeral is itself, dead. A comprehensive report from the Theos Think Tank in London details these trends away from religious rites and toward more informal gatherings … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5035,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5032\/revisions\/5035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}