Funerary practices in the 1990s
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description: Already at the planning stage of the “Funerary Practices – A Study of Social Differences after Death” project, the fundamental idea was that the main data for the study would be provided by a broad survey of the large majority of all Church of Sweden funerals. It is well-known that the weakening of Christian customs related to service attendance and the use of other Christian practices (baptism, confirmation, and church weddings) is less pronounced when it comes to church funerals. The ritual form of the church funeral is largely defined through the order of service for funerals in Den svenska kyrkohandboken [approx. The Swedish Church Manual]. However, for several points in the service, the handbook offers alternative forms and the possibility of leaving them out, and the final part of the service mainly depends on whether there will be an earth burial or a cremation. There is hardly any information from previous studies regarding the formulation of the funeral service, and there is no individual information about what happens to the coffin with the deceased after the service. These facts alone are enough to warrant a study of funerary practices and their variations. The section on funerals in the church manual, which defines the ritual framework for funeral services, begins by observing that the funeral is part of a situation extending from the deathbed to the final leave-taking by the grave. A similar view informed the idea of a broad study of contemporary funerary practices in Sweden: not only - or mainly – would the study focus on the rituals of the church or chapel; it would also examine what goes on before and, to some extent, after the funeral service to the largest possible extent. Above all, it would address the social aspects (broadly interpreted) of funerals not regulated by the church manual or otherwise governed by established regulations. The raw data for the study is available from LUKA, the Church History Archive of Lund University. Purpose: During …
citation: Gustafsson, Göran (2001). Begravningssed på 1990-talet : materialredovisning och resultatöversikt. Lunds universitets kyrkohistoriska arkiv
citation: Evertsson, Anna J. (2002). "Gå vi till paradis med sång": psalmers funktion i begravningsgudstjänster. Lund Uni.
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  name: Gustafsson, Göran (2006). Kände prästen den döda? Känner sorgehusen prästen? Om personliga relationer vid begravningar. Kring begravningar i nutid: tre studier. Curt Dahlgren och Göran Gustafsson (eds.). Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap, 85-132.
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  name: Dahlgren, Curt och Jan Hermanson (2006). "Här ska min aska vila". Nya platser och riter för gravsättning av aska på andra platser än begravningsplats. Kring begravningar i nutid: tre studier. Curt Dahlgren och Göran Gustafsson (red.). Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap, 7-56.
citation: Gustafsson, Göran (2003). När det sociala kapitalet växlas in: om begravningar och deltagandet i begravningar. Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap, Univ.
citation: Gustafsson, Göran (1998). Begravningssamtalet - en studie i kyrklig praxis under 1990-talet. Begravning. Jan-Olof Aggedal (red.). Svenska kyrkans forskningsråd, 129-162.
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  name: Davidsson Bremborg, Anna (2006). Mat och minnen. En studie av samlingar efter begravning.Kring begravningar i nutid: tre studier. Curt Dahlgren och Göran Gustafsson (eds.). Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap, 57-84.
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creator: Göran Gustafsson
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  affiliation: Lund University
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  given name: Göran
date modified: 2016-09-22
date published: 2013-11-04
language: Swedish
is part of: https://doi.org/10.5878/000503
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publisher: Lund University
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spatial coverage: Sweden
temporal coverage: 1997-05/1997-12
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