Klicker Chapter 8 Flashcards
In Scandinavia, cremation began in the _____________
Middle Bronze Age
Cremation continued as the favored method of disposition until
10th Century AD
Cremation’s popularity in northern Europe was based on two new ideas about the afterlife
Cremation kept the spirits of the dead from harming the living
Cremation freed the spirit
Widely practices throughout these countries, the stage was set for cremation to remain the disposition of choice
Europe Greece Scandinavia India China
Members of the Cult of Osiris believed those who had shunned evil would have a prosperous afterlife, for which it was necessary to preserve the body in its most perfect form, leading them to embark on what?
Mummification
The effects of the beliefs of the Cult of Osiris filtered into what religions?
Hebrew and early Christian
Cremation was prevalent in Rome until when?
The first century after Christ
Christians emulated _____________- by gradually replacing the ancient tradition with tomb burial which became the preferred disposition for 1900 years
Christ’s entombment
When was the first cremation in the United States held?
December 6, 1876
How long after the first cremation in the US did the practice become popular?
80 years later
The ’60s was a decade of
Change
The ’70s was a decade of
Resistance
The ’80s was a decade of
Transition
The ’90s was a decade of
Fine-Tuning
The 21st Century is the
Age of Acceptance
During the early 1960s, funeral practice was somewhat typical throughout the US. Almost every deceased body was
Embalmed, dressed, casketed, and a funeral was held and burial or cremation followed
If cremated in the early 1960s, what happened to the cremated remains?
They were inurned in a niche or buried in a cemetery
Things changed remarkably in 1963. Why?
Jessica Mitford’s book The American way of death was released
What stopped Jessica Mitford’s book from gaining more popularity than it did?
Assassination of JFK
Instead of responding to consumer change in a positive, creative fashion, what did most funeral directors do?
Resisted cremation and other non-traditional services
The funeral directors mindset in the 60s was what?
Traditional funerals were the only appropriate kind of funeral
Many funeral directors imposed their own beliefs on families who desired simplistic ways o coping with death, thus creating what?
A roadblock to their caregiving
There was a ____________ to not selling an embalmed casket service
Negative Economic effect
Most funeral homes did not have adequate facilities to hold these
Unembalmed bodies
Funeral directors had ______________________ in dealing with nontraditional families and services
Very Little preparation or training
During the late 1960s, the US population was becoming
More diverse and mobile
Family structure was changing in the late 60s, and rituals that were appropriate for nuclear and extended families were not as functional for
Fragmented families
Society in general in the late 60s was becoming
Non-churched
This caused many people to question American tradition
Vietnam War
Baby boomers expressed themselves verbally by
Questioning authority
Parents and grandparents of baby boomers expressed themselves non-verbally by
Not having funerals for the deceased loved ones
During the times of radical social change of the 1960s, many funeral directors were turning their backs on consumers who were not subscribing to
Traditional funerals
