Klicker Chapter 8 Flashcards
Cremation began during the Stone Age
around 3000 B.C.
The practice widespread from Ireland to Hungary where the process of cremation symbolized refinement of the precious essence of spirit
The era of the Early Iron Age
Greeks also practiced earth burial, they believed the cremation fire symbolized purification and
the release of the spirit from the body
_________ allowed the Greeks to easily transport slain warriors home from the battlefield.
Cremation
Scandinavia cremation began in the
Middle Bronze Age
Cremation was considered the favored method of disposition until the
10th Century A.D.
The stage was set for cremation to remain the deposition of choice in what countries
Europe Greece Scandanavia India China
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.
Members of the Cult of Osiris, in Egypt
Preservation and erected elaborate tombs to house the dead
Mummification
Cremation was prevalent in Rome until the
First century after Christ
When in opposition to Rome’s paganism, Christians emulated Christ’s entombment by gradually replacing the ancient tradition with
earth burial
Earth burial became the preferred disposition for the next
1,900 years
First cremation in the U.S
December 6, 1876
How many years after the first cremation was it popular in the US?
80 years
Funeral practice was somewhat typical throughout the United States
During the early 1960s
Jessica Mitford
1963, The American Way of Death
The funeral director’s mind-set in the 60s was that the only kind of appropriate funeral?
Traditional Funeral
Funeral directors _____________ families who desire simplistic ways of coping with death
imposed their own beliefs on
What kind of effect was there on services that were not an embalmed casket service.
Negative
Funeral homes did not have adequate facilities to hold
unembalmed bodies
Funeral directors had very ____________ or _______ in dealing with nontraditional families and services.
little preparation, training
Society in general was becoming non-churched and the Vietnam War was causing many people to question American tradition
During the late 60s
Express themselves verbally by questioning authority, many of their parents and grandparents, express themselves non-verbally by not having funeral for deceased loved ones
Baby Boomers
Funeral directors turned their backs on consumers who were not subscribing to
traditional funerals
