Beschreibung
This book on death rites and situational beliefs in the
Netherlands offers valuable insight in the ways in which the
recently bereaved make sense of a death. It shows how people
seek and create meaning by reinventing ritual repertoires
and by re-imagining afterlife beliefs. Attention is given to
the changing role of religion, the co-creation of
personalised funerals, and to innovation in cremation and
remembrance practices. By demonstrating how people transform
their relationship with the deceased through material
practices, this study emphasises the widely-overlooked
dynamics of continuing bonds.
Brenda Mathijssen is a postdoctoral
researcher at the University of Reading (UK). She did her
doctoral research at Radboud University in Nijmegen (The
Netherlands), where she is affiliated to the Centre for
Thanatology.
