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'Capturing the person' at funerals is a distinctly modern concern – traditionally the ritual has focused on the bigger pictureToday marks the start of "Dying Matters Awareness Week", an annual campaign...
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You don't have to be religious to feel uneasy at the sight of stacked-up coffins on a Dispatches programmeOn last night's Dispatches, Undercover Undertaker, on Channel 4, we heard a funeral director...
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Those of us with no faith have a lot to learn about the value of halting the normal rhythms of life and stopping to reflectEarlier this week I attended the national parliamentary prayer breakfast,...
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What is a good death? Ritual, whether religious or not, still counts |...
'Capturing the person' at funerals is a distinctly modern concern – traditionally the ritual has focused on the bigger pictureToday marks the start of "Dying Matters Awareness Week", an annual campaign...
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Undercover Undertaker shows dignity in death is a cultural concern | Matthew...
You don't have to be religious to feel uneasy at the sight of stacked-up coffins on a Dispatches programmeOn last night's Dispatches, Undercover Undertaker, on Channel 4, we heard a funeral director...
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Humanists only wanted the 2011 census to reflect religious reality | Matthew...
The British Humanist Association's call for the non-religious to tick 'no religion' was not an attempt at conversionThe next stage of public debate about the fate of religion is under way. Tis the...
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Thatcher's ceremonial funeral and the transcendental authority of the social...
Commemorating death in this public way highlights the primacy of society. No wonder the bishop made the remarks he didIn a comment posted last week, one reader appeared baffled by the volume of...
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Christianity and atheism are two sides of the same coin | Matthew Engelke
Those of us with no faith have a lot to learn about the value of halting the normal rhythms of life and stopping to reflectEarlier this week I attended the national parliamentary prayer breakfast,...
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