Home›Funerary Rituals›Practice Status›Living tradition, practised todayBrowse ByLiving tradition, practised todayThis page groups rituals by whether they are still actively performed today. Wikipedia notes that "rituals appeal to tradition and are generally continued to repeat historical precedent, religious rite, mores, or ceremony accurately." Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a living rite apart from one preserved only in historical description.FactsLearn MoreLiving tradition, practised todaySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites performed at and after a death - preparation of the body, disposal by burial or cremation, and the observances kept for a fixed period afterwards. Nearly every tradition marks death by rite, but the rites answer different problems: the fate of the dead, the pollution of the living, the obligations of descendants, and the ordering of grief. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe funerary rituals This group gathers funerary rituals, the rites surrounding death, the care of the body, and the passage of the dead: burial and cremation, mourning, and the ceremonies that ease or guide the deceased into the afterlife. A tradition's treatment of death reveals much of its view of the soul and the world beyond. The browser will find funerary rituals from across the traditions. The entries describe each rite's form and meaning, noting the beliefs about death and the afterlife that shape it.Living tradition, practised todayFilter Results12 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-1500 (2)-1000 (1)200 (1)622 (1)1970 (1)FrequencyAllAs the occasion requires (2)Once, or at a turning point in a life (10)Life Stage MarkedAllDeath and the disposal of the body (8)Dying and the deathbed (2)ObligationAllObligatory (4)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Optional and voluntary (1)Recommended and meritorious, not required (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (11)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (1)Social FormAllPerformed alone (1)Performed by a gathered group (5)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (3)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (3)Clergy or ordained officiants (5)Householders, those living in the world (3)Lay people (1)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (1)Arabia (1)Indian Subcontinent (1)Japan (1)Punjab (1)Rome (1)Holds ElementAllFire (1)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (1)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (1)Amish (1)Anglican Communion (1)Anglicanism (1)Armenian Apostolic Church (1)Baptist (1)Breslov Hasidism (1)Calvinism (Reformed) (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (1)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (1)Church of Cyprus (3)Church of England (1)Church of Greece (3)Church of Ireland (1)Church of Scotland (1)Church of Sweden (1)Church of the Nazarene (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (1)Disciples of Christ (1)Dutch Reformed Church (1)Eastern Orthodoxy (3)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (3)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1)Free Methodist Church (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (3)Global Methodist Church (1)Greek Orthodox Church (3)Haredi Judaism (1)Hasidic Judaism (1)Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) (1)Lutheranism (1)Methodism (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (1)Moravian Church (1)National Baptist Convention of America (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (1)Orthodox Judaism (1)Presbyterianism (1)Progressive National Baptist Convention (1)Quakerism (Religious Society of Friends) (1)Roman Catholicism (3)Romanian Orthodox Church (3)Russian Orthodox Church (3)Serbian Orthodox Church (3)Shia (Twelver) (1)The Episcopal Church (1)The United Methodist Church (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (3)Wesleyan Church (1)Originated InAllAncient Israel (1)Arabia (1)Indian Subcontinent (1)Japan (1)Punjab (1)Rome (1)Originates In LanguageAllClassical Arabic (1)Hebrew (1)Kind of ritualAllAfrican, Aboriginal and Malagasy Funerary Rites (1)Buddhist Funerary Tradition (1)Christian Funerary Tradition (3)General Funerary Practices (2)Hindu Funerary and Ancestral Rites (1)Islamic Funerary Tradition (1)Jewish Mourning Rites (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 12Antam SanskarLiving tradition, practised todayAntyeshtiLiving tradition, practised todayCremationLiving tradition, practised todayFamadihanaLiving tradition, practised todayFuneral RitesLiving tradition, practised todayLast RitesLiving tradition, practised todayLatter-day Saint FuneralLiving tradition, practised todayMizuko KuyoLiving tradition, practised todayPanikhidaLiving tradition, practised todaySalat al-JanazahLiving tradition, practised todayShemiraLiving tradition, practised todayViaticumLiving tradition, practised todaySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Funeral RitesView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.