Home›Funerary Rituals›Practitioner›All adherents of the traditionBrowse ByAll adherents of the traditionThis page groups rituals by who is qualified to perform them. Wikipedia notes that "healing rites performed by shamans frequently identify social disorder as the cause, and make the restoration of social relationships the cure." Browsing by practitioner lets a visitor find every ritual entrusted to one particular kind of specialist.FactsLearn MoreAll adherents of the traditionSourcesComments (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.All adherents of the traditionFilter Results7 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-2600 (1)200 (1)622 (1)1873 (1)Attested InAllBook of the Dead (1)FrequencyAllAnnual (1)As the occasion requires (1)Once, or at a turning point in a life (5)Life Stage MarkedAllDeath and the disposal of the body (5)Dying and the deathbed (1)Mourning after the funeral (1)ObligationAllObligatory (2)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Recommended and meritorious, not required (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (5)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (2)Social FormAllPerformed alone (1)Performed by a gathered group (4)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (3)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (1)Arabia (2)Egypt (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 (2)Calvinism (Reformed) (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (2)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (1)Church of Cyprus (1)Church of England (1)Church of Greece (1)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 (1)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (1)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1)Free Methodist Church (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (1)Global Methodist Church (1)Greek Orthodox Church (1)Haredi Judaism (2)Hasidic Judaism (2)Lutheranism (1)Methodism (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (2)Moravian Church (1)National Baptist Convention of America (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (1)Orthodox Judaism (2)Presbyterianism (1)Progressive National Baptist Convention (1)Quakerism (Religious Society of Friends) (1)Reform Judaism (1)Roman Catholicism (1)Romanian Orthodox Church (1)Russian Orthodox Church (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (1)Shia (Twelver) (1)The Episcopal Church (1)The United Methodist Church (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1)Wesleyan Church (1)Originated InAllAncient Israel (1)Arabia (2)Egypt (1)Originates In LanguageAllAncient Egyptian Language (1)Classical Arabic (2)Hebrew (1)Kind of ritualAllGeneral Funerary Practices (1)Islamic Funerary Tradition (1)Jewish Mourning Rites (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 7Bahá’í FuneralAll adherents of the traditionFuneral RitesAll adherents of the traditionMemorial ServiceAll adherents of the traditionSalat al-JanazahAll adherents of the traditionSenetAll adherents of the traditionShemiraAll adherents of the traditionTalqinAll adherents of the traditionSources1. 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.