Home›Funerary Rituals›Scholarly Standing›A standard analytic category in the study of religionBrowse ByA standard analytic category in the study of religionThis page groups rituals by how settled or contested their scholarly description is. Wikipedia notes plainly that "the field of ritual studies has seen a number of conflicting definitions of the term." Browsing this way lets a visitor see which rituals scholars broadly agree on and which remain genuinely disputed.FactsLearn MoreA standard analytic category in the study of religionSourcesComments (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.A standard analytic category in the study of religionFilter Results38 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-1500 (2)-1000 (4)-800 (1)200 (3)622 (2)725 (1)1150 (1)1800 (1)1870 (1)1873 (1)FrequencyAllAnnual (2)As the occasion requires (2)Daily (2)Monthly (1)Once, or at a turning point in a life (31)Life Stage MarkedAllDeath and the disposal of the body (18)Dying and the deathbed (2)Mourning after the funeral (6)ObligationAllObligatory (15)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (3)Optional and voluntary (2)Recommended and meritorious, not required (2)Social FormAllPerformed alone (3)Performed by a gathered group (18)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (4)Practice StatusAllAccess restricted by its custodians or by law (1)Living tradition, practised today (11)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (5)Clergy or ordained officiants (9)Householders, those living in the world (12)Initiates only (1)Lay people (2)Monastics: monks and nuns (3)Trained or authorised specialists (6)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (5)Ancient Rome (1)Arabia (2)China (2)Egypt (2)Greece (1)Indian Subcontinent (3)Japan (1)Mesopotamia (1)Persia (1)Punjab (1)Rome (1)Tibet (1)Vietnam (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)Beta Israel (1)Breslov Hasidism (7)Calvinism (Reformed) (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (7)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (1)Church of Cyprus (4)Church of England (1)Church of Greece (4)Church of Ireland (1)Church of Scotland (1)Church of Sweden (1)Church of the Nazarene (1)Conservative Judaism (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (1)Disciples of Christ (1)Dutch Reformed Church (1)Eastern Orthodoxy (4)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (4)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1)Free Methodist Church (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (4)Global Methodist Church (1)Greek Orthodox Church (4)Haredi Judaism (7)Hasidic Judaism (7)Karaite Judaism (1)Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) (1)Lutheranism (1)Mahayana (1)Methodism (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (7)Moravian Church (1)National Baptist Convention of America (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (1)Orthodox Judaism (7)Presbyterianism (1)Progressive National Baptist Convention (1)Quakerism (Religious Society of Friends) (1)Reconstructionist Judaism (1)Reform Judaism (2)Roman Catholicism (3)Romanian Orthodox Church (4)Russian Orthodox Church (4)Sect Shinto (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (4)Shia (Twelver) (1)The Episcopal Church (1)The United Methodist Church (1)Theravada (1)Tibetan Buddhism (2)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (4)Wesleyan Church (1)Zhengyi (Orthodox Unity) (1)Originated InAllAncient Israel (5)Ancient Rome (1)Arabia (2)China (2)Egypt (2)Greece (1)Indian Subcontinent (3)Japan (1)Mesopotamia (1)Persia (1)Punjab (1)Rome (1)Tibet (1)Vietnam (1)Yorubaland (1)Originates In LanguageAllClassical Arabic (1)Hebrew (1)Sanskrit (1)Kind of ritualAllAfrican, Aboriginal and Malagasy Funerary Rites (1)Ancient Egyptian Mortuary Rites (1)Buddhist Funerary Tradition (1)Christian Funerary Tradition (3)Classical, Norse and Mesopotamian Funerary Rites (1)General Funerary Practices (3)Hindu Funerary and Ancestral Rites (3)Islamic Funerary Tradition (2)Jewish Mourning Rites (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 38Antam SanskarA standard analytic category in the study of religionAntyeshtiA standard analytic category in the study of religionBahá’í FuneralA standard analytic category in the study of religionBuddhist Funeral RitesA standard analytic category in the study of religionBurialA standard analytic category in the study of religionCremationA standard analytic category in the study of religionDakhma Exposure (Tower of Silence)A standard analytic category in the study of religionEgyptian Royal Mortuary CultA standard analytic category in the study of religionFamadihanaA standard analytic category in the study of religionForty-Nine Day RitesA standard analytic category in the study of religionFuneral RitesA standard analytic category in the study of religionGhusl al-MayyitA standard analytic category in the study of religionGongdeA standard analytic category in the study of religionItutuA standard analytic category in the study of religionKispu, the Ancestor OfferingA standard analytic category in the study of religionKriahA standard analytic category in the study of religionLast RitesA standard analytic category in the study of religionLatter-day Saint FuneralA standard analytic category in the study of religionMemorial ServiceA standard analytic category in the study of religionMummificationA standard analytic category in the study of religionOrthodox Christian FuneralA standard analytic category in the study of religionPamsukulaA standard analytic category in the study of religionPanikhidaA standard analytic category in the study of religionProthesis and EkphoraA standard analytic category in the study of religionRoman FunusA standard analytic category in the study of religionSalat al-JanazahA standard analytic category in the study of religionShemiraA standard analytic category in the study of religionShinsosaiA standard analytic category in the study of religionShivaA standard analytic category in the study of religionShloshimA standard analytic category in the study of religionShraddhaA standard analytic category in the study of religionSky BurialA standard analytic category in the study of religionSorry BusinessA standard analytic category in the study of religionTaharaA standard analytic category in the study of religionTarpanaA standard analytic category in the study of religionViaticumA standard analytic category in the study of religionVietnamese Ancestral Funeral RitesA standard analytic category in the study of religionWufu Mourning GradesA standard analytic category in the study of religionSources1. 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.