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Christian Burial: Dividing up Cremains and other Troubling Habits

Calvin Lane - July 13, 2021

By Calvin Lane Over the past generation American Christians, including and perhaps especially Episcopalians, have increasingly favored cremation over casket burial. This shift has happened...

Church Life

All Return to Dust

G. Jeffrey MacDonald - September 1, 2017

Clergy disagree about the most pastoral way to handle human remains after cremation.

Covenant

St. Augustine on ‘Caring for the dead’

Zachary Guiliano - November 2, 2016

St. Augustine commends prayer for all the dead, as well as burial in holy places, with monuments.

Commentary

Gesture, liturgy, action: Anglican, Christian, ecumenical

Zachary Guiliano - October 29, 2016

Why are liturgical gestures and gift-giving so powerful?

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