EvangelicalDeath

@Durham_uni & @StJohnsDurham researcher exploring death and dying in the American evangelical tradition. #ethnography #Ritual #Funeral #Funerals

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From Mira Crouch - In a Celebration of Life service - “death itself is spirited away through the smokescreen of re-enactments of life.” woof!

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Eulogies, tributes, remembrances, etc are a staple in the evangelical funerals that I am looking at. The venn diagram of "Celebration of Life" services and Evangelical "testimonies" is interesting here.

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From Garces-Foley - "Shared Eulogies" according to Garces-Foley are "the easiest way to personalize a service and increase participation. Inviting many people to speak offers different perspectives on the life of the deceased" p269

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"Death as the end of the arc of existence may be dreadful to contemplate, but an infinitely more appalling prospect is the eternal dying of an immortality without God ." Pelikan, The Shape of Death, p23.

[Dr. Jeremy Perigo @jeremyperigo]

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[Easten Law 樓靜武 @EastenLaw]

It’s been fun and insightful! Thankful for the invitation.

[EvangelicalDeath @EvangelicalDth]

@cranmerhall @durham_uni @EastenLaw @DrClaretheology @ash_cocksworth @tveitereid Great week!

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Douglas Davies would say that CofL funerals have a retrospective fulfillment of identity in contrast with the religious focus of eschatalogical fullfillment.

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Still doing a bit of work to trace the origins of the term and use of "Celebration of Life" to describe funerals.

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How should we think about humor in funerals? It's wonderfully complex! Jacqueline Thursby (Funeral Festivals in Amer.) argues that humor is human and necessary in grief. Many find it distracting and distasteful in critiques of "celebration of life" services.

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Amazing section in John Flavel on Christ's burial - "But what need of spices to perfume that blessed body ? His own love was perfume enough to keep it sweet in the remembrance of his people to all generations."

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@jl_ruth @adam_a_perez @jeremyperigo (4) Fourth, it is communicated that the band is now going to come on stage and lead us in this rite of worship.

(5) The worship time is deeply indicative of the experience and personal history of contemporary worship of the deceaseds life.

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In my research i’m beginning to wonder if “worship” itself has become a new form of “last rite” in the liturgical ecology of evangelical/charismatic/pentecostal funerals. Makes total sense! @adam_a_perez @jeremyperigo

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@jl_ruth @adam_a_perez @jeremyperigo (3) Third, the leader communicates the expectation that we are to “really” worship the Lord now, because that is what the deceased would want. (let’s “really”worship so that we can bless the person who has died, bless God, and bless the congregation present at the memorial event.

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@jl_ruth @adam_a_perez @jeremyperigo (2)Second, it is communicated that the deceased is worshiping in the Lord’s presence right now..and “right now” with the gathered congregation!