Contemporary Attitudes to Death and the Implications for the Conduct of Funerals

Abstract

The description of this project involves (i) a brief outline of issues related to death and funerals: the historical background in Scotland since the Reformation and recent changes in funeral practice; the ultimate fate of the unchurched; the nature of worship; the soul and the resurrection of the body; and (ii) a discussion of the outcomes of a survey on attitudes to death and funerals which the author conducted amongst church members and others in his local area.