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The handbook explores contemporary death rituals in Europe through a vernacular lens. Drawing on research from scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including the study of religion, media studies, and anthropology, it illustrates how death rituals are shaped, experienced and reimagined by social and cultural change. Through vivid empirical case studies, examining digital innovation, aesthetics, mobility and migration, personalised rituals, and the role of traditions, the book invites you to rethink how death is responded to in the 21st century.
Price: $185.00
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion
Publication Date:
07 January 2027
ISBN: 9789004773660
Format: Hardcover
Brenda Mathijssen is Associate Professor in the Geography and Psychology of Religion at the University of Groningen. Her research explores human engagement with death, dying, and disposal in contemporary Europe.
Dorothea Lüddeckens is Professor in the Study of Religions with a social scientific orientation at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Her research ranges from studies regarding dying and death to research on religion/spirituality and health.
Terhi Utriainen is Professor in the Study of Religion, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki. Her research focuses especially on contemporary vernacular religion, religion and gender, death, dying and suffering, embodiment and ritual studies.
Dorothea Lüddeckens is Professor in the Study of Religions with a social scientific orientation at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Her research ranges from studies regarding dying and death to research on religion/spirituality and health.
Terhi Utriainen is Professor in the Study of Religion, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki. Her research focuses especially on contemporary vernacular religion, religion and gender, death, dying and suffering, embodiment and ritual studies.