Catholic vs Lutheran version of Christianity is obvious in the relation of cremation. Cremation is somewhat more common in the Protestant parts of Germany...

Cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning. Cremation may serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite and as an alternative...

different Sire was appointed for the Cremation, and some concerns were raised in subsequent years that the Cremation of Care was growing into its own secondary...

mention that Christianity was introduced to the Indian subcontinent by Thomas the Apostle, who sailed to the Malabar region (present-day Kerala) in 52 AD. The...

Crematorium, was opened. However, cremation in Ireland dates as far back as the Stone Age. The earliest cremations in Ireland were carried out by the Stone...

Religion in Greece is dominated by Christianity, in particular the Greek Orthodox Church, which is within the larger communion of the Eastern Orthodox...

religious context. In Cicero's time, the better-off sacrificed a sow at the funeral pyre before cremation. The dead consumed their portion in the flames of...

in the Roman Forum, shows evidence of both inhumation and cremation, and laws relating to both practices go back to the 5th century BC. Cremation was...

practice of cremation became viewed more as an alternative to traditional burials. Cremation was first introduced by Buddhism, but was banned in 1470. It...

been historically observed in many religious and philosophic traditions, including Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Stoicism, Epicureanism...