Forest burials in Denmark: Nature, non-religion and spirituality
Burial in the forest is a recent, non-confessional alternative to the established cemeteries owned and run by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark. Danish forest burials fulfil common criteria for non-religion and they are an example of institutionalized non-religion. Their non-confessional ch...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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2023
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Approaching religion
Année: 2023, Volume: 13, Numéro: 1, Pages: 73-89 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Dänemark
/ Cimetière forestier
/ Loi
/ Motivation
/ Spiritualité
/ Danske folkekirke
/ Irréligion
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Vie religieuse CB Spiritualité chrétienne KBE Scandinavie KDD Église protestante XA Droit ZB Sociologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
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B Nonreligion B Romanticism B beech forest B Cemetery B Identity |
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| Résumé: | Burial in the forest is a recent, non-confessional alternative to the established cemeteries owned and run by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark. Danish forest burials fulfil common criteria for non-religion and they are an example of institutionalized non-religion. Their non-confessional character is emphasized in the information material directed towards potential buyers of forest burial plots. Forest burials appeal to both non-members and members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church; in fact, nearly two-thirds of those who had a forest burial by the end of 2021 were members of the church. I have participated in seven tours conducted at different forest burial sites, and I have interviewed nearly fifty participants about their motives for considering buying a forest burial plot. In my analyses, I structure the interviews along the three dimensions, knowing, doing, and being. I found that the motives for people to choose a forest burial reflected both non-religious and religious/spiritual considerations. Forest burials exemplify a religious complexity where nature, non-religion, religion, and spirituality intersect. In this complexity, I see the institution of forest burial as a non-religious vessel, which the buyers fill with their individual thoughts and acts. |
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| ISSN: | 1799-3121 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Approaching religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30664/ar.121418 |