An Honest Death
Life's End and Humanist Funerals
$52.86
- Paperback
264 pages
- Release Date
24 November 2026
Summary
A fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at non-religious funerals in contemporary London
An Honest Death is an intimate and moving ethnographic account of funerals for people who don’t believe in God or an afterlife. Focusing on secular funeral celebrants of the British Humanist Association, the book examines how their ritual work is geared toward helping realize a secular world. There is a strong ethical commitment behind this effort, which is to face death wi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691280097 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691280096 |
| Author: | Matthew Engelke |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 24 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Matthew Engelke
Matthew Engelke is professor and chair of the Department of Religion at Columbia University and previously taught for more than fifteen years at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is a recipient of the Clifford Geertz Prize from the Society for the Anthropology of Religion and the Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing. His books include How to Think Like an Anthropologist.
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