In de AVROTROS en NPO Radio 4-podcastserie ‘Klassieke Mysteries’ gaan Rebecca van der Weijde en Ab Nieuwdorp op zoek gaan naar de intrigerende verhalen rondom de dood van klassieke componisten. Als thanatoloog mocht ik meewerken Read more…
In Funerary Practices in the Netherlands, Claudia Venhorst and I contextualise the Dutch funerary practice in its wider legal, national and local governance framework. The book describes the historical context for current practices, provides data Read more…
Cemeteries and crematoria are important places to conduct funerary rites, and they offer a focal point in people’s mourning and remembrance practices. For many people it is important to say farewell to their deceased in Read more…
Dr Brenda Mathijssen
Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Groningen
Oude Boteringestraat 38
9712 GK Groningen
The Netherlands
brenda.mathijssen[at]rug.nl
The Muslim bereaved cruelly deprived of closure by coronavirus
Infection risk means families are suffering trauma and guilt by not being able to carry out the Islamic funeral ritual of washing the body
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/07/the-muslim-bereaved-cruelly-deprived-of-closure-by-coronavirus
