Peter Jupp, Douglas Davies, Hilary Grainger, Gordon Raeburn and Stephen White, Cremation in Modern Scotland: History, Architecture and the Law

Published date01 January 2018
DOI10.3366/elr.2018.0477
Author
Date01 January 2018
Pages178-179

Cremation in Modern Scotland takes an interdisciplinary approach to examine cremation in Scotland and how and why it took over from burial as the predominant method of dealing with the dead. In its introduction it states this subject of cremation clearly, asking how it came about, what scandals arose when dealing with the dead, and posing an open question about the link between cremation and architecture. This introduction sets up the broad scope of the book, which draws together primary and secondary sources in history, theology, anthropology, architecture and law. This reflects the fact that it has five authors each with their own specialism in these fields: Professor Davies is the theologian; Grainger is Professor of Architectural History; Jupp is an Honorary Fellow in Divinity; Raeburn has a doctorate in historical burial practices; and White has a multi-disciplinary teaching and research history in law and social sciences.

This book will be primarily of interest to lawyers and jurists who have a broad academic interest in such subjects or...

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