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The role of flowers in the personalization of Christian funerals in Denmark 鲜花在丹麦基督教葬礼个人化中的作用

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Approaching Religion Pub Date : 2023-03-08 DOI: 10.30664/ar.121444

H. Christensen

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‘It is the greenness, the nature, it looks as if someone has taken care of the place very well’ “这是绿色，自然，看起来好像有人把这个地方照顾得很好。”

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Approaching Religion Pub Date : 2023-03-08 DOI: 10.30664/ar.121526

H. Nordh, C. Wingren

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Funerals in the north of Europe 北欧的葬礼

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Approaching Religion Pub Date : 2023-03-08 DOI: 10.30664/ar.126858

Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon, Magdalena Nordin, Måns Broo, R. Illman

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Deathscapes in Finnish funerals during Covid-19 新冠肺炎期间芬兰葬礼上的死亡场景

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Approaching Religion Pub Date : 2023-03-08 DOI: 10.30664/ar.121528

A. Vähäkangas

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Forest burials in Denmark 丹麦的森林墓葬

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Approaching Religion Pub Date : 2023-03-08 DOI: 10.30664/ar.121418

M. Warburg

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Death and beyond 死亡与超越

Approaching Religion Pub Date : 2023-03-08 DOI: 10.30664/ar.121829

Maija Butters

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Pandemic funerals in Norway 挪威举行流行病葬礼

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Approaching Religion Pub Date : 2023-03-08 DOI: 10.30664/ar.121524

Carsten Schuerhoff

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Accommodation of ash scattering in contemporary Norwegian governance of death and religion/worldview 当代挪威对死亡和宗教/世界观的治理中灰烬散落的调和

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Approaching Religion Pub Date : 2023-03-08 DOI: 10.30664/ar.121699

Ida Marie Høeg

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Until death do us part? 直到死亡将我们分开?

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Approaching Religion Pub Date : 2023-03-08 DOI: 10.30664/ar.120931

J. Wirén

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Independence Day in a would-be Christian nation 一个准基督教国家的独立日

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Approaching Religion Pub Date : 2022-11-07 DOI: 10.30664/ar.112833

Timo Kallinen

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