Many of today’s baby boomers are the first seniors never exposed, their entire lives, to organized religion.ĭemographics, Howdle suggests, provide insight.
Today’s funeral rites are intertwined with family complexity, with movement away from church, temple, mosque and synagogue. Much depends on tradition, ethnicity and religious belief. Today, one’s head spins with the death options: Secular, religious, cremation (reducing the body to ashes through burning), burial, funeral with casket, funeral without casket, no funeral, a memorial service with prayers, or a gathering to celebrate a life well-led without reference to God.
