Funerary practices in the Netherlands / Brenda Mathijssen and Claudia Venhorst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mathijssen, Brenda, author.

Venhorst, Claudia, author.

Series:

Funerary international

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Netherlands.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Burial laws--Netherlands.

Burial laws.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Netherlands--History.

Burial laws--Natherlands--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

In contextualizing the Dutch funerary practice in its wider legal, national and local governance framework, this book describes the historical context for current practices, provides data on trends in burial and cremation, and examines recent developments including natural burial, increasing religious diversity and changing national legislation.Chapters provide an overview of funerary history and contemporary practice, alongside photographs, charts and tables of key information. Topics explored include: the death care industry; the Corpse Disposal Act; a typical funeral including funeral costs and insurance; cemetery and crematorium provision; and, the practices, technicalities and legalities of burial and cremation. The book also analyses and illustrates the commemorative practice of public mourning events related to World War II, the Holocaust and the MH17 plane crash.This book provides a broad frame of reference on funeral practices, making it a useful resource for academics, policy makers and practitioners interested in the historic, legal, technical and professional aspects of the funerary industry.

Contents:

Front Cover

Funerary Practices in the Netherlands

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Images

List of Tables and Charts

Preface

Acknowledgements

Map of The Netherlands

Chapter 1 The Netherlands: An Introduction

1.1. Overview

1.2. Pillars and Polders

1.3. Migration and Diversity

1.4. Religion in Numbers

Chapter 2 History

2.1. The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

2.2. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

2.3. The Early Twentieth Century

2.4. The Late Twentieth Century

Chapter 3 Demographic and Legal Frameworks

3.1. Mortality in the Netherlands

3.1.1. Place of Death

3.1.2. Causes of Death

3.2. Legal Frameworks

3.2.1. The Euthanasia Act

3.2.2. Corpse Disposal Act

3.2.2.1. Chapter I. General Provisions

3.2.2.2. Chapter II. General Requirements for Bodily Disposal

Post-mortem and Identification

Leave for Burial or Cremation

Terms

Provision in Funeral Services

Government Care

3.2.2.3. Chapter III. Burial

General Provisions

Municipal Cemeteries

Special Cemeteries

Closure and Removal of Cemeteries

3.2.2.4. Chapter IV. Cremation

Crematoria

Preservation, Destination and Storage of Ashes

3.2.2.5. Chapter V. Special Modes of Bodily Disposal

3.2.2.6. Chapter VI. Special Provisions

3.2.2.7. Chapter VII. Penal Provisions

3.2.2.8. Chapter VIII. Transitional and Final Provisions

Transitional Provisions

Final Provisions

3.3. Recent Developments in Legislation

3.3.1. Resomation, Cryomation and Compostation

3.3.2. Changes in the Personal Records Database

3.3.3. Recent Jurisprudence

Chapter 4 The Funeral Directing Industry

4.1. Historic Development

4.2. Current Organisation

4.2.1. Types of Funeral Organisations

4.2.2. Trade Associations

4.2.3. Education and Quality Management.

4.2.4. Typical Premises of the Funeral Home

4.3. Contemporary Developments: Gender, Diversity and Heritage

4.3.1. The Female Face of Death

4.3.2. A Multicultural Funeral Home

4.3.3. Reallocating Religious Heritage

4.4. Public Appearances: Televised Funeral Commercials

Chapter 5 Paying for Funerals

5.1. Average Funeral Costs

5.2. Breakdown of General, Burial and Cremation Costs

5.3. Types of Funeral Insurance

5.4. Funeral Poverty and Municipal Help

5.5. Special Income Support

5.6. Technical Cremation

5.7. Baby and Children's Funerals

Chapter 6 A Typical Funeral

6.1. Diverse and Tailor-made Funerals

6.2. Immediately Following Death

6.3. Making Funeral Arrangements

6.3.1. Advance Funeral Wishes

6.3.2. The Lonely Funeral: A Poetic Initiative

6.4. Arrangements with the Funeral Director

6.4.1. Type of Funeral

6.4.2. Place, Time and Length of the Service

6.4.3. Mourning Cards and Death Notices

6.4.4. The Coffin or Shroud

6.4.5. Flowers

6.4.6. Music

6.4.7. Koffietafel

6.5. Arrangements with the Religious or Civil Celebrant

6.5.1. Minister, Pastor or Priest

6.5.2. Imam and Volunteers

6.5.3. Chevra Kadisha

6.5.4. Pandit

6.5.5. Humanistic Celebrant

6.5.6. Ritual Coach or Civil Celebrant

6.6. The Care of the Deceased

6.6.1. Ritual Washing

6.6.2. Viewing the Deceased

6.7. The Day of the Funeral

6.7.1. Dress

6.7.2. Travel to the Funeral Service

6.7.3. The Place of the Funeral

6.7.4. Decorating the Funeral Location

6.7.5. Orders of Service

6.7.6. Attending the Funeral

6.7.7. The Funeral Service

6.7.7.1. Christian Funeral Framework

6.7.7.2. Muslim Funeral Framework

6.7.7.3. Non-ecclesial Funeral Framework

6.7.8. Committal, Burial and Cremation

6.7.9. Digital Recording

6.7.10. Remembrance or Prayer Cards.

6.7.11. After the Funeral Service

Chapter 7 Burial and Cemeteries

7.1. Historic Development

7.2. Current Cemetery Provision

7.2.1. Municipal Cemeteries

7.2.2. Special Cemeteries

7.2.2.1. Roman Catholic

7.2.2.2. Protestant

7.2.2.3. Jewish

7.2.2.4. Muslim

7.2.2.5. Natural Burial Grounds

7.2.2.6. War Cemeteries

7.2.2.7. Pet Cemeteries

7.3. Graves

7.3.1. Technicalities

7.3.2. Grave Rights and Terms

7.3.3. Clearing of Graves

7.3.4. Burial Costs

7.3.5. Grave Covers

7.3.6. Preservation

7.4. Cemetery Variation in the Netherlands

7.4.1. Marken and Volendam: Protestant and Catholic Traditions

7.4.2. Roermond: The Old Cemetery

7.4.3. Amsterdam: De Nieuwe Ooster

7.4.4. Beth Haim: Portuguese Jewish Cemetery

7.4.5. Syrian Orthodox Cemetery Glanerbrug

7.4.6. A Variety of Muslim Burial Plots

Chapter 8 Cremation and Crematoria

8.1. Historic Development

8.2. Burial vs Cremation

8.3. Current Crematorium Provision

8.4. Crematorium Architecture

8.5. Cremation Law and Certification

8.5.1. Current Legal Debates

8.6. Crematorium Logistics

8.6.1. Welcoming Facilities at the Crematorium

8.6.2. Cremation Services in the Auditorium

8.6.3. Crematoria and Funeral Music

8.6.4. Incineration and the Witnessing of the Charge

8.6.5. The Crematorium Bar and Restaurant

8.6.6. The Technical Cremation Process

8.6.7. Environmental Regulations

8.6.8. Cremulation and Ash Storage

8.7. The Ashes

8.7.1. Retrieving the Ashes

8.7.2. Types of Ash Disposal

8.7.3. Ash Artists and Entrepreneurs

8.7.4. Accommodating Hindu Ash Disposal

8.8. Cremation Equipment and OrthoMetals

Chapter 9 Death and Remembrance in the Public Sphere

9.1. Personal Commemoration: Between Private and Public

9.1.1. All Souls' Day

9.1.2. Virtual Commemoration.

9.2. War and Holocaust Commemoration

9.2.1. National Remembrance of the Dead: May 4

9.2.2. Holocaust Names Memorial

9.2.3. Honour Fields and War Cemeteries

9.2.4. German Military Cemetery Ysselsteyn

9.3. Notable Developments in Dutch Memorial Practices

9.3.1. Spontaneous Commemorations

9.3.2. Dying Publicly

9.3.3. MH17: Public Mourning

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781787698758

1787698750

9781787698734

1787698734