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Acquaintance with some Western funeral rituals in past and present and with more important forms of memory of the dead

structural and theological analysis of funeral rituals from the early middle ages unto present time (incl. funeral rites in refomational churches); forms of the memory of the dead as important social practices in medieval and modern time Christian societies; actual questions concerning burial and memory of the dead

Lecture, possibility to pose questions

written (alternatively oral) examination including the study of selected secondary literature (to be announced at the beginning of the semester)

Im Angesicht des Todes. Ein interdisziplinäres Kompendium. Hg. von H. Becker - B. Einig - P. O. Ullrich. 2 Bände. Münsterschwarzach 1987

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Compulsory registration via LFU-online.