Cremation, Embalmment, or Neither?: A Biblical/Christian Evaluation

by Alvin J. Schmidt

This book documents today's rising rates of cremation in the West, and notes that these rates now include many deceased Christians, a stark contrast to Christians in the past who had consistently rejected cremation from their earliest years in pagan Rome to the mid-1960s. Christians opposed and spurned cremation for a number of reasons, discussed in this book. By mid-fourth century, Christianity's rejection of cremation influenced pagan Rome to abandon...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1490872094
• ISBN13: 9781490872094
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"