Despite embalming and sealed caskets being a relatively new tradition in American burial, brought about by the high mortality of the Civil War, we've quickly become uncomfortable with our mortal decay ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Natural burial is actually what we would say is the closest we can come to the way Christ was buried. This idea looks at how we ...

Hamilton Municipal Cemeteries has opened Hamilton’s first natural burial section at Mount Hamilton Cemetery. The section will provide individuals and families the option of buri ...

Cremation and ground burial both have carbon footprints that have some people looking for other options for the afterlife. Proposed ecofriendly and chemistry-centered alternatives include a process ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Basil Eldadah assumed his father’s funeral would be simple. Years before, Basil’s father had taken ...

Death is not a subject people typically have an easy time discussing. But for Christian scholar Beth Hoeltke, it’s one she’s devoted much time to, focusing particularly on the growing interest in ...