Gary Laderman
Gary Laderman is associate professor of religion at Emory University in Atlanta and author of Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth-Century America.
Resources in: English
“75 Years of Mortality in the United States, 1935–2010”
Read a data brief published in March 2012 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on changing trends in mortality over the decades.
“A family undertaking”
The PBS television series POV has an interactive timeline that traces the history of death and funeral customs in America.
“With Demise of Jewish Burial Societies, Resting Places Are in Turmoil”
Read an Aug. 2, 2009, article from the New York Times about how declining funds have led to turmoil in cemeteries.
“The End of Life: Exploring Death in America”
Read transcripts from a program that aired on National Public Radio in 1998 that dealt in part with changing funeral customs.
“Funerals undergoing an eco-friendly makeover”
Read a Nov. 8, 2011, article from Bloomberg Businessweek about eco-friendly burials and cemeteries.
“Should Roadside Memorials Be Banned?”
Read a July 12, 2009, New York Times debate about whether highway memorials should be banned.
“For in-home funerals, a 21st-century revival”
Read a Nov. 30, 2011, article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune about the growth of the in-home funeral movement.
Barbara Taylor
Barbara Taylor is a management consultant with the Institute for Management Excellence in Trabuco Canyon, Calif. She speaks on spirituality in the workplace.