Consolation Without Religious Topoi: Thematic Analysis of References to “Afterlife” in Secular Eulogies in Communist Czechoslovakia (1948–1989)
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00302228221148077" target="_blank" >10.1177/00302228221148077</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Consolation Without Religious Topoi: Thematic Analysis of References to “Afterlife” in Secular Eulogies in Communist Czechoslovakia (1948–1989)
Original language description
The article focuses on practice of secular eulogistic rhetoric in communist Czechoslovakia (1948–1989), specifically it investigates references to “afterlife” used in eulogies, which is generally conceived as allowing the bereaved to positively reappraise the death of the loved one. However, in secular eulogies, the use of “afterlife” in religious interpretation (“resurrection”, “heaven”) is explicitly excluded. Based on the thematic analysis of 61 secular eulogies, 2 secular interpretations of “afterlife” are identified: symbolic continuity (continuity of memory of the deceased, through his/her legacy/work done, as a part of Nature, through children/future generations, or continuity of the deceased’s love) and factual (but deprived) continuity (death is presented as a sleep, journey, or pain relief).
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60304 - Religious studies
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
ISSN
0030-2228
e-ISSN
1541-3764
Volume of the periodical
91
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
1017-1040
UT code for WoS article
000901441500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105003555755