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* [http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1684# Up in Smoke: Theosophy and the Revival of Cremation]
* [http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1684# Up in Smoke: Theosophy and the Revival of Cremation]
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mitch-horowitz/how-the-occult-brought-cr_b_3880620.html How the Occult Brought Cremation to America] by Mitch Horowitz.
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mitch-horowitz/how-the-occult-brought-cr_b_3880620.html How the Occult Brought Cremation to America] by Mitch Horowitz. Published in ''Huffington Post'' Religion blog on September 9, 2013.


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First Cremation in United States

Christian attitudes toward cremation

In Roman Catholic doctrine, the dead are bodily resurrected on the Day of Judgment, so burial has been customary. In 1886, religious and economic penalties were imposed to prevent cremation, but Pope Paul VI lifted the regulations in 1964 without actually approving of the practice.[1]

Online resources

Articles

Notes

  1. "Pope Paul Ends Heavy Penalties for Cremation". St. Petersburg Times. June 6, 1964.