Margaret Holloway's presentation at the British Sociological Association Death, Dying and Bereavement Symposium - November 2009

1. Spirituality in Contemporary Funerals Margaret Holloway , Sue Adamson, Vassos Argyrou Peter Draper, Daniel Mariau

3. Funerals attended 39 Meetings of family with funeral director 34 Meetings of family with officiant 20 Interviews with family post funeral 31 Celebrants: Humanist 12 Church of England 11 Roman Catholic 3 Salvation Army 5 Methodist 4 Jehovah’s Witness 1 Independent Evangelical 1 Civil celebrant 3 Family withdrew before funeral (CofE) 2 Meeting observations and interview but family asked researchers not to attend funeral 1 Memorial service (non denominational) 1

4. Main Tree Nodes

15. Afterlife: Continuing As protector Interviewer: So she’s still looking after you? Oh aye, I hope so, haa….now that part I do believe in .