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Pandemic brought death closer, but people still hold it at arm’s length, says Theos report

Hattie Williams, Digital News Editor for the Church Times, unpacks Theos’ latest report ‘Ashes to Ashes’. 17/04/2023

The Covid pandemic raised the profile of death in public conversation, but people still avoid talking about death in private, a new report from Theos has found.

This is having a negative effect on bereavement which church leaders should counter through better pastoral and theological practice, the think–tank says.

Its report, Ashes to Ashes: Beliefs, trends, and practices in dying, death, and the afterlife, was published on Monday, co–written by Marianne Rozario of Theos and Lia Shimada of the Susanna Wesley Foundation.

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Marianne Rozario

Dr Marianne Rozario is Senior Researcher and Projects Lead at Theos. She is the co–author of Ashes to Ashes: beliefs, trends, and practices in dying, death, and the afterlife. She has a PhD in International Relations exploring the notion of Catholic agency in international society through the University of Notre Dame Australia, and a MA (Hons) in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews. She is a Lecturer on the MA Social Justice and Public Service in the Faculty of Business and Law at St Mary’s University.

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Posted 17 April 2023

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