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The pandemic changed death rituals and left grieving families without a sense of closure

  • Written by Natasha Mikles, Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Religious Studies, Texas State University
The pandemic changed death rituals and left grieving families without a sense of closureA family takes part in shiva, a traditional Jewish time of mourning, on Zoom.Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

The unexpected death of a friend and colleague to COVID-19 in January 2021 led me to start researching how American death rituals were transforming during the pandemic. My friend was Hindu, and while watching his funeral on Zoom,...

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