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Yahoo! full coverage has an archive of news on the Noble, Georgia, cremation case.

See the links below for a variety of Christian views on the subject of cremation:

• American Catholic (current American perspective)
  
  
• The Catholic Encyclopedia (early 20th century Catholic perspective)
  
  
• Assemblies of God
  
  
• Vancouver School of Theology (mainline Canadian and American)
  
  
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
  
  
• ReligiousTolerance.org (detached comparison)
  
  

Christianity Today took an in-depth look at the funeral industry in 1999's "Death, Inc."

Christian History Corner appears every Friday at ChristianityToday.com. Previous editions include:

Citius, Altius, Sanctus | The modern Olympics, though hardly Christian, hail from an era when athleticism was next to godliness. (Feb. 15, 2002)

Alternative Religions | Many non- and semi-Christian groups laid claim to the West, but none more successfully than the Mormons. (Feb. 8, 2002)

Zion Haste | Does the passion of a few nineteenth-century Chicagoans still influence American policy in the Middle East? (Feb. 2, 2002)

Final Solution, Part II | The Nazis planned to obliterate Christianity, too, according to newly published Nuremberg documents. (Jan. 25, 2002)

Tell Me a Story | The most helpful church history scholarship is both broad and narrative. (Jan. 18, 2002)

State of the Fragmentation | If "society" denotes a group with mutual interests and common culture, the American Society of Church History almost doesn't qualify. (Jan. 11, 2002)

Spurgeon's Epiphany | The event he recounted more than 280 times in his sermons first occurred on January 6, 1850. (Jan. 4, 2002)

Christmas Kettles | The history behind a Yuletide institution. (Dec. 21, 2001)

O Christmas Tree | A truly "traditional" tree would be unrecognizable—and flammable. (Dec. 14, 2001)

Christmas Countdown | When does the holiday season really start? (Dec. 7, 2001)

Serving God with Mammon | John Wesley's wisdom for hard economic times: earn all you can, save all you can, and give all you can. (Nov. 30, 2001)

Eat, Drink, and Relax | Think the Pilgrims would frown on today's football-tossing, turkey-gobbling Thanksgiving festivities? Maybe not. (Nov. 21, 2001)

Where Are the Women? | The Christian tradition includes few female history-writers but plenty of female history-makers. (Nov. 20, 2001)

God Bless, More or Less | Irving Berlin's anthem captures America. (Nov. 2, 2001)

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