Cremation in Christianity
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Cremation is a method used to dispose of the deceased in the Christian world despite historical opposition to the practice.
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Acceptance of the practice has grown over the past century, especially in Western Europe, North America and Australia, but not so much in conservative Christian majority places like Eastern and Central Europe, Russia, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, the Philippines and in the biggest part of Latin America. In other large areas such as South Asia, it is strongly opposed due to its religious meaning in Christianity, for instance, plus the precedence of Jesus' burial and the rest of the biblical record.