Analyze a funeral ritual in terms of the basic components of religious rituals (worldview, myth, symbol, ritual specialists, altered states) and in terms of the underlying religious beliefs that shape these rituals (e.g., beliefs about souls and the afterlife).

Analyze a funeral ritual in terms of the basic components of religious rituals (worldview, myth, symbol, ritual specialists, altered states) and in terms of the underlying religious beliefs that shape these rituals (e.g., beliefs about souls and the afterlife).