Hell, dead bodies and burial practices: What does the church say?

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🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

To get in the sPoOkY spirit, this week’s episode of Jesuitical is getting a little macabre. Zac and Ashley are joined by Candida Moss, a columnist for the Daily Beast and the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at University of Birmingham. We talk to Professor Moss about how the church and the culture’s understanding of hell has changed over the centuries, what some sure signs of demonic possession are, and why the church teaches what it does about cremation and burial practices. After the conversation with Candida Moss, stick around for a special new episode of “Voting Catholic,” which is out with a brand new season ahead of the midterm elections. Links from the show: The church forbids ‘human composting’ at death. But what about ‘green’ burials? When Did Satan Go From Inmate to Warden? Why Did the Catholic Church Ban the Spreading of Ashes? Listen to the Voting Catholic podcast from America What’s on tap? Moscow Mule Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.8	Join us each week for a smart Catholic take on faith culture in the news, often over drinks.
0:48.4	Hello Jesuitical world, it's good to be with you.
0:51.2	I am Zach Davis, one of your co-host. I'm entering this show solo today, but don't worry
0:56.2	You're gonna hear Ashley's voice very soon. I've got a special show today. It's Halloween weekend coming up. I don't know when your town does the trick-or-treating but I've
1:04.0	been eating candy all month so I'll be passing out next Monday but we figured since Halloween's coming
1:09.6	up we do a kind of spooky show and we've got a really, really great guest coming up for you this week.
1:15.4	We're talking to Candida Moss, who is the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University
1:20.0	of Birmingham, and she's also a columnist for The Daily Beast, writes a really, really interesting and
1:25.1	fantastic religion column for them. She's the award-winning author of seven books, including divine
1:29.3	bodies, resurrecting perfection in the New Testament in early Christianity.
1:33.5	So we brought Candida on to talk to her about the afterlife,
1:36.6	hell, demons, Satan, what Catholics believe about burial practices,
1:41.9	what Catholics believe about exorcisms, what Catholics believe about
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