Resources for Preaching: Funerals

An overview of resources on preaching at Yale Library.

Relevant Research Guides

A Matter of Life and Death: Preaching at Funerals by Charles Hoffacker Presents a warm and caring approach to preaching at funerals.
Accompany Them with Singing: The Christian Funeral (Online) by Thomas G. Long Describes how the Christian funeral developed and recent cultural trends in funeral practices, the basic pattern for a funeral service, and thoughtful guidance for preaching at a funeral.
Preaching Funerals in the Black Church: Bring Perspective to Pain by Peter M. Wherry A culturally sensitive approach to funerals within black church contexts.
Preaching Death: The Transformation of Christian Funeral Sermons (Online) by Lucy Bregman Tracks the changes in Protestant American funerals over the last one hundred years.
Rites of Passage: Preaching Baptisms, Weddings, and Funerals by Guerric Debona A practical homiletic resource for priests and deacons who preach Christian baptisms, weddings, and funerals from the point of view of a religious priest, a diocesan priest, and a permanent deacon.