According to Leroy Bowman, Modern Funerals

According to Leroy Bowman, modern funerals

A) are overlaid with such ostentation that the essential meaning and dignity of such rites has all but disappeared.
B) are lacking in serious religious symbols, which diminishes the dignity of funeral rites.
C) have remained largely unchanged throughout history, which promotes a sense of mysticism in the experience.
D) have improved in society to meet the needs of the bereaved.