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Paula M. Cooey
Erik Davis
Susanna Drake
James W. Laine
Part-time Faculty
Rabbi Barry D. Cytron
Visiting Faculty
Neil Elliott
Peter Harle
Jonathan Paradise
Retired Faculty
Rabbi Bernard S. Raskas
Calvin J. Roetzel
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Religous Studies
Old Main, 108
651-696-6141
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Erik Davis
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Courses for Fall 2008:
RELI194 Buddhist Books: Theravadan Through Its Texts
RELI294 How To Do Things With Dead People
Courses for Spring 2009:
RELI124 Asian Religions
RELI194 Pilgrimage of Religion
Office: Old Main 102
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-11:30 or by appointment.
Telephone Number: (651) 696-6152
E-mail: davise@macalester.edu
Erik Davis studies and teaches about Buddhism, Asian religions, and the theory of religion. He is particularly interested in funerals, ritual, and the connection between agriculture and religious imagination. He is finishing his dissertation at the University of Chicago, titled, "Treasures of the Buddha: imagining death and life in contemporary Cambodia."
Erik is a Macalester Alumnus ('96), and recieved his masters degree at the University of Washington in Seattle (2006). He lived in Cambodia from 2003-2006.
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