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Paula M. Cooey
Erik Davis
Susanna Drake
James W. Laine
Brett Wilson
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Rabbi Barry D. Cytron
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Monica Siems
Peter Harle
Jonathan Paradise
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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 Spring 2012
RELI 194-01: Asian Religions in America
RELI 294-04: Defense Against the Dark Arts
Courses for Fall 2011
RELI 111-01: Introduction to Buddhism: Mind, Morals, and Meditation
RELI 111-01: Introduction to Buddhism - first year course
RELI 311-01: Ritual
Office: Old Main 102
Office Hours: W 2:30-4:00pm (sign-up sheet on door & 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. His dissertation, "Treasures of the Buddha: Imagining Death and Life in Contemporary Cambodia," was completed at the University of Chicago in 2009.
His most recent publications are:
“Weaving life out of death: the craft of the rag robe in Cambodian funerary ritual.” In Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China, Paul Williams and Patrice Ladwig, eds. In Press.
“Imagined parasites: flows of monies and spirits in Cambodia.” In Cambodia’s Economic Transformation, Caroline Hughes and Kheang Un, eds. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press. In Press.
“Between forests and families: death, desire, and order in Cambodia.” In People of Virtue: Reconfiguring Religion, Power, and Moral Order in Today’s Cambodia. Alexandra Kent and David P. Chandler, eds. (NIAS Studies in Asian Topics). University of Hawai’i Press. 2008.
“Imaginary conversations with mothers about death.” in At the edge of the forest: essays in honor of David Chandler. Anne R. Hansen and Judy Ledgerwood, eds. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 2008.
Erik is a Macalester Alumnus ('96), and received his masters degree at the University of Washington in Seattle (2006). He lived in Cambodia from 2003-2006.
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