Faculty
Paula M. Cooey
Erik Davis
Susanna Drake
James W. Laine
Brett Wilson

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
Instructor

Courses for Spring 2010
RELI 111-01: Introduction to Buddhism
RELI 294-05: Society Worshipping Itself: Durkheim and Religion
RELI 311-01: Ritual

Courses for Fall 2009
RELI 124/ASIA 124: Asian Religions
RELI 194-01: Buddhism and the Supernatural

Office: Old Main 102
Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 1:20-2:50 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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