Douglas J. Davies
Author of A Brief History of Death
About the Author
Douglas J. Davies is Professor in the Study of Religion, University of Durham.
Image credit: Durham University
Works by Douglas J. Davies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 34, Number 3&4 (Fall-Winter 2001) (2001) — Editor; Contributor — 2 copies
Associated Works
The Worlds of Joseph Smith: A Bicentennial Conference at the Library of Congress (2006) — Contributor — 31 copies
Mormonism at the Crossroads of Philosophy and Theology: Essays in Honor of David L. Paulsen (2012) — Contributor — 5 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1947-02-11
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Wales, UK
- Education
- University of Durham (BA|BA)
University of Nottingham (DPhil)
University of Oxford (MLitt|DLitt)
University of Oxford (BLitt|1972) - Occupations
- Professor in the Study of Religion (Durham)
Senior Lecturer (Nottingham) - Organizations
- University of Durham
Academy of Social Sciences
University of Nottingham - Awards and honors
- Academy of Social Sciences
University of Uppsala (Dr. theol. hon.)
Members
Reviews
The Mormon Culture of Salvation by Douglas J. Davies
An interesting book by Davies that describes the LDS notion of Salvation. Some interesting parts were the way there is an "inner" church, of temple-goers and the mormon forms of "gestus" for religious devotion.
Davies, an Anglican minister and a professor of Mormon Studies describes the LDS movement in Wales in the early years of migration.
When people complain about dry, overwrought academic writing, they're talking about this book. Some of the information is interesting, but a lot of it is overblown reportage, merely inflated factual information, and what little of the book is critically interpretive comes off sounding like the famous Calvin & Hobbes cartoon, in which Calvin explains that "the purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity." You do know, Mr. Davies, that the cartoon is a joke, don't you?
The research here is decent, but the presentation is convoluted and the argument practically nonexistent. Alas.… (more)
The research here is decent, but the presentation is convoluted and the argument practically nonexistent. Alas.… (more)
I started to read this with serious intent, and then I ended up skimming through the rest of it. I thought it would be more of a history, but rather it seems to be the ramblings of an older British gentleman.
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- Rating
- 3.5
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