Douglas J. Davies
Författare till A Brief History of Death
Om författaren
Douglas J. Davies is Professor in the Study of Religion, University of Durham.
Foto taget av: Durham University
Verk av Douglas J. Davies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 34, Number 3&4 (Fall-Winter 2001) (2001) — Redaktör; Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
Bishops, wives and children : spiritual capital across the generations (2007) — Författare — 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
The Worlds of Joseph Smith: A Bicentennial Conference at the Library of Congress (2006) — Bidragsgivare — 30 exemplar
Revisiting Thomas F. O'Dea's The Mormons: Contemporary Perspectives (2008) — Bidragsgivare — 6 exemplar
Mormonism at the Crossroads of Philosophy and Theology: Essays in Honor of David L. Paulsen (2012) — Bidragsgivare — 5 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1947-02-11
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Födelseort
- Wales, UK
- Utbildning
- University of Durham (BA|BA)
University of Nottingham (DPhil)
University of Oxford (MLitt|DLitt)
University of Oxford (BLitt|1972) - Yrken
- Professor in the Study of Religion (Durham)
Senior Lecturer (Nottingham) - Organisationer
- University of Durham
Academy of Social Sciences
University of Nottingham - Priser och utmärkelser
- Academy of Social Sciences
University of Uppsala (Dr. theol. hon.)
Medlemmar
Recensioner
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.… (mer)
The research here is decent, but the presentation is convoluted and the argument practically nonexistent. Alas.… (mer)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 25
- Även av
- 15
- Medlemmar
- 275
- Popularitet
- #84,339
- Betyg
- 3.4
- Recensioner
- 6
- ISBN
- 86
- Språk
- 1
Quanto ao conteúdo apresentado, este é uma colecção de lugares-comuns, temperados com ideias de outros autores, mas sem qualquer rasgo de genialidade nem sequer uma ideia original.