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Prof Douglas James Davies - all publications

Books: authored

• Davies, Douglas & Rumble, Hannah (2012). Natural Burial: Traditional-Secular Spiritualities and Funeral Innovation. Continuum.
• Davies, Douglas J. (2011). Emotion, Identity, and Religion: Hope, Reciprocity, and Otherness. Oxford University Press.
• Davies, Douglas J. (2010). Joseph Smith, Jesus, and Satanic Opposition: Atonement, Evil and the Mormon Vision. Farnham: Ashgate.
• Davies, D. J. (2008). The Theology of Death. London: T&T Clark.
• Davies, D. J. & Guest, M. J. (2007). Bishops, Wives and Children: Spiritual Capital Across the Generations. Aldershot: Ashgate.
• Davies, D. J. (2004). A Brief History of Death. Oxford: Blackwell.
• Davies, D. J. (2003). An Introduction to Mormonism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Davies, D. J. (2002). Anthropology and Theology. Oxford: Berg.
• Davies DJ (2000). The Mormon Culture of Salvation.
• Davies DJ (1997). Death Ritual and Belief The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites.
• Davies DJ & Alastair Shaw (1995). Reusing Old Graves: A Report on Popular Briitish Attitudes.

Books: edited

• Davies, Douglas J. & Mates, Lewis H. (2005). Encyclopedia of Cremation. London: Ashgate.
• Davies, D. J., Cameron, H., Richter, P. & Ward, F. (2005). Studying Local Churches: A Handbook. London: SCM Press.

Books: sections

• Davies, Douglas J. (2010). Geographies of the Spirit World. In The Matter of Death, Space, Place and Materiality. Hockey, Jenny., Komaromy, Carol. & Woodthorpe, Kate. Basingstoke.: Palgrave Macmillan. 208 - 222.
• Davies, Douglas J. (2009). Baptism for the dead; Cremation: Cremation Movements. In Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Condition. Bryant, Clifton & Peck, Dennis L. Los Angeles: Sage. 98 -101, 232 - 237, 237 - 241.
• Davies, Douglas J. (2009). Christ in Mormonism. In Hammer, Olav. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 170 -189.
• Davies, Douglas J. (2009). Dying in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition. In The Study of Dying. Kellehear, Alan. Cambridge.: Cambridge University Press. 233 - 252.
• Davies, Douglas J. (2009). Superplausibility in Life and Death. In Religionssociologi i brytningstider. Bremborg, Anna Davidsson et al. Lund, Sweden: Lund University. 13 - 28.
• Davies, Douglas J. (2009). Visions, Revelations and Courage in Joseph Smith. In Joseph Smith Jnr. Reappraisals after Two Centuries. Nelson, Reid L. & Givens, Terryl L. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 129 - 142.
• Davies, Douglas J. (2008). Resurrection and Immortality of the Soul. In Death our Future. Jupp, Peter C. London: Epworth. 82 - 92.

Edited works: conference proceedings

• Davies, Douglas J. & Park, Chang-Won. (2012). Emotion Identity and death, Mortality Across Disciplines. Death Dying and Disposaal 2009, Durham, England, Ashgate.

Edited works: contributions

• Davies, D. J. (2008). Cultural Intensification: A Theory for religion. In Religion and the individual: belief, practice, identity. Day, Abby Aldershot: Ashgate. 7-18.
• Davies, D. J. (2007). The invention of sacred tradition: Mormonism. In The Invention of Sacred Tradition. Lewis, J. R. & Hammer, O. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 56-75.
• Davies, D. J. (2006). Inner Speech and Religious Traditions. In Theorizing Religion. Beckford, J. A. & Walliss, J. Aldershot: Ashgate. 211-223.
• Davies, D. J. (2005). Forms of Disposal. In Death and Religion in a Changing World. Garces-Foley, K. New York: M. E. Sharpe. 228-245.
• Davies, D. J. (2004). Priests, parish and people reconceiving a relationship. In Congregational studies in the UK Christianity in a post-Christian context. Guest, M., Tusting, K. & Woodhead, L. Aldershot: Ashgate. 153-168.
• Davies, D. J. (2004). Time, Place and Mormon Sense of Self. In Religion, Identity and Change. Colemand, S. & Collins, P. Aldershot: Ashgate. 107-118.
• Davies, D. J. (2001). Health morality and sacrifice the sociology of disasters. In The Blackwell companion to sociology of religion. Fenn, R. K. Oxford: Blackwell. 404-417.
• Davies DJ (1995). 'Rebounding Vitality: Resurrection and Spirit in Luke-Acts'. The Bible in Human Society (eds) M.D. Carroll, D. Clines and P. Davies. In

Journal papers: academic

• Davies, Douglas J. (2008). Death, Immortality, and Sir James Frazer. Mortality Vol. 13.(No, 3.): 287-296.
• Davies, D. J. (2007). Mormon History, Text, Colour and Rites. Journal of Religious History 31(3): 305-315.