Erik W. Davis
| Erik W. Davis | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Erik Davis |
| Roles | Scholar; Author; Educator |
| Based in | United States |
| Website | https://www.macalester.edu/religious-studies/facultystaff/erikdavis/ |
| Subjects | Religion & Spiritual Life |
American scholar of Buddhism and professor of religious studies at Macalester College whose research focuses on Cambodia.
Erik W. Davis is a professor of religious studies at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He studies and teaches Buddhism, ritual and the theory of religion, and much of his work focuses on Cambodia, where he lived from 2003 to 2006 during his first period of fieldwork. (University of Hawai'i Press, Each Other's Destiny; Macalester College, Erik Davis faculty profile)
Work
Davis has written and edited books on Buddhist funeral rituals, temple boundaries (sīmā) and folktales. (Macalester College, Erik Davis faculty profile) His book Each Other's Destiny: Rebirth and Relationship in Cambodian Buddhism was published by the University of Hawaiʻi Press in September 2026. (University of Hawai'i Press, Each Other's Destiny)
Education
He earned his undergraduate degree at Macalester College (1996), a master's degree at the University of Washington (2000) and a doctorate at the University of Chicago Divinity School (2009). (Macalester College, Erik Davis faculty profile)