a large number of articles on death, and contemporary Christianity. Davies has been involved with various editorial boards and conferences, including the 'Editorial Board of Mortality' and the 'British Sociological; Association Religion Group' (Chairman: 2000–2003). He was also guest speaker at both the Scandinavian Sociological Society Conference in 2004 and the International Cremation Federation Conference in Barcelona, 2003. Within the University of Durham he teaches the undergraduate modules: 'Study of Religion', 'Death, Ritual and Belief', 'Sects, Prophets and Gurus' and 'Theology and Anthropology'. He also teaches 'Ritual, Symbolism and Belief' to those studying a taught master's degree in Theology. He is a member of the Senior Common Room of St Chad's College Durham. Ordained ministry Davies was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1975 and as a priest in 1976. From 1975 to 1997, he served a number of honorary curacies in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham: St Mary's Church, Attenborough (1975 to 1983); St Mary's Church, East Leake (1983 to 1985); and St Paul's Church, Daybrook (1991 to 1997). Since 2013, he has held permission to officiate in the Diocese of Durham. Honours In 2009, Davies was elected an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (ACSS): the academicians were renamed as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) in 2014. In 2012, he was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW), the national academy of Wales. In July 2017, Davies was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. In 1998, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Theology (DTheol) degree by the Faculty of Theology at Uppsala University, Sweden. His book, Reusing Old Graves: A Report on Popular British Attitudes, co-written with Alastair Shaw, won the 1995 Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year. Selected works His list of books include: Mors Britannica: Lifestyle and Death-style in Britain Today, 2015. Emotions and Religious Dynamics, with Nathaniel Warne, 2013 Natural Burial; Traditional-Secular Spiritualities and Funeral Innovation, with Hannah Rumble, 2012. Emotion, Identity and Death: Mortality across Disciplines, with Chang-Won Park, 2012. Emotion, Identity, and Religion: Hope, Reciprocity, and Otherness, 2011. Joseph Smith, Jesus, and satanic Opposition: Atonement, Evil and the Mormon Vision, 2010. A Theology of Death, 2008. Bishops, Wives and Children, Spiritual capital across the Generations, with Mathew Guest, 2007. A Brief History of Death, 2005