Derek Davis

Biographic Data

ID3894347
NAMEDerek Davis
GIVEN NAMESDerek
FAMILY NAMEDavis
SIGNATUREDAVIS D
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX0

  • A Journey to Arzrum during the 1829 Campaign by A. S. Pushkin

    Open AccessDerek DavisARTICLEJournal of the Royal Asiatic…2022References: 1

    In 1829 Pushkin visited his brother and friends in the Caucasus Corps, going on to participate in the capture of Erzurum. This marked a decisive shift in the international balance of power. Victory over Persia in 1827 and Turkey in 1829 transformed Russia into the dominant force in the Middle East for a generation until the Crimean War. Spectacular success was an almost accidental by-product of the 1825 Decembrist Revolt. Many serving Decembrists…

  • Premchand Plays Chess

    Open AccessDerek Davis, Derek M DavisARTICLEJournal of the Royal Asiatic…2015

    This article contextualises and compares the Urdu and Hindi versions of Premchand's 1924 short story The Chess Players . Close examination of the two texts offers fascinating insight into the challenges of adjustment for Premchand as he moved from his Persian/Urdu literary home-base to the world of modern Hindi that he did so much to help create in the early decades of twentieth-century India

  • Peeking through Jefferson’s Relocated Wall

    N J Demerath, N J Demerath Iii et al.BOOKThe Oxford handbook of church and…2010

    This article provides a sociological account of the First Amendment's religious clauses' past, present, and future. It discusses the First Amendment religion clause in global perspective; where it stands in comparison with similar documents and practices in other countries; what it intended; how it has been implemented; and where it is heading. The article also discusses American church–state relations under four rubrics: the issues of establishm…

  • Problems and Conflicts between Law and Morality in a Free Society

    Margaret Seyford Hrezo, James E Wood et al.ARTICLEReview of Religious Research1997

  • The Role of Government in Monitoring Religion in Public Life

    Timothy R Johnson, James E Wood et al.ARTICLEReview of Religious Research1997

  • The Impact of Churches on Political Behavior

    Derek Davis, Derek H Davis et al.ARTICLESociology of Religion1995

    Journal Article The Impact of Churches on Political Behavior: An Empirical Study, by Christopher P. Gilbert. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993, xii + 196 pp. $49.95 Get access Derek Davis Derek Davis Baylor University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 56, Issue 1, Spring 1995, Pages 88–89, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712045 Published: 01 March 1995

  • The Role of Government in Monitoring and Regulating Religion in Public Life

    James L Guth, James Guth et al.ARTICLESociology of Religion1994

    Journal Article The Role of Government in Monitoring and Regulating Religion in Public Life, edited by James E. Woods, Jr. and Derek Davis. Waco, TX: J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, Baylor University, 1993, viii + 262 pp. $24.95; 9.95 (paper) Get access James L. Guth James L. Guth Furman University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 55, Issue 4, Winter 1994, Pages…

  • The Role of Government in Monitoring and Regulating Religion in Public Life

    Dean M Kelley, Dean Kelley et al.ARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…1994

  • The Role of Religion in the Making of Public Policy

    K D Wald, James E Wood et al.ARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…1993