Troy
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Religion |
| Occupation | PhD Student in Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Introduction | Doctoral student in Early Christianity, researching Christian apocrypha, apocalyptic texts, ancient Christian "magic," and material religion in Late Antiquity. Especially drawn to texts and traditions at the margins—stories and lived religious experiences of early Christian laity. Raised in an evangelical tradition, later embracing a Franciscan way of life, serving as a friar from 2015 to 2018. Over the years, the blog's focus has shifted from orthodoxy to orthopraxy, and from debate to dialogue, and curiosity for all things weird in antiquity. Alongside academic research, the present author is also a genealogist, as well as a teacher, former archivist and librarian. |
| Interests | Christian History, Apocryphal Literature, Ancient Magic, Material Religion, Genealogy, Archives, Theology, Syriac and Coptic Studies, Writing, Late Antiquity |