Religious Literacy Summer Workshop
The Department of Religion at Wittenberg University is offering a special four-day, on-campus summer workshop for K-12 teachers on the topic of religious literacy in today’s classrooms, June 6-9, 2023 in Springfield, Ohio. Facilitated by Travis Proctor, assistant professor of religion at Wittenberg, and Matthew Hotham, assistant professor of religious studies at Ball State University, the workshop promotes public education and community outreach.
Demons and Ghost Tours
With its exploration of demons – including disembodiment, exorcism, and demonic sacrifice – Travis Proctor’s debut scholarly book, Demonic Bodies and the Dark Ecologies of Early Christian Culture, (Oxford University Press, May 2022), just might be the perfect Halloween read. Proctor, Wittenberg University assistant professor of religion, has long been fascinated by demons and interested in early Christian cultures, particularly the many diverse ways early Christians portrayed demons.