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Dr. Amy Slagle

Associate Professor

Bio

Dr. Amy Slagle is Associate Professor of Religion in the School of Humanities. She earned her PhD in religious studies from the University of Pittsburgh. She's the author of The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace: American Conversions to Orthodox Christianity (Northern Illinois University Press, 2011) as well as articles on the roles of the Orthodox icon in American religious life. Her areas of specialization include Eastern Orthodoxy, religious conversion, sacred arts/material culture, afterlife beliefs, and modern occultism. Her current research project explores Christian perspectives on the possibility of reincarnation/rebirth.

  • PHD - University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus (2008)
  • MA - Western Michigan University (2000)
  • BA - Wittenberg University (1993)

Comparative Religion
Life of Jesus
New Testament
Religion and the Afterlife
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Magic and the Occult

Contact Me

Liberal Arts Building (LAB) Room 332

Hattiesburg

Email
A.SlagleFREEMississippi

Phone
601.266.4518

Areas of Expertise

Christianity (Eastern Orthodoxy), sacred arts and material culture, religious conversion, afterlife beliefs, modern occultism