| Title | The Environments of Late Ancient Ephesus |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | A History in Three Islands |
| Contributor | Travis W. Proctor (author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.3197/63831593227779.ch01 |
| Landing page | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/93616 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en |
| Publisher | The White Horse Press |
| Published on | 2024-03-15 |
| Page range | pp. 29–49 |
| Print length | 21 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
| Media | 3 illustrations |
Travis W. Proctor is Assistant Professor of Religion at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Drawing on perspectives from religious studies, the environmental humanities, and gender studies, his work examines the construction of the body, materiality, and nonhuman environments in religions of the ancient Mediterranean (ca. 50–500 ce). His recent book Demonic Bodies and the Dark Ecologies of Early Christian Culture (Oxford University Press, 2022) explores how early Christian theorisations of demonic bodies influenced ancient understandings of cosmic ‘ecosystems’, and how such historical perspectives may inform contemporary environmental ethics. He received his B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.