Michael E. Heyes

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Dr. Heyes specialized in the History of Christianity during his Ph.D. studies. He has a wide range of research interests including medieval saints' lives literature, magic, film, politics, and monstrosity; but largely all informed by his engagement with demons and the demonic in Christian history. He has written two monographs, both of which are published with Routledge: Margaret's Monsters: Women, Identity, and the Life of St. Margaret in Medieval England (2019; Studies in Medieval History and Culture) and Demons in the USA: From the Anti-Spiritualists to QAnon (2024; Routledge Studies in Religion).

Experience

  • –present
    Associate Professor and Chair of Religion, Lycoming College

Education

  • 2015 
    Rice University, Ph.D.

Publications

  • 2026
    Devils of Democracy: America's Love Affair with Political Demons from the Revolution to Today, Broadleaf Books
  • 2024
    Demons in the USA: From the Anti-Spiritualists to QAnon, Routledge
  • 2019
    Margaret's Monsters: Women, Identity, and the Life of St. Margaret in Medieval England, Routledge
  • 2018
    Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques: Monstrosity and Religion in Europe and the United States, Lexington Books

Professional Memberships

  • American Academy of Religion

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