Dr. Erica Ferg teaches courses on Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Mediterranean religious history and religious studies theories and methods. Her doctorate is in the Study of Religion, and her area of specialization is Eastern Mediterranean comparative religious history. Her research focuses on Mediterranean comparative religion, religious texts, comparative linguistics and archaeoastronomy. Prior to academia, Erica was a Persian linguist in the United States Air Force. Erica's first book, Geography, Religion, Gods, and Saints in the Eastern Mediterranean, was published in paperback in January 2022 by Routledge. Erica currently is at work on three book projects: The Temporal World of the Qur’an: Sacred Time and Calendrical Authority in Early Islam (2027); a co-authored philosophy and religious studies book, titled The Twilight of Reason: America’s Enlightenment Foundations and the Subversive Danger of Christian Nationalism (2028); and Starry Nights: Marking Time, Religion, and Culture (2028).
