Shaily Patel is an historian of early Christianity who studies ancient magic, Graeco-Roman religions, and how Christians fashioned their identity by negotiating two opposing cultural trends: the charismatic allure of the magician figure and the simultaneous vilification of that same figure in Roman literature of the period. Magic made Christianity in a lot of ways, and Shaily likes to think about all the different ways identities are constructed in the ancient world. She earned an MA from the University of Chicago and an MTS from Vanderbilt Divinity School before completing her PhD at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Currently, she serves as Assistant Professor of Early Christianity at Virginia Tech.
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