Jennifer Rike

Degrees

• Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School
• M.A., University of Chicago Divinity School
• B.A., University of Michigan

Biography

Professor Rike teaches theology. Her publications and professional presentations have dealt with contemporary Roman Catholic theology, the Christian concept of love, and feminist theology. Currently she is exploring the paradoxical relationship between violence and religion. She edited and introduced a volume of essays in honor of David Tracy, Radical Pluralism and Truth. She is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Rike joined Detroit Mercy in 1995. Before teaching as an adjunct professor of religious studies at Detroit Mercy she was an associate professor of religious studies.