Jennifer Rike
Jennifer Rike
Adjunct Instructor
Contact Info:
Campus: McNichols Campus
Building: Briggs
Room: 336
Phone: 313-993-2007
Email: rikejl@udmercy.edu
Areas of Expertise:
Contemporary Theology
Religion and Film
Religion and Sex
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.