Heike Peckruhn teaches and researches on issues and aspects concerning bodies and lived experiences, especially at the intersections of gender, sexuality, disability, and colonialism. Her courses cover a range of disciplines, including religious studies, disability studies, gender studies, ethics, and Christian theology. Peckruhn is a native of Germany and received her B.Th. in Switzerland, before coming to the U.S. to get her M.A. in counseling. She worked as a mental health counselor before getting her Ph.D. in religious and theological studies.
She loves hiking, swimming, and spending time in her workshop turning wood bowls.
Areas of Expertise
Religious Studies
Feminist Theology
Feminist Ethics
Disability Studies
Critical Race Theory
Gender Studies
Courses Taught
Theories of Religion
Introduction to Religious Studies
Islam
Sex, Love, and God (Religion and Sexuality)
Education
Ph.D., University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology
M.A., Eastern Mennonite University
B.Th., Bienenberg Theological Seminary
Publications & Articles
Meaning in Our Bodies: Sensory Perception as Constructive Theological Imagination. New York: Oxford University Press (2017).
Accomplishments
Religion and Disabilities Studies Unit of the American Academy of Religion, cochair (2016-2023)
