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Luke Kreider serves as Associate Professor of Religion and Sustainability at Goshen College, where he bridges religious ethics with environmental humanities through critical examinations of Christian traditions in ecological contexts. His work centers on intersections of environmental crises with systemic injustices including racial, gender, and economic violence.
His academic formation includes:
- B.A. in Religion from Goshen College (2008)
- M.A. from Yale Divinity School (2012)
- Ph.D. from University of Virginia (2020)
Kreider's research program interrogates how religious frameworks respond to ecological violence and climate disruption, with special focus on Anabaptist traditions, environmental racism, and transboundary water politics. He critically analyzes Christian conceptions of peace when confronted with ecological destruction, while exploring how colonial legacies shape environmental imaginaries in river basins like the Jordan River Valley. His scholarship consistently connects theological inquiry to urgent socio-ecological crises through interdisciplinary lenses.
Publication trends reveal sustained engagement with religion-environment-climate justice intersections across three scholarly tiers: theoretical works on ecological violence and peace ethics; empirical analyses of environmental racism in Anabaptist communities; and historical examinations of biblical interpretations within environmental movements. His editorial leadership in the Mennonite Quarterly Review special issue demonstrates foundational contributions to religious environmental thought.
Professional service includes assistant editing The Routledge Handbook of Religion & Ecology (2016) and convening scholarly forums on land ethics. His conference presentations at venues like the American Academy of Religion consistently address militarism's environmental consequences, settler colonialism's ecological dimensions, and religious responses to climate displacement.
