Jeanne Halgren Kilde is an American academic who serves as the Director of the interdisciplinary Religious Studies Program at the University of Minnesota.
As one reviewer writes, church architecture is "Neither mere witnesses to transformations of religious thought nor simple backgrounds for religious practice, church buildings are, in Kilde's view, dynamic participants in religious change and goldmines of information on Christianity itself."
Beyond her work with architecture, Kilde has published widely on a variety of subjects including the American evangelical movement, women in religious contexts, apocalypse, and the Left Behind series.
The Journal of Religion reported that "Kilde's careful and thorough research in published and unpublished congregational, denomnational, and architectural records successfully engages architectural history, religious studies, and social and cultural history."
The Religious Studies Review writes that Kilde's research "synthesizes, and enriches the narrative of both American religious history and American architectural history, which will enlighten professional and amateur scholars alike."