Theresia Heimerl, born in 1971, studied German and Classical Philology and Catholic Theology in Graz and Würzburg. Dr. phil. 1998, Dr. theol. 2001 Since 2003, Ao. Univ.-Prof. of Religious Studies at the Catholic Theological Faculty of Graz Habilitation dissertation on Das Wort gewordene Fleisch. Textualisierungen des Körpers in Patristik, Gnosis und Manichäismus Main emphasis of her work: European religious history, body-sex-religion, religion and film/TV