Wendy R. Terry

Education and Degree(s):

• B.A. Religious Studies and Linguistics, University of California, Davis
• M.A. Linguistics, University of California, Davis
• Ph.D. Christian Spirituality, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley

Research Interest(s):

• History of Christianity
• Religion and Language
• Mysticism
• Somatic Piety Practices (e.g. Fasting)

Course(s) Taught:

• CLA 30 (Greek & Latin Elements in English Vocabulary)
• HIS 111A (Ancient History: Near East)
• HIS 130C (Christianity and Culture in Europe 1600-1850)
• HMR 001 (Human Rights, Human Wrongs)
• LIN 1 (Introduction to Linguistics)
• RST 1 (Survey of Religion)
• RST 1A (Pilgrimage)
• RST 1C (Sacrifice)
• RST 1F (Contemporary Religion)
• RST 1G (Myth, Ritual and Symbol)
• RST 12 (The Emergence of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam)
• RST 21 (Hebrew Scriptures)
• RST 23 (Introduction to Judaism)
• RST 40 (New Testament)
• RST 42 (Religion and Science Fiction)
• RST 45 (Christianity)
• RST 60 (Introduction to Islam)
• RST 80 (Religion, Gender, Sexuality)
• RST 100 (Issues and Methods)
• RST 102 (Christian Origins)
• RST 103 (Medieval and Byzantine Christianity)
• RST 115 (Mysticism)
• RST 122 ([Hebrew] Biblical Texts)
• RST 130 (African Indigenous and African Diasporic Religions)
• RST 135 (The Bible and Film)
• RST 140 (Christian Theology)
• RST 141A (New Testament Lit.—Synoptic Gospels)
• RST 141B (New Testament Lit.—John)
• RST 141C (New Testament Lit.—Paul)
• RST 143 (New Testament Apocrypha)
• RST 144 (History of the Bible)
• RST 150 (Religious Ethics)
• Druids: Religion, Wisdom, and Violence (Freshman Seminar)
• The Rest of the Old Testament?: The Deuterocanonical Books of the Christian Canon (Freshman Seminar)
• Searching for Shakespeare’s Soul: Codes, Conspiracy, and Catholicism
 (Freshman Seminar)
• MURALS (Mentorships for Undergraduate Research in Agriculture, Letters, and Science)

Selected Publications:

A Companion to Marguerite Porete and The Mirror of Simple Souls, edited by Robert Stauffer and Wendy R. Terry. (Companions to the Christian Tradition, 77) Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2017.

Seeing Marguerite in the Mirror: A Linguistic Analysis of Porete's Mirror of Simple Souls, by Wendy Rachele Terry. (Studies in Spirituality Supplements, 21). Leuven, Belgium: Peeters Publishers, 2011.

Teaching Experience:

In addition to her teaching at UCD, Dr. Terry has also taught Religious Studies courses at California State University, Sacramento, and Religious Studies, Critical Thinking and Mathematics courses in voluntary college-level programs at Solano and San Quentin State Prisons.