Wendy Terry

A woman smiling in front of an ornate church

Senior Continuing Lecturer in Religious Studies

913 Sproul Hall

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)

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.