Author Profile

Wendy J. Deichmann

Deichmann, a John Wesley Fellow, is professor of history and theology at United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH. Her areas of teaching and research include the history of Christianity, American religious history, women in the history of Christianity, historical theology, and Wesleyan/United Methodist studies.

Contributions to Catalyst

• Our Heritage of Revival, on May 01, 2023

• The United in United Methodist, on Oct 17, 2022

• Reform and Separation from a Wesleyan Perspective, on May 02, 2022

• The Wesleyan Tradition’s Long Road to Reclaiming the Ancient Church’s Practice of Ordaining Women, on Feb 28, 2022

• Divine Call and the Historic Struggle over Women’s Roles, on Oct 18, 2021

• The Biblical Basis for the Ordination of Women in the Wesleyan Tradition, on Jun 28, 2021

• Why Women Must Preach, on Dec 21, 2020

• Technology as Prudential Means of Grace, on Oct 19, 2020

• Prayer as First Response, on Jun 01, 2020

• Meanness and Its Remedy, on Jan 13, 2020

• Being an Agent of Renewal in Times of Great Distress, on Oct 21, 2019

• Orthodox and Feminist, on Mar 11, 2019

• Uncovering Original Sin and Church Corruption, on Oct 01, 2018

• Evil and Evangelism from a Wesleyan Perspective, on Jul 09, 2018

• Thoughts on Martyrdom and Freedom, on Sep 25, 2017

• As If We Could “Overcome Evil with Good”, on Mar 20, 2017

• Religious Freedom’s Grim Reality and Challenge, on Jan 23, 2017

• The User-Friendly Side of Christian Orthodoxy, on Jul 11, 2016

• Holy Advocacy from a Wesleyan Perspective, on Sep 08, 2014

• The Ministry of Order, on May 12, 2014

• Better Than Christmas, on Jan 06, 2014

• What’s Right with Orthodoxy?, on Nov 25, 2013

• The Sturdy Anchor of Doctrine, on Sep 30, 2013