![]() ![]() The difference between what is descriptive in the Bible and what is prescriptive.How the historical evidence about the origins of patriarchy can move the conversation forward.What it would mean to flip the Christian narrative about patriarchy?.Are things different, better now than in medieval times?.How Christian patriarchy mimics the non-Christian world.Why equal worth manifests in unequal roles.Whether or not men and women reflect God in a distinct way.Whether or not there is a biblical divine order.Beth Allison Barr walked out of church one day. In this episode, she shares some of the evidence, calls to flip the Christian narrative around patriarchy and offers a vision for a truly biblical view of womanhood. ![]() And as she’ll tell you, there’s more to the story when it comes to those verses on women’s submission and silence. She’s been teaching world history for more than two decades while also a pastor’s wife. ![]() ”īarr is a professor of history and associate dean of the Graduate School at Baylor University. Beth Allison Barr lays out clear evidence that there is in her new book, “ The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth. What if there is a better way forward for the contemporary church?ĭr. What if so-called “biblical womanhood” isn’t biblical at all but arose from a series of clearly definable historical moments? Is there a divine order when it comes to men and women? ![]()
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