The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison Barr

The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

by Beth Allison Barr

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Written out of the record: that's where Barr says the women who led in the ancient and medieval church ended up. A Baylor historian and a Baptist pastor's wife, she argues complementarianism, which restricts women's roles in church and home, is a modern innovation absorbed from surrounding patriarchy rather than drawn from Scripture.

Core ideas
  • Reformation and translation: She examines how the Protestant Reformation changed women's authority in the church, and the translation choices in modern English Bibles.
  • Paul and harm: She rereads Paul's letters in their historical context and connects patriarchal theology with abuse in evangelical circles, weaving in her own experience.
  • Criticism and defense: Kevin DeYoung criticized the book in Themelios, The Gospel Coalition's journal, while theologian Michael Bird defended Barr.
Published2021
Pages245
ISBN9781587434709
ReadFeb 2023

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