Losing Our (Medieval) Religion? The Cost of Not Teaching History…..
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Losing Our (Medieval) Religion? The Cost of Not Teaching History…..

ByBeth Allison Barr

Seventeen years ago I stood in this exact spot–only then, the gate was locked. I was 25 years old and working on my dissertation. I had been in England for about two months when I decided to find Lilleshall Abbey. I knew only ruins remained, courtesy of Henry VIII’s dissolution (1538) and the aftermath of…

Wonder Woman and Complementarianism
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Wonder Woman and Complementarianism

ByBeth Allison Barr

It probably doesn’t surprise you that I have always loved Wonder Woman. My mother will testify that it is one show my little sister and I refused to miss. It is also my first clear memory of watching TV. The story of Wonder Woman, however, didn’t begin in 1975 with Lynda Carter as Diana Prince….