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Because Evangelical Women Should Fight Against Misogyny Too…….

This is revised from my Ancient Bench archives. I wanted to post it again, however, because it really belongs in my Disrupting Christian Patriarchy series. It shows that Christian women speaking out on behalf of women is not a new “feminist” agenda, it has roots…

Beth Allison BarrMay 1, 2019

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Resurrection Hope For Notre Dame

“a fire burnt the whole parish of St. Alkmund’s starting at daybreak on the eve of Pentecost….anno. 1312.” I was in a meeting with my fellow graduate deans when I first saw the pictures. My colleague just handed me his phone. He said something, but…

Beth Allison BarrApril 16, 2019

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The Comfort of Historical Prayer

Cancer is terrible. It steals life. We have so many more treatment options available now and so much progress has been made (my father who has been a family physician since 1972 keeps reminding me that medicine miracles are just right around the corner), yet…

Beth Allison BarrApril 3, 2019

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Who Defines Preaching Anyway? Beth Moore and Catherine of Siena

I usually never read comments on my blogs, much less respond to them. But one recently caught my eye. It was posted on a twitter thread following a tweet by Katelyn Beaty about my last AB article posted by Scot McKnight on Jesus Creed (sorry,…

Beth Allison BarrMarch 20, 2019

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“Let Me Be A Woman” Revised? Elisabeth Elliot and Beth Moore

In 1976, Elisabeth Elliot published her landmark book Let Me Be A Woman: Notes to My Daughter on the Meaning of Womanhood. If you remember, Elisabeth Elliot’s first husband Jim was one of five missionaries speared to death in Ecuador in 1956. Let Me Be…

Beth Allison BarrMarch 6, 2019

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Disrupting Christian Patriarchy: Isn’t It About Time?

In July 1934, the deacons met at First Baptist Church Elm Mott, a Southern Baptist church near Waco, Texas. They voted unanimously to invite Mrs. Lewis Ball of Houston to come as their revival preacher. As the church minutes record (and as I have written…

Beth Allison BarrFebruary 6, 2019

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Christians Must Face The Reality Of Rape Culture

I am so pleased to welcome guest blogger Leslie Hahner, PhD, to The Anxious Bench today. Leslie is a brilliant thinker, writer, and professor. I know this because we have been in an interdisciplinary writing group together since 2011. She has two recently published books,…

Beth Allison BarrJanuary 23, 2019

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What Will Evangelicals Say to Jesus?

“White Jesus has blood on him.” Angela Tarango, Associate Professor of Religion at Trinity University, said this during the Conference on Faith and History’s 2019 panel for the American Historical Association meeting in Chicago last weekend. The panel (which I was so excited to have…

Beth Allison BarrJanuary 9, 2019

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A Tale of Two Mennonite Pastors: Siblings, Gender, and How to Disagree

Today we welcome Regina Wenger to the Anxious Bench. Regina is a doctoral student in the Baylor History department, currently studying with Barry Hankins and Elesha Coffman. This post was born in her seminar paper for my graduate course, and I asked her to share…

Beth Allison BarrDecember 12, 2018

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Disrupting Evangelical Biblical Womanhood

I want to tell you two stories. The first one is really disturbing, so prepare yourself. Once upon a time there was a middle-class American family. The dad lost his job and couldn’t get a new one. So the mom had to go to work…

Beth Allison BarrNovember 24, 2018

Articles & Essays

Because Evangelical Women Should Fight Against Misogyny Too…….

Resurrection Hope For Notre Dame

The Comfort of Historical Prayer

Who Defines Preaching Anyway? Beth Moore and Catherine of Siena

“Let Me Be A Woman” Revised? Elisabeth Elliot and Beth Moore

Disrupting Christian Patriarchy: Isn’t It About Time?

Christians Must Face The Reality Of Rape Culture

What Will Evangelicals Say to Jesus?

A Tale of Two Mennonite Pastors: Siblings, Gender, and How to Disagree

Disrupting Evangelical Biblical Womanhood

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