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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

American Religion Articles & Essays Baptist History Christian Patriarchy Contemporary Connections Evangelicalism Medieval History Women's History

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

American Religion Global History Medieval History Women's History

Disrupting Our Nativity: Two Medieval Differences

I love nativities. Every Thanksgiving my mother gives me a new nativity set to display. She gets them from the local Fair Trade store, so we now have scenes crafted by artisans in Kenya, Indonesia, Haiti, Guatemala, Vietnam, Peru, Nicagarua, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, as…

Beth Allison BarrDecember 26, 2018

American Religion Baptist History Contemporary Connections Evangelicalism Medieval History

Why Evangelical Christians Are Afraid of Halloween

We carved pumpkins again this year. I still had to clean out the insides, but this time my daughter carved the triangle eyes. I had to help with the teeth. My son opted out of carving entirely, aside from helping keep our Whippet from eating…

Beth Allison BarrOctober 31, 2018

Contemporary Connections Evangelicalism Medieval History Talks & Lectures Women's History Women's History

My First Sermon: The Faith of a Woman

I teach and research sermons. Two weeks ago, on September 11, I had the privilege of preaching my first sermon at Truett seminary. I am so thankful for seminaries like Truett which affirm and actively support women in ministry. Although my sermon text stands as…

Beth Allison BarrOctober 3, 2018

Christian Patriarchy Evangelicalism Medieval History Women's History

To Submit or Not to Submit? A Medieval Woman’s Tale….

It was a bright, sunny day in King’s Lynn last week. A faint breeze of sea salt, along with the echoing cries of sea gulls, reminded us that this was a port city. Although hidden at first by the twisting streets, the soaring towers of…

Beth Allison BarrJuly 25, 2018

American Religion Articles & Essays Christian Patriarchy Evangelicalism Global History Medieval History Women's History

The Myth of Biblical Womanhood?

In 2012, Rachel Held Evans—a New York Times bestselling author of American Christianity–wrote a stunningly provocative book titled A Year of Biblical Womanhood. In it, she vividly shows us how “biblical womanhood” is not a constant. It is a culturally constructed concept. For those of…

Beth Allison BarrMay 2, 2018

Contemporary Connections Featured Medieval History

Medieval Christmas Tradition Behind Sausage Roll Jesus Controversy

Greggs, the largest UK bakery chain, recently sparked outrage among Christians. It created a Nativity scene to help promote its 2017 Advent Calendar. In one of the publicity shots, three (very white) wise men dressed in elaborate robes kneel by a straw-filled manger. But instead…

Beth Allison BarrDecember 13, 2017

British History Church History Contemporary Connections Evangelicalism Medieval History Women's History

Romans 8:31, Chris Tomlin, And The Faith Of A Medieval Woman

Norman apse and chancel of St. Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, London “Water You turned into wine; Opened the eyes of the blind; There’s no one like you; None like you; Into the darkness You shine; Out of the ashes we rise; There’s No one like…

Beth Allison BarrOctober 18, 2017

British History Christian Patriarchy Church History Evangelicalism Medieval History

Burning Witches in Medieval Europe?

Kilkenny lies deep in southern Ireland. Its history lies just as deep in the medieval past. The thirteenth-century cathedral of St. Canice stands next to a 9th-century monastic tower; a castle still sits on the site of William Marshall’s 12th-century Norman foundations; and a fourteenth-century…

Beth Allison BarrSeptember 21, 2017

Medieval History

The Comfort of Historical Prayer

Who Defines Preaching Anyway? Beth Moore and Catherine of Siena

Disrupting Our Nativity: Two Medieval Differences

Why Evangelical Christians Are Afraid of Halloween

My First Sermon: The Faith of a Woman

To Submit or Not to Submit? A Medieval Woman’s Tale….

The Myth of Biblical Womanhood?

Medieval Christmas Tradition Behind Sausage Roll Jesus Controversy

Romans 8:31, Chris Tomlin, And The Faith Of A Medieval Woman

Burning Witches in Medieval Europe?

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