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What If Biblical Womanhood Isn’t Biblical?

The Nativity panel from St. Mary’s, Shrewsbury, Shropshire A student stopped me after class recently. She wanted to know if I listened to the Christian Feminism podcast because the latest episode mentioned me. “I realized,” she said, “that I knew Dr. Barr!” So of course…

Beth Allison BarrMarch 10, 2020

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Because Global Christian History Disrupts Christian Patriarchy Too–Evidence from Medieval Ethiopia

Today I am pleased to welcome Anna Wells to the Anxious Bench. Anna is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Religion department at Baylor University working with Dr. Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi. Her research focuses on the way culture influences the development of Christianity and looks specifically…

Beth Allison BarrMarch 10, 2020

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God’s Christmas Gift To Women

It was Christmas, 1388, in Shrewsbury, a bustling market town far in the west of England. Winter frosted white the new timbers of the Bear Steps Hall, sparkling on the new glaze of the abbey’s west window, making even the centuries-old streets look new and…

Beth Allison BarrMarch 10, 2020

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The Divorce of a Pastor’s Wife in 1860 Texas

This is from my Anxious Bench archives. I am working hard on book chapters, but never fear I will be back soon. I wanted to post this again for two reasons. First–it is one of my favorite local history posts (that probably many of my…

Beth Allison BarrMarch 10, 2020

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Because We Have Made God Too Small: A Baylor Professor’s Apology to Kaitlin Curtice

The chair scraped next to me. It was 2:30 on Friday afternoon—time for our scheduled break. For three years I have been writing every Friday afternoon with a group of faculty women, blocking our calendars and ignoring emails. For three years I break with them…

Beth Allison BarrMarch 10, 2020

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Reimagining a History PhD–Doing Academia outside of Academia

Today we welcome Paul Gutacker (M.A. and Th.M. Regent College; Ph.D. Baylor University) to the Anxious Bench. Paul’s research focuses on religion and historical memory, particularly nineteenth-century American Protestants’ memory of the Christian past. In addition to teaching at Baylor, Paul and his wife Paige…

Beth Allison BarrMarch 10, 2020

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How Evangelicals Forgot Women’s History

A country church burned to the ground last week. Flames billowed over its wooden spires in a scene reminiscent of Notre Dame. But while stone defended the Parisian cathedral, the timber walls of the Church of the Visitation in Westphalia, Texas, didn’t stand a chance.…

Beth Allison BarrMarch 10, 2020

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Presbyterians, Politics, And American Society: A Conversation With Historians In The PCA

Today we welcome Otis W. Pickett and his colleague Brian Franklin as they share their thoughts on a history panel held at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. Otis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Political Science at…

Beth Allison BarrMarch 10, 2020

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The Weight of Words–Medieval Jangling to Modern Tweeting

I am so pleased to welcome back Lynneth Miller Renberg. Lynneth is an assistant professor of history at Anderson University in Anderson, SC. She teaches a range of courses, including classes on medieval Europe, Europe in the Reformation, and the history of women in the…

Beth Allison BarrMarch 10, 2020

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Pride and Preaching: A Medieval Perspective on John MacArthur

I almost didn’t write this post. After all, what more could I say? Sarah Bessey already voiced my outrage. The scoffing laughter of John MacArthur’s audience echoed in my head as I read her words. “It’s a sin to quench the work of the Holy…

Beth Allison BarrMarch 10, 2020

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What If Biblical Womanhood Isn’t Biblical?

Because Global Christian History Disrupts Christian Patriarchy Too–Evidence from Medieval Ethiopia

God’s Christmas Gift To Women

The Divorce of a Pastor’s Wife in 1860 Texas

Because We Have Made God Too Small: A Baylor Professor’s Apology to Kaitlin Curtice

Reimagining a History PhD–Doing Academia outside of Academia

How Evangelicals Forgot Women’s History

Presbyterians, Politics, And American Society: A Conversation With Historians In The PCA

The Weight of Words–Medieval Jangling to Modern Tweeting

Pride and Preaching: A Medieval Perspective on John MacArthur

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