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

Beth Allison Barr

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction gender history religion informative reflective medium-paced

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Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, and joyful homemakers--pervades North American Christianity. From choices about careers to roles in local churches to relationship dynamics, this beli...

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