In this episode, Blessing chats with Dr. Beth Allison Barr about the history of patriarchy in the church.
Dr. Beth Allison Barr is a Professor of History and an Associate Dean at Baylor University in Texas, where she specializes in medieval history, women's history, and church history. She is also the author of The Making of Biblical Womanhood, How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth.
Blessing and Beth discuss:
How patriarchy got rebranded as complementarianism in the church
How patriarchy got written into the Bible through manuscript translations and transmission
How “Biblical womanhood” was conceptualized by a group of men in the 1980s
What a church that truly reflects Christ could look like
Find Blessing on social media @BlessingOmakwu and Beth at @BethAllisonBarr.
Purchase Beth’s Book, The Making of Biblical Womanhood here: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Biblical-Womanhood-Subjugation-Became/dp/1587434709