Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth. Brazos Press, 2021. In 2016, Beth Allison Barr’s husband lost his job as a youth pastor, a position he had held for more than fourteen years. The reason? He dared challenge the church’s complementarian stance on women in ministry. The church […]
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Blame the Victim: Conservative Christianity and a culture of shaming women
Yesterday, The Christian Post published my article “John Crist sinned, but did he also commit sexual assault?” I don’t know if those who commented on the article were conservative Christians, but they certainly fit the patriarchal stereotype of conservative Christianity. A fellow named Charles Baker wrote: “I think Crist is probably guilty as sin but […]