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Jared Matthews
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Barr’s specialization as a Historian comes out in chapters 3-4 much better than her chapter on Paul.
She successfully shows that the medieval church saw serving Christ as a higher calling than marriage, even if a woman found herself married when she felt the call to serve Christ.
Only in the reformation was marriage thought of as the highest goal for women, preferable to leading in sharing the gospel.
— Oct 04, 2025 10:41AM
She successfully shows that the medieval church saw serving Christ as a higher calling than marriage, even if a woman found herself married when she felt the call to serve Christ.
Only in the reformation was marriage thought of as the highest goal for women, preferable to leading in sharing the gospel.
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Jared Matthews
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Barr spends chap five speaking about English translations, primarily gender-inclusivity, and showing that it is not a capitulation to culture, but has a history far before feminism.
I’m disappointed that she only gave brief mention to Romans 16, which has often been translated to obscure the existence of female leaders. Eldon Jay Epp’s, Junia: First Female Apostle, is key reading that I wish she had drawn on.
— Oct 04, 2025 12:50PM
I’m disappointed that she only gave brief mention to Romans 16, which has often been translated to obscure the existence of female leaders. Eldon Jay Epp’s, Junia: First Female Apostle, is key reading that I wish she had drawn on.
Jared Matthews
is on page 39 of 245
In Chapter one, Barr does a great job in showing that patriarchy, while often portrayed as counter-cultural, is actually in line with most culture, yet not with Christianity.
Hierarchal authority among the sexes, rather than being God-ordained, is a result of human sin and a result of the fall (Gen 3:16). The Bible rather than propping them up, subverts their own cultural understandings of gender.
— Sep 14, 2025 02:10PM
Hierarchal authority among the sexes, rather than being God-ordained, is a result of human sin and a result of the fall (Gen 3:16). The Bible rather than propping them up, subverts their own cultural understandings of gender.
Jared Matthews
is on page 39 of 245
Barr does a great job in showing that patriarchy, while often portrayed as counter-cultural, is actually in line with most culture, yet not with Christianity. Hierarchal authority among the sexes, rather than being God-ordained, is a result of human sin and a result of the fall (Gen 3:16). The Bible rather than propping them up, subverts their own cultural understandings of gender.
— Sep 14, 2025 01:52PM
