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The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth Review: Compelling, couldn't put it down - I doubt I am the target audience for this book (male, married, retired, currently attending an evangelical church). I couldn't put it down. It taught me a lot about the history of women in the evangelical branch of Christianity and the shocking lack of knowledge within evangelicalism about the history of Christianity. I've never been comfortable or confident with the explanation of Complementarianism (the idea that men and women have unique roles) that my church defends with some interesting exceptions. The linkage to Patriarchy as explained by the author seems very clear. Her explanation of the historical (Greek/Roman culture) context within which St. Paul wrote about relationships within a household are very helpful and thought-provoking. As most people have discovered in the age of email and social media, the tone, sarcasm, humor and overall tone of written text is not easily expressed or discerned. And we have emojis and punctuation marks! St. Paul's actual intent and tone for those verses has long been debated and could easily be misconstrued. The author relies heavily on her historical expertise in medieval history, illustrating her views with many solid historical facts about women in ministry. The current policy of complementarians on women preaching and teaching and in roles of power and influence is contradicted by so much church history. I've been aware of some of the women she discusses, while others were entirely new to me. I greatly appreciated her discussion of these bold, courageous, faithful women. The real bombshells in the book are: (1) the origins and intentions of the ESV translation of the Bible (now I have to find a more honest translation wherever nouns involving masculine or feminine pronouns) and, (2) waiting for you near the end of the book, when she points out a clear alignment of Complementarianism with the Arian heresy. I am very reluctant to use the word heresy, but church doctrine regarding the Trinity has been pretty settled for over 1600 years. One powerful question in the book for those who advocate Complementarianism requires a very thoughtful response that I've yet to see: What if you are wrong? We are all paying a very high price for this interpretation of Scripture. I'm not a theologian or in any kind of paid position in a church. I'm sure there may be reasons why the egalitarian view (positioned by many as the opposing view) is inadequate in some way. I'll do more reading about this subject, but my lived experience and evidence in the Bible suggests that women have more to offer the church today than some in positions of power are willing to allow. I wasn't looking for a book on this topic. I stumbled across the author on a podcast where she spoke, along with Scott McKnight with the show hosts. Deciding what to do with what I've learned from the author is going to require cunning and wisdom to keep my conscience clear as I seek to follow Jesus. Review: Women are leaders too! - This is a really helpful book for people who have grown up in sexist, misogynistic, patriarchal churches AKA complementarian churches. I was fortunate to grow up in more egalitarian churches, but I heard about some of these arguments for and against women in leadership and about women being silent in churches, while I was in Bible college. This book is even more thorough than what I learned at college, and I found it very illuminating. Beth talks about the history of patriarchy in the church and in the cultures surrounding Christian churches. She addresses why complementarianism is a misinterpretation of Scripture and that Christian churches have copied patriarchal culture, when originally Christianity was leading the way in freeing women from sexist norms. She delves into the Biblical context in which Paul and other Biblical writers have written; what was happening in the churches and the culture. She addresses Corinthian slogans which Paul may have been quoting in Corinthians. She proves that Paul affirmed women in leadership multiple times across many letters and churches. She talks about how his teachings can actually be interpreted as feminist in comparison to the surrounding culture. She goes on to talk about medieval history as that is her sphere of expertise. I know very little of this era and found this quite interesting. She writes about the reformation and how Christian culture changed from praising women for remaining single and chaste (nuns for example) to praising women for being wives and mothers when, really, we need to recognize all of these positions as valid, good and healthy. She talks about the limited options for women in terms of work and being able to provide for themselves and their families. She also talks about the Industrial revolution and how things changed again. There is a chapter about writing women out of the Bible in terms of the language used by scholars who have translated the Bible for common use. I found this a particularly powerful argument that was also touched on in Bible college. It is crucial that we realize that no translation of the Bible is literal, none is without error, and especially none can eliminate the interpretational bias of the translator. She talks about the “heresy” of Arianism in which the Son of God is subordinate to God the Father. This has been rejected by the Christian faith time and again, but when preachers talk about women in subordination to men, they have sometimes made this grave mistake of relating this back to the Trinity. Yet another truth I studied at Bible college, that should be taught within churches. Beth shares her own experiences which are poignant and relevant. I did, however, think that the editor could have moved a couple of the stories around (in terms of where they occur in the book) to provide slightly better flow. But overall I found this book well researched and intelligent. I whole-heartedly agree that women are equal to men and equally permitted to lead, teach and not be silent in churches. I pray that complementarian denominations will wake up to this truth and start leading the way toward healthy gender equality! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #11,345 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3 in Christian Theological Anthropology #5 in Gender & Sexuality in Religious Studies (Books) #45 in Christian Church History (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (3,113) | | Dimensions | 5.5 x 0.64 x 8.5 inches | | ISBN-10 | 1587434709 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1587434709 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 256 pages | | Publication date | April 20, 2021 | | Publisher | Brazos Press | ## Images ![The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81FLDwyht0L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Compelling, couldn't put it down *by D***3 on September 1, 2022* I doubt I am the target audience for this book (male, married, retired, currently attending an evangelical church). I couldn't put it down. It taught me a lot about the history of women in the evangelical branch of Christianity and the shocking lack of knowledge within evangelicalism about the history of Christianity. I've never been comfortable or confident with the explanation of Complementarianism (the idea that men and women have unique roles) that my church defends with some interesting exceptions. The linkage to Patriarchy as explained by the author seems very clear. Her explanation of the historical (Greek/Roman culture) context within which St. Paul wrote about relationships within a household are very helpful and thought-provoking. As most people have discovered in the age of email and social media, the tone, sarcasm, humor and overall tone of written text is not easily expressed or discerned. And we have emojis and punctuation marks! St. Paul's actual intent and tone for those verses has long been debated and could easily be misconstrued. The author relies heavily on her historical expertise in medieval history, illustrating her views with many solid historical facts about women in ministry. The current policy of complementarians on women preaching and teaching and in roles of power and influence is contradicted by so much church history. I've been aware of some of the women she discusses, while others were entirely new to me. I greatly appreciated her discussion of these bold, courageous, faithful women. The real bombshells in the book are: (1) the origins and intentions of the ESV translation of the Bible (now I have to find a more honest translation wherever nouns involving masculine or feminine pronouns) and, (2) waiting for you near the end of the book, when she points out a clear alignment of Complementarianism with the Arian heresy. I am very reluctant to use the word heresy, but church doctrine regarding the Trinity has been pretty settled for over 1600 years. One powerful question in the book for those who advocate Complementarianism requires a very thoughtful response that I've yet to see: What if you are wrong? We are all paying a very high price for this interpretation of Scripture. I'm not a theologian or in any kind of paid position in a church. I'm sure there may be reasons why the egalitarian view (positioned by many as the opposing view) is inadequate in some way. I'll do more reading about this subject, but my lived experience and evidence in the Bible suggests that women have more to offer the church today than some in positions of power are willing to allow. I wasn't looking for a book on this topic. I stumbled across the author on a podcast where she spoke, along with Scott McKnight with the show hosts. Deciding what to do with what I've learned from the author is going to require cunning and wisdom to keep my conscience clear as I seek to follow Jesus. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Women are leaders too! *by E***J on May 16, 2022* This is a really helpful book for people who have grown up in sexist, misogynistic, patriarchal churches AKA complementarian churches. I was fortunate to grow up in more egalitarian churches, but I heard about some of these arguments for and against women in leadership and about women being silent in churches, while I was in Bible college. This book is even more thorough than what I learned at college, and I found it very illuminating. Beth talks about the history of patriarchy in the church and in the cultures surrounding Christian churches. She addresses why complementarianism is a misinterpretation of Scripture and that Christian churches have copied patriarchal culture, when originally Christianity was leading the way in freeing women from sexist norms. She delves into the Biblical context in which Paul and other Biblical writers have written; what was happening in the churches and the culture. She addresses Corinthian slogans which Paul may have been quoting in Corinthians. She proves that Paul affirmed women in leadership multiple times across many letters and churches. She talks about how his teachings can actually be interpreted as feminist in comparison to the surrounding culture. She goes on to talk about medieval history as that is her sphere of expertise. I know very little of this era and found this quite interesting. She writes about the reformation and how Christian culture changed from praising women for remaining single and chaste (nuns for example) to praising women for being wives and mothers when, really, we need to recognize all of these positions as valid, good and healthy. She talks about the limited options for women in terms of work and being able to provide for themselves and their families. She also talks about the Industrial revolution and how things changed again. There is a chapter about writing women out of the Bible in terms of the language used by scholars who have translated the Bible for common use. I found this a particularly powerful argument that was also touched on in Bible college. It is crucial that we realize that no translation of the Bible is literal, none is without error, and especially none can eliminate the interpretational bias of the translator. She talks about the “heresy” of Arianism in which the Son of God is subordinate to God the Father. This has been rejected by the Christian faith time and again, but when preachers talk about women in subordination to men, they have sometimes made this grave mistake of relating this back to the Trinity. Yet another truth I studied at Bible college, that should be taught within churches. Beth shares her own experiences which are poignant and relevant. I did, however, think that the editor could have moved a couple of the stories around (in terms of where they occur in the book) to provide slightly better flow. But overall I found this book well researched and intelligent. I whole-heartedly agree that women are equal to men and equally permitted to lead, teach and not be silent in churches. I pray that complementarian denominations will wake up to this truth and start leading the way toward healthy gender equality! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by H***A on April 10, 2025* She loves Jesus and history! 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