If This American Ex-Wife by gave you permission to rage, The Making of Biblical Womanhood by delivers the historical proof.
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- Historical receipts for every patriarchal lie
- Medieval women scholars reclaimed w/ fury
- Evangelical upbringing decoded + dismantled brilliantly
- Zero apologies for intellectual feminist takedown
If Lyz Lenz gave you permission to rage at the evangelical machinery that swallowed your autonomy whole, Beth Allison Barr hands you the historical receipts. The Making of Biblical Womanhood traces exactly how submission became scripture, dismantling centuries of patriarchal theology with the same unflinching precision that made you dog-ear This American Ex-Wife. It's not memoir—it's the intellectual ammunition you needed when someone quoted Ephesians at you.
Barr writes like a historian who's done being polite, blending church archives with personal reckoning. Her wit cuts as deep as Lenz's, but she's excavating the doctrinal bones that built the trap.
If you're done performing forgiveness, this is your next read.
What Readers Are Saying
"Such a brilliant defense of women... This book restored my hope." — Tricia Levenseller, Goodreads
"Barr writes with theological passion and precision...a clarion call for change." — Josh Olds, Goodreads
"I could not put it down...This book is a must-read" — Rachel Phelps Shearer, Goodreads
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