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The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

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It is time for Christian patriarchy to end.

Biblical womanhood—the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, and joyful homemakers—pervades North American Christianity. From choices about careers to roles in local churches to relationship dynamics, this belief shapes the everyday lives of evangelical women.

Yet biblical womanhood isn't biblical, says historian Beth Allison Barr. It arose from a series of clearly de...