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Episode: Unmaking Biblical Womanhood
Description: Brad speaks with Dr. Jill Hicks Keeton about her critical review of Beth Allison Barr's popular new book "The Making of Biblical Womanhood."Here is an excerpt of the article:"Barr is certainly right that patriarchy is socially constructed and not a given or natural framework for organizing society. But one of the tasks of the historian, I think, is to make visible the work that has gone into making the contingent seem natural.Yet when it comes to the sacred anchor of Barr’s evangelical tradition, the Bible, Barr pulls her punches. Th...