Taking on the Christian Patriarchy

Beth Allison Barr had had enough. To all appearances, she was perfectly content in her roles within her evangelical church and her marriage to a youth pastor. Though she had her own accomplished career as an academic, at church she had also been for several decades an adherent of the traditional gender norms enforced by complementarianism, which placed women like herself under the unquestioned leadership of men. Though she had misgivings, she had situated her activities safely within the appropriate theological bounds. To the best of her ability, she had done everything right.