by Beth Allison Barr | Jun 11, 2019 | Opinion
Roman policy regarding independently wealthy women shifted during the Second Punic Wars when a law was passed in 215 BCE to restrict female property ownership and wealth. As I shared previously, the mindset contributing to such restrictions was revealed in a speech by...
by Beth Allison Barr | Jun 10, 2019 | Opinion
A defeated and cash-strapped Rome passed a new law in 215 BCE. The context was their greatest military defeat ever. As the first century Roman historian Livy cried, “Certainly, there is no other nation that would not have succumbed beneath such a weight of calamity.”...
by Beth Allison Barr | May 23, 2018 | Opinion
Beth Moore’s courage to speak out, even at the cost of her reputation and possibly her ministry, gave me hope that the evangelical world would finally listen. Even so, much work remains to be done in light of the continued support for Paige Patterson, president...
by Beth Allison Barr | May 22, 2018 | Opinion
My daughter and I were walking our new puppy when my phone buzzed. It was a Twitter notification from my fellow blogger Chris Gehrz about Beth Moore’s open letter. I stopped dead and started reading. It was a few seconds before I realized how far I was lagging...
by Beth Allison Barr | May 11, 2018 | Opinion
Rachel Held Evans wrote a stunningly provocative book, published in 2012, titled “A Year of Biblical Womanhood.” In it, she vividly shows us how “biblical womanhood” is not a constant. It is a culturally constructed concept. For those of you...
