This week, we are resharing an excerpt from a longer conversation with Dr. Beth Allison Barr about Becoming the Pastor's Wife. In this reprise, we focus on Beth's work on early Christian and Medieval women ahead of Beth's summer class "Medieval Women and Religion", which runs from June 1-5, 2026. Beth's ability to trace the historical arc of Christianity, particularly as it pertains to women, will help give you an understanding of how we have gotten to the place we find ourselves. Enjoy, and please consider joining us in person or online this summer.

Beth's Bio

Beth Allison Barr is the New York Times bestselling author of Becoming the Pastor’s Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman’s Path to Ministry (Brazos, 2025), and the USA Today bestselling author of The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth(Brazos, 2021). As the James Vardaman Professor of History at Baylor University, she teaches undergraduate and graduate students; she also speaks and writes as a public intellectual. Since receiving tenure in the History department in 2014, Dr. Barr has served as Graduate Program Director in History (2016–2019), received a Centennial Professor Award (2018), and served as an Associate Dean in the Baylor Graduate School (2019–2022).

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