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Hey Midwesterners: I'll be sharing about my year of biblical womanhood as part of the Morningside College Wright Lecture series on Monday, February 17 at 7 p.m..

She describes A Year of Biblical Womanhood as «a bitter - sweet cocktail of wisdom and absurdity that will charm you, entertain you, seduce you and, finally, instruct you... Funny, droll, charming, and deadly serious, all in one set of covers.»

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But fired up as I was about porn culture and sexual violence, and questioning attitudes towards women in the Church, I felt bombarded by messages about conservative «biblical womanhood» that I couldn't identify with and that didn't seem to do anything to challenge the injustice I saw.

Rather than debate academic studies about first - century womanhood, why not try out a biblical notion such as head covering and see what happens?

The purpose of my project was to unpack and explore the phrase «biblical womanhood» — mostly because, as a woman, the Bible's instructions and stories regarding womanhood have always intrigued me, but also because the phrase «biblical womanhood» is often invoked in the conservative evangelical culture to explain why women should be discouraged from working outside the home and forbidden from assuming leadership positions in the church.

It sounds crazy, but I spent three days at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama as part of my «biblical womanhood» project last year, and it was one of the most meaningful times of prayer and contemplation I've ever experienced.

What is less clear to me is why complementarians like Keller insist that that 1 Timothy 2:12 is a part of biblical womanhood, but Acts 2 is not; why the presence of twelve male disciples implies restrictions on female leadership, but the presence of the apostle Junia is inconsequential; why the Greco - Roman household codes represent God's ideal familial structure for husbands and wives, but not for slaves and masters; why the apostle Paul's instructions to Timothy about Ephesian women teaching in the church are universally applicable, but his instructions to Corinthian women regarding head coverings are culturally conditioned (even though Paul uses the same line of argumentation — appealing the creation narrative — to support both); why the poetry of Proverbs 31 is often applied prescriptively and other poetry is not; why Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob represent the supremecy of male leadership while Deborah and Huldah and Miriam are mere exceptions to the rule; why «wives submit to your husbands» carries more weight than «submit one to another»; why the laws of the Old Testament are treated as irrelevant in one moment, but important enough to display in public courthouses and schools the next; why a feminist reading of the text represents a capitulation to culture but a reading that turns an ancient Near Eastern text into an apologetic for the post-Industrial Revolution nuclear family is not; why the curse of Genesis 3 has the final word on gender relationships rather than the new creation that began at the resurrection.

In my quest for biblical womanhood, I've found that sometimes there's as much to learn from what the Bible doesn't say as there is to learn from what it does say.

Owen Strachan of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood may characterize this shift in his priorities as a «man fail,» but for us, it's working beautifully.

But the biggest problem, as I saw it, was that those teaching this view of «biblical womanhood» refused to acknowledge that their interpretation — like all interpretations — involved a certain degree of selectivity and required a certain set of presuppositions.

One of my goals after completing my year of biblical womanhood was to «take back» Proverbs 31 as a blessing, not a to - do list, by identifying and celebrating women of valor.

Suzanne Collins» trilogy was the first foray into fiction I enjoyed after a year of research and writing for «A Year of Biblical Womanhood», so I surrendered myself totally to the unfolding stories and, like so many others, lost a lot of sleep as I worked my way through The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and The Mockingjay.

Although A Year of Biblical Womanhood released more than a year ago, a few new reviews have surfaced in recent days from folks who are concerned that «women might be confused» by the fact that my yearlong exploration of biblical womanhood involved following all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible, sometimes taking them to their most literal Biblical Womanhood released more than a year ago, a few new reviews have surfaced in recent days from folks who are concerned that «women might be confused» by the fact that my yearlong exploration of biblical womanhood involved following all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible, sometimes taking them to their most literalWomanhood released more than a year ago, a few new reviews have surfaced in recent days from folks who are concerned that «women might be confused» by the fact that my yearlong exploration of biblical womanhood involved following all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible, sometimes taking them to their most literal biblical womanhood involved following all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible, sometimes taking them to their most literalwomanhood involved following all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible, sometimes taking them to their most literal extreme.

It reminds me a bit of my days as a student at Bryan College, when I first bumped into the concept of «biblical womanhood» after some students questioned whether women should be allowed to run for president of the student body.

Tomorrow I'll be sharing some of my favorite pictures, tweets, reviews, and responses to A Year of Biblical Womanhood, as we finally WRAP UP the launch!

One of my goals in writing A Year of Biblical Womanhood was to help evangelicals «take back» Proverbs 31 as a blessing, not a to - do list, by identifying and celebrating women of valor.

But Evans bridges the divide between the belts in her new book, The Year of Biblical Womanhood, the result of an experiment in which she lived the Old and New Testament's instructions for women as literally as possible for an entire year.

One of my goals after completing my year of biblical womanhood was to «take back» Proverbs 31 as a blessing, not a to - do list, by identifying and celebrating women of valor: women who are changing the world through daily acts of faithfulness, both in my life and around the world.

During my year of biblical womanhood, I benefited immensely from the perspective of Jewish women, particularly my friend Ahava, who was the first to introduce me to «eshet chayil» — woman of valor — as a biblical blessing.

As expected, I found that most of the folks calling for a return to «biblical womanhood» aren't actually calling for a return to the ancient near Eastern familial structure, but for a return to the nuclear family of pre-1950s America.

In Evolving in Monkey Town, I write about how, when we talk about «biblical economics,» «biblical politics,» and «biblical womanhood,» we're essentially «using the Bible as a weapon disguised as an adjective.»

The contrast between hierarchy and humility has become more clear to me this year as I've been altering some of my behavior for my year of biblical womanhood.

«A Year of Biblical Womanhood will instruct as it delights, and delight as it instructs.

And the response by complementarians to these questions as posed in A Year of Biblical Womanhood, with a few exceptions (Mary Kassian has been very kind to engage), has essentially been: «Look at this silly woman who thinks you have to make a sign and literally praise your husband at the city gate!

Now, I would never suggest that feminist ideology is perfect or that the feminist movement did not create some problems, but just as the contemporary biblical womanhood movement deserves fair, nuanced treatment, so does the feminist movement.

It was the popularity of books calling for a return to «biblical womanhood» that inspired me tofollow all of the Bible's commandments for women as literally as possible for a year in an effort to highlight the inherent selectivity of discussions surrounding «biblical manhood» and «biblical womanhood.»

My goal was to listen, learn, explore, and show that «biblical womanhood» might not be as straightforward as we'd like to think, that there does not exist in the Bible a single definition, or list of rules, for something as complex as womanhood.

As part of the biblical womanhood experiment, I've been cooking my way through Martha Stewart's Cooking School and cleaning my way through Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook.

CNN: My Take: The danger of calling behavior «biblical» Rachel Held Evans, a popular blogger and author of «A Year of Biblical Womanhood,» writes about her discomfort seeing the bible «edited down and used as a prop to support a select few political positions and platformsbiblical» Rachel Held Evans, a popular blogger and author of «A Year of Biblical Womanhood,» writes about her discomfort seeing the bible «edited down and used as a prop to support a select few political positions and platformsBiblical Womanhood,» writes about her discomfort seeing the bible «edited down and used as a prop to support a select few political positions and platforms.»

The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood describes complementarianism as the view that «God has created men and women equal in their essential dignity and human personhood, but different and complementary in function with male headship in the home and in the Church.»

But as with Evolving in Monkey Town and A Year of Biblical Womanhood, it's important for me to not only share my own story, but also the stories of friends, family, and readers, in an effort to broaden the scope of the project and introduce new perspectives.

I've heard or read varying degrees of that same attitude when it comes to some of the conversations about «biblical» womanhood as people heap guilt on mothers or fathers for everything from choosing public school education to relying on babysitters or daycare, from Sunday School to family structures.

CNN: «Bible Belt» meets «Borscht Belt» Rachel Held Evans bridges the divide between the belts in her new book, «The Year of Biblical Womanhood,» the result of an experiment in which she lived the Old and New Testament's instructions for women as literally as possible for an entire year.

As others have noted, Leviticus 18 - 20 also condemns shaving, wearing mixed fabrics, getting tattoos, sowing different crops in the same field, and sexual activity during a woman's period (back to A Year of Biblical Womanhood!)

During my yearlong experiment, I interviewed a variety of women practicing biblical womanhood in different ways — an Orthodox Jew, an Amish housewife, even a polygamist family - and I combed through every commentary I could find, reexamining the stories of biblical women such as Deborah, Ruth, Hagar, Tamar, Mary Magdalene, Priscilla and Junia.

Remarkably, I am still here as a pastor at Calvary Grace Church in Calgary and international director for the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.

There is one more myth regarding «biblical womanhood» that we really need to address as part of our series — and that is the myth that a true woman of God is defined by her roles as a wife, mother, and homemaker.

This November, I'll be honing my domestic skills as part of my year of biblical womanhood and I need your help.

As I said before, the modern - day «biblical womanhood» movement as expressed by complementarianism, has its roots, not in the ancient near Eastern culture in which the Bible was written, but in the pre-feminist American culturAs I said before, the modern - day «biblical womanhood» movement as expressed by complementarianism, has its roots, not in the ancient near Eastern culture in which the Bible was written, but in the pre-feminist American culturas expressed by complementarianism, has its roots, not in the ancient near Eastern culture in which the Bible was written, but in the pre-feminist American culture.

And so the question I've been asking lately — especially after my «year of biblical womanhood» — is how do I relate to the Bible as a grownup?

So before we go and mine the Bible for verses about women and then apply them universally as elements of «biblical womanhood,» we've got to humbly acknowledge our own limitations in applying an ancient text to modern times.

In this most recent case, the issue in question is never even addressed in the Bible, and yet authors like Mark Driscoll, Dorothy, Patterson, and Martha Peace have described physical beauty as an element of «biblical womanhood.»

UPDATE: For those who think I mean «patriarchy» as an insult rather than a description of reality, consider this: In the current issue of The Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, Owen Strachan wrote, «For millennia, followers of God have practiced what used to be called patriarchy and is now called complementarianism.»

As I've mentioned before, each month of the project I focus on a different theme that is associated with «biblical womanhood,» and the theme for August is silence.

For example, in an article that characterizes a man who takes responsibility for the laundry as a «man fail,» Owen Strachan of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood writes:

The story of the dismembered concubine in Judges 19 is as much a part of «biblical womanhood» as stories about Esther and Ruth.

While many hail «biblical womanhood» as the ideal, few seem to agree on exactly what it means, and any claim to a «biblical» lifestyle is inherently selective.

They are losing ground because their rhetoric consistently reflects a commitment to an idealized glorification of the pre-feminist nuclear family of 1950s America rather than a commitment to «biblical manhood» and «biblical womanhood» — terms that many of us recognize as highly selective, reductive, and problematic.

As we wrap up the initial launch of A Year of Biblical Womanhood, I wanted to say thank you.

«Biblical Womanhood» has become a hot topic in recent years, particularly in the evangelical community where we've seen the formation of the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (and Christians for Biblical Equality) as well as hundreds of books and conferences and curriculum on the topic.