a year of biblical womanhood by rachel held evans

“He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who captures a city,” says Proverbs 16:32 NASB. “It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles,” the Buddha taught. xxv) October: Gentleness - Girl Gone MildĬontemplatives have long taught that mastering the volatile human spirit is the key to serenity. And for women emerging from the Judeo-Christian tradition, the vilification of Eve has been disastrous. What we read into the Creation narrative often says as much about us as it says about the text. (1 Timothy 2:12)ĮVE, THE FALLEN …like most good stories, this one begins with both a hero and a heroine.

Thou shalt not have authority over a man.

Thou shalt cover thy head when in prayer.

Thou shalt nurture a gentle and quiet spirit.Thou shalt devote thyself to the duties of the home.(Genesis 3:16 Titus 2:5 1 Peter 3:1 Ephesians 5:22 1 Corinthians 11:3 Colossians 3:18) Thou shalt submit to thy husband’s will in all things.Throughout the year, my “Biblical Woman’s Ten Commandments” would serve as a guide for daily living: Despite insistent claims that we don’t “pick and choose” what parts of the Bible we take seriously, using the word biblical prescriptively like this almost always involves selectivity.

We especially like to stick it in front of other loaded words, like economics, sexuality, politics, and marriage to create the impression that God has definitive opinions about such things, opinions that just so happen to correspond with our own. Now, we evangelicals have a nasty habit of throwing the word biblical around like it’s Martin Luther’s middle name. xix)Īccording to the Danvers Statement, the acceptance of feminist ideology among Christians has led to a “threat to Biblical authority as the clarity of Scripture is jeopardized and the accessibility of its meaning to ordinary people is withdrawn into the restricted realm of technical ingenuity.” The statement says that rather than following the prevailing culture, women of God should pursue “biblical womanhood.” The command of God puts us there where we belong.” (p. “This is a woman’s place, and all of us need to know what our place is and to be put in it. (p.xv)Įvangelicalism is like my religious mother tongue. I was raised evangelical, which means I spent a good part of my life feeling sorry for the rest of humanity on account of its certain destiny in hell. Rachel Held Evans’ Project page Desiring God Review Huffington Post Christian Post A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband “Master”.

A year of biblical womanhood by rachel held evans