Becoming the pastor's wife
how marriage replaced ordination as a woman's path to ministry
Becoming the pastor's wife
how marriage replaced ordination as a woman's path to ministry
Book - 2025
"A trusted historian and Baptist pastor's wife tells how the rise of a new and important leadership role for conservative Protestant women, the pastor's wife, intersects with the decline of women's independent leadership in the church"--
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Grand Rapids, Michigan :
Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group,
[2025]
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Becoming the pastor's wife : |b how marriage replaced ordination as a woman's path to ministry / |c Beth Allison Barr. |
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| 300 | |a xxi, 232 pages ; |c 23 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-232) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Where is Peter's wife? -- When women were priests -- The not-so-hidden history of medieval women's ordination -- The rise of the pastor's wife -- Two for the price of one -- The best pastor's wife -- The (SBC) road less traveled -- The cost of Dorothy's hats -- Together for the gospel -- Acknowledgments -- Chronological list of pastor's wife books -- Notes. | |
| 520 | |a "A trusted historian and Baptist pastor's wife tells how the rise of a new and important leadership role for conservative Protestant women, the pastor's wife, intersects with the decline of women's independent leadership in the church"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 520 | |a In Becoming the Pastor's Wife, Beth Allison Barr, a pastor's wife for twenty-five years, combines personal experience and academic research to explore the history and impact of the pastor's wife role in conservative Protestant traditions. She traces how this role provided women with leadership opportunities but also restricted their independence and contributed to a gender hierarchy that prioritized male careers. Barr examines the connection between the decline of female ordination and the rise of the pastor's wife role, drawing on the broader history of Christian women's leadership. By blending historical analysis with personal narrative, she empowers pastors' wives to advocate for themselves and helps the church understand the origins and complexities of this role. | ||
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