Becoming the Pastors Wife with Beth Allison Barr

In this episode of Bird's of a Feather, Mike Bird and Aimee Byrd interview Dr. Beth Allison Barr (Baylor Uni) about her book Becoming the Pastor's Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman's Pathway to Ministry (Brazos Press).

00:01 Intro
01:20 Title Track
01:32 Why Has Beth's New Book Been So Popular?
04:00 The Pastor's Wife as Free Labor
08:00 The Pastor's Wife as a Sheep Dog?
11:00 The Pastor's Wife as Learning to Play By the Rules
13:41 Catherine of Alexandria: Patron Saint of Preachers
15:20 From Catherine to the Pastor's Wife
19:16 A Male Altar vs. Priesthood of All Believers
22:00 Good Faith Critics of the Book
24:35 The Pastor's Wife in Black Churches
28:45 The Reception of Beth's Book
33:25 Are Women Afraid of Their Freedom?
39:19 Intention vs. Impact in Books for Pastors' Wives
43:25 The Big Takeaway from Beth's Book

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