Birds of a Feather - Burning the Patriarchy (S1, Ep 9)
Beth Allison Barr
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13 October 2021
30 October 2025
In this episode of Birds of a Feather, Aimee Byrd and Michael Bird talk to Dr. Kristen Kobes du Mez, Dr. Beth Allison Barr, and Devi Abraham about evangelicals and gender:
We discuss:
• News and responses to their books.
• The jezebel-o-meter.
• Who are the evangelical elites?
• Why “evangelical” is an adjective that needs an adjective.
• #Exvangelicals #Gender #Patriarchy
• Worldview Theology and Whiteness?
• TikTok as the future of American evangelicalism?
Articles Discussed:
Mark Galli: The Galli Report 10.18.21.
https://markgalli.substack.com/p/the-galli-report-100821
Denny Burk: Elite Evangelicalism’s Allergy to Complementarianism.
https://www.dennyburk.com/elite-evangelicalisms-allergy-to-complementarianism/
David Gushee, The Deconstruction of American Evangelicalism.
https://baptistnews.com/article/the-deconstruction-of-american-evangelicalism/#.YWYcNRxxU2x
See their books
Kristen Kobes du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
Aimee Byrd, Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: How the Church Needs to Rediscover Her Purpose
Aimee Byrd, The Sexual Reformation: Restoring the Dignity and Personhood of Man and Woman
Devi Abraham: Where Do We Go From Here Podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/where-do-we-go-from-here/id1488872725
Michael Bird
Substack page: https://michaelfbird.substack.com
Twitter: @mbird12
