a year of biblical womanhood by rachel held evans

Even if you are quite knowledgable about the Bible, there is a lot to learn from this book, but more than that, it is a true spiritual journey. Throughout her writing, her intellectual and spiritual honesty shines as she tries with an open heart and mind to follow the challenge she has set herself. The cultural differences Rachel explores in this book were made even more interesting to me because she herself is steeped in a Bible-believing church culture that is both compelling and horrifying.

Her knowledge of the Bible is deep, and both intellectual and poetic. She is a beautiful writer and a generous, expansive thinker. I am familiar with some of the beliefs she talks about through my interest in US Christian fundamentalism, and Rachel does a wonderful job of exploring the rigid, narrow attitudes that attempt even now to keep women in the home, out of the workplace, silent in church, and erased from the Bible itself. As an Anglican, whose experience of church is far more based on liturgy, ritual and the rhythms of the church year than Rachel’s tradition of US Evangelicalism, I was intrigued and fascinated by this look into a very different religious culture.

Join Evans as she dives deep into the lives of the women we meet in Scripture and redefines what it means to live biblically.Ī profound, funny and moving account of the author’s exploration of ‘Biblical womanhood’.

developing a 'Biblical Woman's Ten Commandments' to serve as a guide for daily living.

focusing on virtues like domesticity, obedience, beauty, submission, and grace.

applying the Bible's teachings to day-to-day life, sometimes to literal extremes.

exploring what a 'woman's place' is according to the Scriptures.

In A Year of Biblical Womanhood, Evans shares her courageous and often humorous journey of: She consults with women who practice these ancient biblical mandates in their own lives-from an Orthodox Jewish woman who changed the way Evans reads the Bible to an Amish community that taught her the true meaning of modesty.

Intrigued by the traditionalist resurgence that led many of her friends to abandon their careers to assume traditional gender roles in the home, Evans decided to try it for herself, vowing to take all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible for a full year.Īlong the way, Evans explores the rich heritage of scriptural heroines, models of grace, and all-around women of valor that we come to know in the Bible. Strong-willed and independent, Evans couldn't sew a button on a blouse before she embarked on a radical life experiment-a year of biblical womanhood. Have you ever wondered what God truly expects of women? Is there really a prescription for biblical womanhood? Does the Bible's idea of womanhood have a place in modern Christianity? New York Times bestselling author Rachel Held Evans embarks on a year-long study of what it means to live by the standards of biblical womanhood.

A year of biblical womanhood by rachel held evans