Beth Allison Barr
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Beth Allison Barr

Beth Allison Barr (PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is James Vardaman Endowed Chair of History at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where she specializes in medieval history, women's history, and church history. She is the author of the USA Today bestseller The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth. Her work has been featured by NPR and the New Yorker, and she has written for Christianity Today, the Washington Post, the Dallas Morning News, Sojourners, and Baptist News Global. Barr lives in Texas with her husband, a Baptist pastor, and their two children.


Books by Beth Allison Barr

  1. Becoming the Pastor's Wife
    Hardcover

    Becoming the Pastor's Wife

    Mar 2025
  2. Becoming the Pastor's Wife
    E-Book

    Becoming the Pastor's Wife

    Mar 2025
  3. The Making of Biblical Womanhood
    Paperback

    The Making of Biblical Womanhood

    Apr 2021
  4. The Making of Biblical Womanhood
    E-Book

    The Making of Biblical Womanhood

    Apr 2021