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Beth Allison Barr, PhD

@bethallisonbarr.bsky.social
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James Vardaman Professor @Baylor_History; USAToday and NYTimes bestselling author @brazospress; Medieval &Women’s historian co-host @alltheburiedwomen

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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
👇👇👇
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
I’m known for that 😂
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Thank you so much! I appreciate the encouragement as it is hard going.
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Thank you! ❤️
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Folk might want to read my @dallasnews.com op-ed related to Hegseth & Wilson: www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
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Playing the role of pastor’s wife in the Department of Defense
Beth Allison Barr: The involvement of Pete Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer Rauchet, through the lens of gender roles endorsed by the couple’s church.
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Fight back. There are things everyone can do. Trump doesn’t have the power he wants us to believe he has. Be like @harvard.edu and stand up to him.
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
“Dictators are never as strong as they tell you they are,” he once said, “and people are never as weak as they think they are.”
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
congratulations!!!
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I can’t wait for midterm elections.
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Yes he did.
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ashley @ashmeadow.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
This is such a great & important breakdown of how white evangelicalism continues to infiltrate politics AND it highlights the alternate mindset that most on the left don’t understand. If you wanna reach new people, you’ve got to understand they don’t think like you do!
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
exactly
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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Pete Hegseth's wife is playing the role of the pastor's wife in white evangelicalism... and that may be a harbinger of things to come. @bethallisonbarr explains. ⬇️
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Thanks Christa!
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Rachel Ernst @rachelernst.myatproto.social · 18/05/2025
Pete Hegseth has given me big "megachurch pastor trying to outrun three or four scandals at once" vibes with his chaotic, blustering overconfidence and this article is spot on.
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Well, they are amenable still to my work, so that says something 😁
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
you would like my book
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
thank you Kris!
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Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Excellent op-ed by @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social on the intertwining of fundamentalist Christians and politics especially as it applies to woman's "roles," i.e. Hegseth's wife. 👇
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Nice to have an op-ed in @dallasnews.com today! www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
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Playing the role of pastor’s wife in the Department of Defense
Beth Allison Barr: The involvement of Pete Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer Rauchet, through the lens of gender roles endorsed by the couple’s church.
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
It is a history most people do not know, for sure!
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
thanks!
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Really enjoyed this podcast!
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
👸 "This book set a benchmark in the study of #medieval queenship." Queen Emma and Queen Edith by Pauline Stafford was chosen as Matthew Firth's must-read book. Which #medievaltudies book had the most impact on you? Read more: buff.ly/jGIsQBL #kzooicms #ICMS #kzoo2025 @mattfirth.bsky.social
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
😬
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
it was a church blocking the shelter instead of city; church won and shelter had to find a different location
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
So a similar thing happened in Waco when Mission Waco was trying to build My Brother’s Keeper.
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American Historical Association @historians.org · 09/05/2025
The AHA is compiling resources developed by historians in response to recent actions by the federal governments. We welcome submissions from our members about op-eds, media appearances, or other resources they've contributed offering historical context and insight to the public. 🗃️
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Historians Respond to Federal Actions - AHA
AHA members are providing important historical context and insight to the public on the recent actions by the federal government.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 09/05/2025
Republicans' "budget will skewer the poor and squeeze out crucial long-term investments in energy, scientific research, medical advances, and children," @annielowrey.bsky.social writes:
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The Republicans’ Budget Makes No Sense
Congress is trying to preserve the illusion of revenue while cutting taxes.
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Faith & Leadership @faithandleadership.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This excerpt of @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social's new book from @brazospress.bsky.social follows a mother and daughter who both participated in ministry, but only one worked formally as a pastor. faithandleadership.com/becoming-the...
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‘Becoming the Pastor’s Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman’s Path to Ministry’
In this excerpt, Beth Allison Barr follows a mother and daughter who both participated in ministry, but only one worked formally as a pastor.
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Brazos Press @brazospress.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Historian and professor @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social joins The Well podcast to discuss women’s leadership in the historical church and the cultural cost of forgetting history. thewell.intervarsity.org/podcasts/bet...
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Beth Allison Barr: Becoming the Pastor’s Wife
Historian and professor Beth Allison Barr joins us on the podcast to discuss women’s leadership in the historical church and the cultural cost of forgetting our roots.
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
i think the disconnect has more than one source.
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
yes, it was as much work as writing a book! I’m so glad you appreciated it.
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Exactly.
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I just have to say that academia does not prepare us to market & sell the books we write.
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
nice!!!
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American Association for State and Local History @aaslh.org · 03/05/2025
The Smithsonian has issued a statement that it has no plans to remove a lunch counter and stool that were involved in Civil Rights protests. It also says that it is not removing items from display for any reason other than loan agreements and collections care and preservation.
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Smithsonian Response to Reports About Artifacts On View | Smithsonian Institution
Recent reports about the Smithsonian removing the historic Greensboro, North Carolina, lunch counter and a stool from the National Museum of American History and National Museum of African American History and Culture, respectively, are inaccurate. Both the Greensboro lunch counter and stools where college students sat in protest during the Civil Rights Movement are and continue to be on display. A stool from the sit-ins remains on view at the National Museum of African American History and Culture as the centerpiece of an interactive exhibition.
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Brazos Press @brazospress.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Listen to the conversation with @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social and @preachlikeagirl.bsky.social on the Preach Like a Girl podcast! rss.com/podcasts/pre...
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Preach Like A Girl | Beth Allison Barr | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
.https://www.bethallisonbarr.com/Dr. Barr joins Rev. Dr. Kimberly Majeski to explore how women’s roles in ministry have evolved—and been constrained—through church history. Drawing on her latest book ...
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
thank you!
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Yes! I see why! Maybe I should write something.
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I loved talking with my friend @jemartisby.bsky.social! We had a conversation about ordination and even politics.
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
oh, interesting!!!
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
congratulations!!!!
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
There was a time when pastor’s wives and ordained women worked alongside each other in ministry, as this amazing mother daughter story reveals. Just two of the many women I bet you never knew about that you will meet in #BecomingThePastorsWife.
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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Friends, I’ll be interviewed live about Pope Francis on BBC News at 9:00 Eastern this evening (Saturday). www.bbc.com/watch-live-n...
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
thank you!
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Roys Report @roysreport.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
On a recent episode of the podcast @savedbythecity.bsky.social historian @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social shared her research on why the role of pastor’s wife has evolved in many denominations to be the primary path of ministry for some women. julieroys.com/beth-allison...
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Beth Allison Barr On 'Ministry By Marriage' And The Demands Placed On Pastors' Wives
Dr. Barr shares her research on why the role of pastor’s wife has evolved to be the primary path of ministry for some women.
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