Summary of Chapter 4: “Sir Launcelot”The main character in Chapter 4 is Sir Launcelot, who is considered to be the greatest knight among sinful men. Because of his sin with Gwenevere, Launcelot will not be the Grail knight who achieves the Grail. Instead, as we began to see in Chapter 2, Launcelot’s tale within the…
Let’s continue on in our quest for the Holy Grail, as told in Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur. Summary of Chapter 3: “Sir Percivale”The main character in Chapter 3 is Sir Percivale. In earlier Grail legends, Percivale is the pure knight who achieves the Grail, but in Malory’s version, he ends up being more…
In my last post, the quest for the Holy Grail had just been declared, and the knights were preparing to leave Camelot. Summary of Chapter 2: “The Miracles”The main character in Chapter 2 of the Holy Grail story is Galahad. Upon leaving Camelot, Galahad rides to an abbey built of white stone, where he meets…
At this point in the school year, in my AP Literature class, I am taking my seniors through a bit of the Tale of the Holy Grail, as found in Sir Thomas Malory’s classic, Le Morte D’Arthur. All most people know about the Holy Grail tale in the Arthurian legend is that it involves the…
We now come to what should be my final post in this series. After briefly looking at Barr’s final two chapters in her book, I want to share some of my own thoughts on the issue of women’s positions in the Church. Chapter 7: Making Biblical Womanhood Gospel TruthIn chapter 7, Barr hammers home the…
In this next post in my book analysis series of Beth Allison Barr’s The Making of Biblical Womanhood, I’m going to take a look at chapters 4-6. Hold on tight, we’re going to go fast. Chapter 4: The Cost of the Reformation for Evangelical WomenIn chapter 4, Barr argues that, although she is a Protestant…
It’s Saturday…I have some time for yet another entry into my book analysis series of Beth Allison Barr’s The Making of Biblical Womanhood. Let’s jump right in. TWO: What if Biblical Womanhood Doesn’t Come from Paul?Chapter 2 in Barr’s book covers exactly what the subtitle says. In it, Barr mentions that a lot of people…
As I begin to go through Beth Allison Barr’s book, The Making of Biblical Womanhood, I’m going to the same kind of thing I’ve done with my past book analyses: (1) provide a brief summary of a chapter, and then (2) offer my thoughts on that chapter. So, it will be a “running conversation” of…
A little over a week ago, I finished going through Galatians. At the end of that post, I mentioned I was going to write a reflective post on Galatians to finish off my little dive into Galatians, and then was planning to do a book analysis series on Beth Allison Barr’s book, The Making of…
Earlier this year, I did a book analysis series on The Deconstruction of Christianity by Alisa Childers and Tim Barnett. In their book, they included a brief discussion of Beth Allison Barr’s book, The Making of Biblical Womanhood. It was one of the parts of their book that I chose not to comment on in…