A Year of Biblical Womanhood

from Cheryl.Russell

What I like about RHE is her willingness to take on the status quo and this book does that, and more. She's done her research for this book,and through that research--i.e., why was this particular passage written for this particular time and in this particular place and how can those discoveries ...

from vonze

Because I love women's history, historical reenactments, and I am a Christian, I was looking forward to this read. However, for me, it ended up being disappointing. It's not what I thought it would be. The back of the book claims that the author vows "to take all of the Bible's instructions for ...

from aishahwrites

As a longtime fan of Rachel Held Evans' blog, I really, really wanted to love this book. It was a pretty awesome read - as a religion nerd and someone who is fascinated by other people's journeys of faith, it is a book I'd recommend or borrow, but not something I'd necessarily buy again or reread...

from ahaehl

Didn't like this one as much as I expected. She decides to learn to knit, sew, and embroider all in one month. She does things by herself that would clearly be done in a crowd of women. Some of the studies are great, though. I like especially the "apostle" who makes clothes for other widows. A ch...

from jeneyhart

A Breath of Fresh Air - Entertaining and Thoughtful There has been a lot of controversy from the "conservative evangelicals" about this book, but I loved it! It made me laugh and it also made me think. In many ways it was like a breath of fresh air for me as she dives into so many of the same que...