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stephanywrites 's review for:
A Year of Biblical Womanhood
by Rachel Held Evans
This was an interesting read. I am not really a fan of the author, so I went into the book with a bit of a skeptic's attitude. While the story was engaging and I thought it was fairly well-researched, I still feel like it was missing a lot. I felt as if the author was just regurgitating facts and things that happened (in a very dry way, sometimes) without really putting any feeling into it. I wanted more practical application, I wanted to feel MORE from this author. I wanted to learn more about her thoughts and feelings, not just what she was doing.
The whole concept of biblical womanhood and what it means, especially in this day and age, is a really interesting one and brought about a lot of questions about my faith and what it means to be a woman. There were some Bible verses and stories that the author brought up that made me want to dig deeper and look more fully. I don't think I ever realized how oppressed woman were back then! (Which is silly, I know, but it just never occurred to me!)
While it sometimes seems like Evans was trying to conform too much to make the book not too "preachy" (which never bothers me when I'm reading Christian nonfiction, honestly), I still will give this book 3 stars because it was engaging at times and did make me think long and hard about biblical womanhood.
The whole concept of biblical womanhood and what it means, especially in this day and age, is a really interesting one and brought about a lot of questions about my faith and what it means to be a woman. There were some Bible verses and stories that the author brought up that made me want to dig deeper and look more fully. I don't think I ever realized how oppressed woman were back then! (Which is silly, I know, but it just never occurred to me!)
While it sometimes seems like Evans was trying to conform too much to make the book not too "preachy" (which never bothers me when I'm reading Christian nonfiction, honestly), I still will give this book 3 stars because it was engaging at times and did make me think long and hard about biblical womanhood.