![]() ![]() ![]() Later, when Judah found out Tamar was somehow pregnant, though unmarried, Tamar used his signet, cord, and staff to turn her impurity back on him, revealing his injustice. In the process, she also requested he give her his signet, cord, and staff. Instead of accepting her futureless fate, she tricked Judah into making her pregnant by dressing as a prostitute. Tamar was unfairly relegated to early, childless widowhood by her dead husband’s family, specifically her father-in-law, Judah. When inevitably pushed, you can tell the story of Tamar in Genesis 38-one of my favorite stories in the Bible. When asked what you are, you can again simply say biblical womanhood. To best pull off this costume, you’ll need to recruit two friends. If you have a friend or partner you can rope into dressing up with you, you can make this into a two-person costume, where one person is Jael (I suggest her costume feature a glass of milk and a blanket) and the other is Sisera, with a tent peg sticking through his temple. And if they have any questions about whether this is something the Bible praises, read them the song that follows in Judges 5, where Jael is called “most blessed of women.” When they inevitably question you further, tell them the story of Jael from Judges 4, who welcomed Israel’s enemy general into her tent, lulled him into a false sense of security, and then killed him with a tent peg through the head, delivering victory into the hands of the Israelites. This one’s great because not only is it biblical, it’s also spooky! When asked what on God’s green earth you are by your confused, probably horrified fellow congregants, simply say biblical womanhood. A bloody tent peg, complete with dangling human brains Here are a few ideas I’ve come up with to get the ball rolling:ġ. So this year, I petition we use your church’s harvest festival to show rather than tell why biblical womanhood (and biblical manhood) is not as clear or monolithic as complementarian leaders would have Christians believe. The truth is, I’m tired! And I am guessing you are too. Why do we still have to combat the complementarian notion that (1) there is a unified biblical concept for womanhood and that (2) it is quiet, docile submission, while biblical manhood is, well, “muscular, bold, and weighty”? While I deeply value Barr’s book, watching this conversation unfold exhausted me. It also prompted numerous rebuttals and reaffirmations of these unified complementarian models. Let me explain.Įarlier this year, The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr took the evangelical world by storm, opening countless readers’ eyes to the harmful constructs that modern, complementarian “biblical womanhood” and its counterpart, “biblical manhood,” are. Well you’re in luck, because I’d like to propose that this is the year we are free to have some subversive fun. But as the CDC has given us a tentative OK to celebrate Halloween this year, it’s quite likely that at this very moment your church is prepping for its annual harvest festival or trunk-or-treat extravaganza.Īll of this also probably means, if you’re a procrastinator like me, that you still have to come up with a costume to wear. At this time last year, any kind of gathering was strongly discouraged due to the pandemic (and lack of a vaccine). Before I get into the snark you knew was coming when you saw the title, I first want to acknowledge that this is kind of a big deal. A Michigander originally, Katie currently resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her cat, Mazel.ħ Ways You Can Dress Up As “Biblical Womanhood” For Your Church’s Harvest Festivalįor those of us who live in the United States, Halloween is quickly approaching. She holds an MA in theology from Fuller Seminary and a desire to help people bridge the gap between theology/biblical studies and real life. Katie works for CBE International as publications and educational manager as well as executive assistant to the president. ![]() ![]() This article first appeared on CBE International’s blog, Mutuality, on ![]()
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