Beth Allison Barr: A Knight’s Tale, Medieval History, and Becoming the Pastor’s Wife
Faith Adjacent
The Popcast Media Group
4.8 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
In this very special episode, Erin and Evan are joined by rare two-time guest Beth Allison Barr! Listen along as we discuss her latest book, Becoming the Pastor’s Wife, and ask her questions about things like church shopping, whether or not to stay in a Southern Baptist Church, and so much more! Who are some of Beth’s favorite women in medieval history, and is A Knight’s Tale an accurate representation of medieval life? You’ll have to listen to find out!
MENTIONS
- Give the gift of The Faith Adjacent Seminary: Here’s the link | Here are the Diplomas
- Beth Allison Barr: Website | Instagram | The Making of Biblical Womanhood | Becoming the Pastor’s Wife | Substack
- A Knight’s Tale: Watch on Disney+
- Medieval Nerds: Gender and Authority in the Late Medieval Church by Ian Forrest
- What was that about Sarah Bessey? Read The Christian Bookstore Rejects
- Women at Work: Economica by Victoria Bateman
The Faith Adjacent Seminary: Support us on Patreon.
I’ve Got Questions by Erin Moon: Order Here | Guided Journal
Subscribe to our Newsletter: The Dish from Faith Adjacent
Faith Adjacent Merch: Shop Here
Shop our Amazon Link: amazon.com/shop/faithadjacent
Follow Faith Adjacent on Socials: Instagram
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to a very special episode of Faitha Jason. I'm your host and resident |
| 0:15.3 | Bible scholar Aaron Moon and joining me today someone I think could rock a surcoat and |
| 0:19.6 | Samhosen is Evan Dodson. And on this |
| 0:22.2 | episode, we're taking one of our generation's foremost experts on women and church history and |
| 0:29.5 | subjecting her to our tomfoolery. It is our joy and our honor to welcome back to the pod, |
| 0:34.8 | author of the recent book, Becoming the Pastor's Wife, it's Beth Allison Barr. We're so glad you're here. I'm so excited. And you've already used a couple of good medieval words, you know, Tom Fulery. I know. I did that for you. Way to go. Also, are you, are you the only repeat guest we've ever had? I think she is. I think so. Oh my gosh. We'll get you like a |
| 0:55.0 | letterman jacket or something. Oh yeah. You need you need, you need like a pen. Yeah. Oh yeah. We can easily make that happen. I definitely need I need to, I need to wear that. What a bad you need everyone to know. Everyone needs to know that. Okay, but before we get started on the episode. If you are still working on your holiday gift list right now, I have the best thing for you. |
| 1:13.3 | And it is a gift membership to the future. Before we get started on the episode, if you are still working on your holiday gift list right now, |
| 1:11.5 | I have the best thing for you. And it is a gift membership to the faith adjacent seminary, |
| 1:16.4 | our online Patreon community. You can tell others to give this to you. Or if you're already a |
| 1:21.7 | seminarian, you can give this to everyone in your life. I believe that this is one of those rare |
| 1:26.6 | gifts that is truly a one-size-fits-all situation. |
| 1:30.9 | And you can gift either tier. |
| 1:32.2 | We've got our doctoral or master's tier. |
| 1:34.9 | And you can say how long you want to give them from anywhere from one month to a year. |
| 1:39.1 | There's even a diploma that corresponds with whichever tier you choose. |
| 1:43.3 | And you can print it out, frame it, |
| 1:45.3 | wrap it under the tree. |
| 1:46.9 | Get over to faithadjacent.com slash seminary gift or click the link in the show notes to gift |
| 1:51.5 | it now. |
| 1:52.9 | Can you believe that faith adjacent has been around for seven years? |
| 1:56.9 | Knox and I started out doing deep dives of some of your favorite stories from the Bible, |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 12 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Popcast Media Group, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Popcast Media Group and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.