If Eve Only Knew: Freeing Yourself from Biblical Womanhood and Becoming All God Means for You

“She is a godly woman.” “True love waits.” Are these phrases and many others about gender truly based in scripture, or based on dusty, outdated stereotypes? And how do these perceptions repress people, especially women, from fully expressing their faith?

This book from Chalice Press, If Eve Only Knew: Freeing Yourself from Biblical Womanhood and Becoming All God Means for You by Kendra Weddle Irons, Texas Wesleyan University, and Melanie Springer Mock, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, offers a fresh perspective on gender and the Bible, destroying trumped-up, captive-creating messages with the freeing proclamation grounded in Jesus’ ministry and found everywhere in scripture: that we are all created in God’s image, and by relying on our gifts and skills – rather than on gender-designed roles – we become all God means for us to be.

You can order the book from Chalice Press here.

Check out this YouTube with the authors.