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When we refer to 'the biblical approach to economics' or the biblical response to politics' or 'biblical womanhood,' we're using the Bible as a weapon disguised as an adjective.

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Rachel Held Evans
Age: 37 †
Born: 1981
Born: June 8
Died: 2019
Died: May 4
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State of Alabama
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