Barbara Brown Taylor Explained
Honorific Prefix: | The Reverend |
Barbara Brown Taylor |
Birth Name: | Barbara Brown |
Birth Date: | 21 September 1951 |
Birth Place: | Lafayette, Indiana, US |
Module: | Child: | yes | Religion: | Christianity (Anglican) | Ordained: | 1984 (priest) |
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Barbara Brown Taylor (born 1951) is an American Episcopal priest, academic, and author.[1] [2] In 2014, Time magazine placed her in its annual Time 100 list of most influential people in the world.[3]
Education and recognition
Taylor was born on September 21, 1951, in Lafayette, Indiana. She did her undergraduate studies at Emory University where she graduated in 1973. She then went on to study at Yale Divinity School, where she graduated in 1976. She was ordained in 1984, and became the rector of Grace-Calvary Episcopal Church (Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta) in Clarkesville, Georgia, in 1992.[4] She later left parish ministry and became a full-time professor at Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia, and an adjunct professor of Christian spirituality at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia.[5] She taught world religions and exposed her mainly Christian students to other faiths so they could better understand how various groups worship.[5]
In 1996, she was named one of the twelve "most effective" preachers in the English-speaking world by Baylor University.[6] She was awarded the 1998 Emory Medal by the Emory Alumni Association of Emory University for her distinguished achievement in education.[7] In February 2009, Barbara Brown Taylor led the second annual Piedmont College religion conference in Athens, Georgia.[8] Taylor had been the keynote speaker at the conference in previous years.[9] In addition, Taylor gave the 2009 Annual Buechner Lecture at the Buechner Institute at King University. She has written twelve books on faith and spirituality.[10] In February 2010, days before Piedmont College's religion conference, Taylor ranked in the top ten most influential living preachers in a poll conducted by the Southern Baptist Convention.[11]
Career
In the early 2000s, she chose to leave active ministry, while retaining her ordination. Her memoir of this time Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith was the first of a trilogy of books about redefining her faith followed by An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith and Learning to Walk in the Dark.
Private life
She lives on her farm in northern Georgia, with husband Edward Taylor.[3]
Bibliography
- He was alive and he was real. Christian Century. 1993. 110. 28. 967.
- Book: The Preaching Life . . 1993 . 174 . 978-1-56101-074-5 .
- Book: Gospel Medicine . Cowley Publications . 1995 . 161 . 978-1-56101-110-0.
- Book: Bread of Angels . Cowley Publications . 1997 . 176 . 978-1-56101-142-1 .
- Book: God in Pain . . 1998 . 138 . 978-0-687-05887-7.
- Book: Mixed Blessings . Cowley Publications . 1998 . 129 . 978-1-56101-162-9.
- Book: When God is Silent . Cowley Publications . 1998 . 129 . 978-1-56101-157-5.
- Book: Home By Another Way . Cowley Publications . 1999 . 212 . 978-1-56101-167-4 .
- Book: Speaking of Sin: The Lost Language of Salvation . Cowley Publications . 2001 . 104 . 978-1-56101-189-6.
- Book: The Luminous Web: Essays on Science and Religion . Cowley Publications . 2001 . 109 . 978-1-56101-169-8 .
- Book: The Seeds of Heaven: Sermons on the Gospel of Matthew . Westminster . 2004 . 113 . 978-0-664-22886-6.
- Book: Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith . . 2007 . 272 . 978-0-06-087263-2.
- The poured-out church. Christian Century. 2007. 11. 35. February 22, 2018.
- Book: An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith . . 2009 . 240 . 978-0-06-137046-5.
- Learning to Walk in the Dark. HarperOne. 2014. p. 200. .
- Book: Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others . . 2019 . 256 . 978-0-06-240656-9.
- Co-editor with David L. Bartlett, Feasting on the Word Commentary Series. Westminster John Knox Press. 2008.
Further reading
Notes and References
- News: Barbara Brown Taylor live at the Westminster Town Hall Forum. March 5, 2009. Minnesota Public Radio. March 20, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090330092104/http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/03/05/midday2/. March 30, 2009 . live.
- Barbara Brown Taylor Faces the Darkness . . Elizabeth Dias. April 17, 2014. November 10, 2014 .
- Time 100 Artists: Barbara Brown Taylor. April 23, 2014. Time . November 10, 2014 .
- News: Newly released: Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor . June 15, 2006. The New York Times. March 20, 2009 . Amy . Virshup.
- Web site: For Priest Turned Professor, 'Holy Envy' Is Key To Appreciating World Religions. Gross. Terry. March 11, 2019. NPR News. en. March 12, 2019.
- News: Heard Any Good Sermons Lately?. Woodward. Kenneth L.. March 4, 1996. Newsweek. Newsweek, Inc. March 21, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090329084922/http://www.newsweek.com/id/101630. March 29, 2009 . live.
- Web site: Emory Alumni Association . Emory Medal Recipients . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091028061836/http://www.alumni.emory.edu/news/emorymedalrecipients.php?section=news&sub=awards . October 28, 2009 .
- News: Know your neighbor conference: Teaching tolerance and interfaith in today's diverse community. Cheesman. Heather. February 23, 2009. The Navigator. Piedmont College. March 22, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216075121/http://media.www.piedmontnavigator.com/media/storage/paper524/news/2009/02/23/Athens/Know-Your.Neighbor.Conference-3643754.shtml. February 16, 2012. dead.
- News: Faculty uncovers 'Christ-haunted' South. Lumpkin. Elise. February 25, 2008. The Navigator. Piedmont College. March 22, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20101017091159/http://media.www.piedmontnavigator.com/media/storage/paper524/news/2008/02/25/News/Faculty.Uncovers.christHaunted.South-3326050.shtml. October 17, 2010. dead.
- News: Piedmont Professors' book signings. March 21, 2005. The Navigator. Piedmont College. March 22, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216075136/http://media.www.piedmontnavigator.com/media/storage/paper524/news/2005/03/21/Entertainment/Piedmont.Professors.Book.Signings-900207.shtml. February 16, 2012. dead.
- News: Billy Graham tops poll of most influential living preachers. ABP staff. February 2, 2010. Associated Baptist Press. February 2, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100206234155/http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/4799/53/. February 6, 2010. dead.