Barbara Brown Taylor is the author of thirteen books, including the New York Times bestseller An Altar in the World and Leaving Church, which received an Author of the Year award from the Georgia Writers Association. Taylor is the Butman Professor of Religion at Piedmont College, where she has taught since 1998. She lives on a working farm in rural northeast Georgia with her husband, Ed.
"In simple and sharp prose, Taylor, a former Episcopal priest who
teaches religion at Piedmont College in Athens, Ga., explores how
teaching an introductory religion course has influenced her own
views on faith and Christianity...[a] fluid
book."--Publishers Weekly
"At a time when many people are entrenched behind the walls of
familiar traditions, this book is a literal
godsend."--Retailing Insight
"This indispensable book guides us through America's rapidly
diversifying religious landscape, highlighting resonances between
different religions, narrating moments of spiritual inspiration,
and always emphasizing moments of human connection."--Eboo
Patel, author of Out of Many Faiths
"Engrossing, delightful...In short, it is a timely and important
book."--Psychological Perspectives
"I've long wanted a book like this to be written. And Barbara Brown
Taylor is the perfect guide to finding God in other faiths. Her new
book reminds us that God is bigger than any one religion. Prepare
to come to know God in a new way."--James Martin, SJ,
author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage
"There are few people writing today who I esteem more highly than
Barbara Brown Taylor. In an age in which religion sometimes seems
weaponized, furthering the distance between us, I can't think of a
more important offering than this beautiful book."--Shauna
Niequist, New York Times best-selling author of
Present Over Perfect
"In showing up for the complex beauty of all the world's great
wisdom traditions, Barbara finds her way home to her own faith.
Among the finest memoirs I have ever read of the life of a
teacher."--Mirabai Starr, author of God of
Love
"Taylor nudges her students away from spiritual appropriation and
comparison, moving them instead toward challenging discernment of
their faith and the faith of others. Taylor, like the best faith
leaders, is a great storyteller. . . . Highly
recommended."--Booklist (starred
review)
"In Holy Envy, once again, Barbara Brown Taylor does not
disappoint with this capacious engagement of our religious and
spiritual neighbors. The book is like a breath of fresh air that
scatters the dust off the surface of my faith, and I am rejuvenated
and hopeful."--Mihee Kim-Kort, author of Outside the
Lines
"Taylor acknowledges that none of us has a corner on the
transcendent, that we each have something to give and receive while
remaining true to our faith. She reminds us that religion is more
than beliefs, that it involves our deepest selves and is the fabric
of our shared lives."--Library
Journal
"Taylor asks us to see these other ways of approaching a mysterious
divine, to embrace 'the God just beyond our understanding.' . . .
she writes with an authenticity and self-awareness that few
non-fiction books possess."--Spectrum magazine
"Taylor is by any measure a glorious writer. . . . Her willingness
to explore new worlds of meaning and her high respect for all
faiths offer a noble example."--Spirituality and
Health
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