Barbara Brown Taylor

 

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“Few souls are as synced to the world’s mysteries as Barbara Brown Taylor’s....
Taylor writes spiritual nonfiction that rivals the poetic power of
C.S. Lewis and Frederick Buechner.”
(TIME)

Barbara Brown Taylor is the New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World, Learning to Walk in the Dark, and Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others. After serving three congregations--two in downtown Atlanta and one in rural Habersham County, Georgia--she joined the faculty of Piedmont College as the first Butman Professor of Religion and Philosophy. Since she put down the chalk in 2017, she has spoken at events with wonderful names such as Wild Goose, Evolving Faith, Awakening Soul, and Gladdening Light, but her favorite gig is being the full-time caretaker of a farm in the foothills of the Appalachians where she lives with her husband Ed and very many animals. In 2024 she was elected to the Georgia Writer's Hall of Fame at the University of Georgia, and her new book, Coming Down to Earth is forthcoming from Convergent Books in 2026.

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