Leaving church : a memoir of faith / Barbara Brown Taylor.
Leaving church : a memoir of faith / Barbara Brown Taylor.
By
:
Taylor, Barbara Brown.
Publication Date
:
2006
Publication Information
:
[San Francisco, Calif.] : HarperSanFrancisco,
Edition
:
1st ed.
Physical Description
:
234 p.
Subject Term
:
Anglican Communion -- United States -- Biography.
Bibliography Note
:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
:
Through the struggles starting and sustaining a small church in rural north Georgia, Barbara Brown Taylor's journey from city to country, from full–time ministry to university professor is insightful, humorous, and wonderfully human. After ten years in a big urban church, Taylor arrives in Clarkesville (population 1500) to discover that she is one of the few professional women in town as well as the only woman in charge of a congregation. After five and a half years, and significant church growth, she finds herself with "compassion fatigue," and when an offer comes to leave the church for an opening in the department of religion and philosophy at a local college, Taylor jumps at the chance, despite her feelings that she is betraying the church and losing a part of her identity. Academic life challenges her faith in new ways as Taylor is reminded of the deep, nagging questions in the Christian story.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780060771744
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