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- Brand
- Unbranded
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780060872632
- Book Title
- Leaving Church : a Memoir of Faith
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Religion, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Spirituality, Personal Growth / Happiness, Personal Memoirs, Religious, Christianity / Anglican, Clergy
- Item Weight
- 8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith – Paperback By Taylor, Barbara Brown – GOOD
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060872632
ISBN-13
9780060872632
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57068243
Product Key Features
Book Title
Leaving Church : a Memoir of Faith
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Spirituality, Personal Growth / Happiness, Personal Memoirs, Religious, Christianity / Anglican, Clergy
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Religion, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Lovely . . . revealing . . . poignant. . . . I found in Taylor’s narrative a companionable voice…, Even without the collar, Barbara Brown Taylor is one of our most important spiritual writers today., “Taylor is a better writer than LaMott and a better theologian than Norris….she is the best there is.” (Living Church), A beautifully crafted memoir . . . a slice of courage in a world that too often refuses to admit vulnerability., Taylor describes doubt, faith and vocation, their limits, and how the church both blesses and muddies the waters., ‘…Taylor at her best, writing about congregational moments with such artistic grace and wit that we see them afresh? (Christian Century), Taylor is a better writer than LaMott and a better theologian than Norris. …she is the best there is., ‘A fiercely honest and gracious book about our primary vocation to be human.’ (Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, and author of Reimagining Christianity ), A beautifully crafted memoir . . . . There is a refreshing honesty . . . a slice of courage in a world that too often refuses to admit its vulnerability. . . . Leaving Church does not bash the church. It is a love story about letting go and learning to live with the mystery of what may happen next., …Taylor at her best, writing about congregational moments with such artistic grace and wit that we see them afresh
Dewey Decimal
283.092 B
Synopsis
“This beautiful book is rich with wit and humanness and honesty and loving detail….I cannot overstate how liberating and transforming I have found Leaving Church to be.” –Frederick Buechner, author of Beyond Words “This is an astonishing book. . . . Taylor is a better writer than LaMott and a better theologian than Norris. In a word, she is the best there is.” –Living Church Barbara Brown Taylor, once hailed as one of America’s most effective and beloved preachers, eloquently tells the moving and delightful story of her search to find an authentic way of being Christian–even when it meant giving up her pulpit., “This beautiful book is rich with wit and humanness and honesty and loving detail….I cannot overstate how liberating and transforming I have found Leaving Church to be.” –Frederick Buechner, author of Beyond Words “This is an astonishing book. . . . Taylor is a better writer than LaMott and a better theologian than Norris. In a word, she is the best there is.” — Living Church Barbara Brown Taylor, once hailed as one of America’s most effective and beloved preachers, eloquently tells the moving and delightful story of her search to find an authentic way of being Christian–even when it meant giving up her pulpit., In this moving reflection, a woman explores the tensions of her religious life–the struggle between the church she serves and her own personal relationship with God., By now I expected to be a seasoned parish minister, wearing black clergy shirts grown gray from frequent washing. I expected to love the children who hung on my legs after Sunday morning services until they grew up and had children of their own. I even expected to be buried wearing the same red vestments in which I was ordained. Today those vestments are hanging in the sacristy of an Anglican church in Kenya, my church pension is frozen, and I am as likely to spend Sunday mornings with friendly Quakers, Presbyterians, or Congregationalists as I am with the Episcopalians who remain my closest kin. Some-times I even keep the Sabbath with a cup of steaming Assam tea on my front porch, watching towhees vie for the highest perch in the poplar tree while God watches me. These days I earn my living teaching school, not leading worship, and while I still dream of opening a small restaurant in Clarkesville or volunteering at an eye clinic in Nepal, there is no guarantee that I will not run off with the circus before I am through. This is not the life I planned, or the life I recommend to others. But it is the life that has turned out to be mine, and the central revelation in it for me – that the call to serve God is first and last the call to be fully human – seems important enough to witness to on paper. This book is my attempt to do that. After nine years serving on the staff of a big urban church in Atlanta, Barbara Brown Taylor arrives in rural Clarkesville, Georgia (population 1,500), following her dream to become the pastor of her own small congregation. The adjustment from city life to country dweller is something of a shock – Taylor is one of the only professional women in the community – but small-town life offers many of its own unique joys. Taylor has five successful years that see significant growth in the church she serves, but ultimately she finds herself experiencing “compassion fatigue” and wonders what exactly God has called her to do. She realizes that in order to keep her faith she may have to leave. Taylor describes a rich spiritual journey in which God has given her more questions than answers. As she becomes part of the flock instead of the shepherd, she describes her poignant and sincere struggle to regain her footing in the world without her defining collar. Taylor’s realization that this may in fact be God’s surprising path for her leads her to a refreshing search to find Him in new places. Leaving Church will remind even the most skeptical among us that life is about both disappointment and hope – and ultimately, renewal., One of America’s most renowned and beloved preachers tells the moving story of how she searched for her own authentic way of keeping faith–even when it meant giving up her pulpit.
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