Critical Issues in the Light of Faith
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A Geography of Faith
January 11, 2009 10:10 AM
As we start the new Forum season, join Cathedral Dean Sam Lloyd and popular author and Episcopal priest the Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor, who will also be featured as guest preacher at the 11:15 am Holy Eucharist as part of the Cathedral’s Celebration of American Preaching series. The esteemed writer explores the ways that we encounter God in the everyday, drawn from her forthcoming book, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
Barbara Brown Taylor is a popular author, an Episcopal priest, and the Harry R. Butman Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Piedmont College in northeast Georgia. The author of eleven books, including When God is Silent and the award-winning memoir Leaving Church, Taylor is a frequent lecturer and preacher at seminaries and churches around the country. Her newest book, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith, will be published in February 2009.
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- Learn more about the Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor and order her books »
- Watch and/or read a profile of the Rev. Brown Taylor on PBS’ Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly »
- Read or listen to some of the Rev. Brown Taylor’s sermons at explorefaith.org »
- Listen to an NPR interview with the Rev. Brown Taylor about her decision to leave full-time pastoral ministry and the resulting book, Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith »
- Watch a short beliefnet video of the Rev. Brown Taylor discussing finding inspiration from scripture in difficult times »
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Finding Peace in a Global Storm: St. Paul Speaks to a Troubled Time—Facing the Overwhelming
January 25 10:10 AM
Dean Sam Lloyd explores one of the most remarkable letters ever written–Paul’s Letter to the Philippians (Session 1of 2)