Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith - Softcover

"An Episcopal priest renowned for her eloquent sermons turns her talents to memoir..."--Atlanta Journal Constitution

"Such is the power of Brown Taylor's prose...and her humanity that this story becomes one of hope."--Columbus Dispatch

"Told with insight, humor and compassion."--The Columbus Post Dispatch

"A wonderfully gifted Christian writer and speaker."--Kansas City Star

"This memoir [...] is full of surprises[...] In her renewal is our own."--Peter J. Gomes, Harvard University

"Taylor is a better writer than LaMott and a better theologian than Norris. ...she is the best there is."--Living Church

"Lovely . . . revealing . . . poignant. . . . I found in Taylor's narrative a companionable voice..."--Garret Keizer in Books & Culture

"Even without the collar, Barbara Brown Taylor is one of our most important spiritual writers today."--ExploreFaith

"I love this book . . . . Her beautiful, absorbing memoir will bless countless readers..."--Lauren Winner, The Dallas Morning News

"This new memoir is among the summer's best books..."--Detroit Free Press

A leading female preacher chronicles her personal odyssey of faith and the tensions of her religious life, a conflict that leads her to leave the church in order to maintain her relationship with God and that takes her on an unexpected path of belief. Reprint.