Barbara Brown Taylor, an Episcopal priest and professor of religion at Piedmont College, will preach the Baccalaureate sermon at 3 p.m., Friday, May 19 at Elon University.
Taylor spent 15 years in parish ministry before moving into full-time teaching in 1997. She has lectured on preaching and has preached at churches across the country, earning a place on Baylor University’s 1995 list of the 12 most effective preachers in the English language.
A columnist for The Christian Century and commentator for Georgia Public Radio, Taylor is the author of ten books, including “When God Is Silent” and “Home By Another Way.” Her most recent book, “Leaving Church,” is a vocational memoir due out in 2006.
Taylor graduated from Emory University in 1973 and Yale Divinity School in 1976.
Elon’s 116th commencement exercises are scheduled for 9:30 a.m., Saturday, May 20 Under the Oaks in front of West Residence Hall on the Elon campus.
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