Featured Event: Barbara Brown Taylor
September 27, 2009 - 7:00 P.M.
Barbara Brown Taylor teaches religion at Piedmont College in rural northeast Georgia and is an adjunct professor or spirituality at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur. She is the author of twelve books, including An Altar in the World, published by HarperOne in February 2009. Her first memoir, Leaving Church, met with widespread critical acclaim, winning a 2006 Author of the Year award from the Georgia Writers Association. An at-large editor for The Christian Century and sometime commentator on Georgia Public Radio, Taylor lives on a working farm with her husband Ed and a wide variety of creatures.
The Rev. Dr. Taylor, an ordained clergy woman, earned a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School and a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Emory University. She is also the recipient of eight honorary doctorates including Wake Forest University in 2006, The University of the South, Colgate University and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale among others.
September 25, 2009 -- 7:30 - 9:00 P.M.
The Rev. Dr. Taylor will also be presenting a public lecture on Friday night, September 25, in Wait Chapel.
A book signing event will also be scheduled.
History of Worship in Wait
Construction on the Wake Forest University campus in Winston-Salem began with the chapel: not only the architectural focal point of the campus but also as the center of student life. The University wants you to be part of a series of worship services that brings a variety of distinguished preachers from diverse traditions to this grand space. Worship in Wait includes preachers recognized for their work as pastors, teachers, and writers, each a skilled analyst of faith and reason in the public square. The series will respond to contemporary issues within the context of ecumenical worship. Worship in Wait offers an opportunity for students and others to hear the world's great preachers, to tackle the mysteries of faith and reason that make college life engaging, and to be in the presence of God and each other.
Information about each of the upcoming Worship in Wait services can be found through the menu to the left. Worship in Wait is co-sponsored by the Office of the President, the Divinity School, and the Office of the Chaplain.