Ep 90 - Barbara Brown Taylor ”Holy Envy”

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2019

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Guest Info/Bio: And we’re back! We’ve been sitting on this one for a little while now and couldn't wait to get it out to all of you. This week we welcome Dr. Barbara Brown Taylor! Barbara is a best-selling author, teacher, and Episcopal priest. Her first memoir, Leaving Church, won an Author of the Year award from the Georgia Writers Association in 2006. Her next two books, An Altar in the World (2010) and Learning To Walk in the Dark (2015), earned places on the New York Times bestseller list. She has served on faculties of Piedmont College, Columbia Theological Seminary, Candler School of Theology at Emory University, McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University, and the Certificate in Theological Studies program at Arrendale State Prison for Women in Alto, Georgia. In 2014 TIME included her on its annual list of Most Influential People; in 2015 she was named Georgia Woman of the Year; in 2016 she received the President’s Medal at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. (Selected) Guest Publications: When God is Silent; Home By Another Way; Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith; An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith; Learning to Walk in the Dark; and Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others Guest Social Media: www.barbarabrowntaylor.com Facebook: @barbarabrowntaylor Special Music By: Remedy Drive www.remedydrive.com Twitter: @RemedyDrive Facebook: @remedydrive Instagram: @remedydrive Enjoy the music? Songs heard on this episode were: “Disappear, Brighter Than Apathy, and Warlike” from the album, The North Star and the song, “Guide You Home” from the album, Hope’s Not Giving Up. You can find Remedy Drive’s music on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, or anywhere good music is found. This episode of the Deconstructionist’s Podcast was edited by John Williamson. It was mixed and produced by THE Nicholas Rowe at National Audio Preservation Society: A full service recording studio and creative habitat, located in Heath, Ohio. Find them on Facebook and Twitter or visit their website for more information. www.nationalaudiopreservationsociety.weebly.com www.facebook.com/nationalaudiopreservationsociety Twitter: @napsrecording Stay on top of all the latest at www.thedeconstructionists.com! Go there to read our blog, snag a t-shirt, follow us on social media, or join our Patreon family! Website by Ryan Battles All photos by Jared Hevron Logos designed by Joseph Ernst & Stephen Pflug. T-Shirt designs by Joseph Ernst, Chad Flannigan, Colin Rigsby, and Jason Turner. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-deconstructionists/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:30.1	But I also love the minority theme. You know, I call it sometimes the lunar theme and the Bible,
0:36.0	which is God's care for the stranger and the sojourner and the resident alien.
0:44.6	Torah is so huge on that.
0:48.3	You know, that, yes, you're called to love the neighbor, but as Rabbi Jonathan Sacks pointed out to me, that shows up one in Torah,
0:55.5	and there are, you know, more than 30 commands to love the stranger to remind us that
1:00.2	the stranger and I are both alike before the Lord. And I think, you know, the Christian,
1:06.7	New Testament has got its own version of that as well. As you said, in many of the activities of Jesus, and yet we kind of baptize all the characters
1:15.8	who come into his stories and forget that they went back home by another way and, you know,
1:21.0	didn't stay to become part of the Christian community in wherever he was.
1:25.9	So I love the lunar theme, the minority thing,
1:29.6	that goes through these texts,
1:31.0	these sacred texts that always make room
1:33.3	for those who don't belong to them,
1:35.2	who are not, you know,
1:37.1	who don't worship at that altar.
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