Barbara Brown Tayloris anEpiscopalpriest, professor, author, and theologian and is one of the best-known preachers in the United States.In 2014, TIME included her on its annual list of Most Influential People; in 2015, she was named Georgia Woman of the Year; in 2018, she was named one of the world's twelve most effective preachers in a landmark survey of clergy by Baylor University. She is the author of many books, includingNew York TimesbestsellersLeaving Church,An Altar in the World, andHoly Envy.