Phyllis Tickle | |
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| Born | Phyllis Natalie Alexander March 12, 1934 Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | September 22, 2015 (aged 81) Millington, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Author, lecturer |
| Years active | 1972–2015 |
| Spouse(s) |
Samuel Tickle, Sr. (m. 1955) |
| Children | Seven |
Phyllis Natalie Tickle (née Alexander; March 12, 1934 – September 22, 2015) was an American author and lecturer whose work focuses on spirituality and religion issues. After serving as a teacher, professor, and academic dean, Tickle entered the publishing industry, serving as the founding editor of the religion department at Publishers Weekly, before then becoming a popular writer. She is well known as a leading voice in the emergence church movement. She is perhaps best known for The Divine Hours series of books, published by Doubleday Press, and her book The Great Emergence- How Christianity Is Changing and Why. Tickle was a member of the Episcopal Church, where she was licensed as both a lector and a lay eucharistic minister. She has been widely quoted by many media outlets, including Newsweek, Time, Life, The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, C-SPAN, PBS, The History Channel, the BBC and VOA.[1] It has been said that "Over the past generation, no one has written more deeply and spoken more widely about the contours of American faith and spirituality than Phyllis Tickle."[2]
- ^ "explore faith : Phyllis Tickle". explorefaith.org.
- ^ "Author Phyllis Tickle faces death just as she enjoyed life" David Gibson, Religion News Service; May 22, 2015