EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
TICKLE, INC.
Memphis, Tennessee
President – 1976 – 2015
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY,
New York, New York
Contributing Editor in Religion – 1996-2004
Religion Editor – 1992 to 1996 (Ret.)
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY RELIGION BOOKLINE,
Editor-at-Large – 1995 to 1996 (op)
TRADE PUBLISHING GROUP, THE WIMMER COMPANIES,
Memphis, Tennessee
Director Emerita – 1992
Director – 1989 to 1992
PEACHTREE PUBLISHERS, LTD.,
Atlanta, Georgia
Senior Editor – 1987 to 1989
ST. LUKE’S PRESS,
Memphis, Tennessee
Senior Editor – 1982 to 1987
Managing Editor – 1975 to 1982
MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART,
Memphis, Tennessee
Poet In Residence – 1977 to 1987
CUMBERLAND VALLEY WRITERS CONFERENCE,
Nashville, Tennessee
Poetry Coordinator – 1977 to 1982
THE MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART,
Memphis, Tennessee
Dean of Humanities – 1965 to 1971
Instructor – 1962 to 1965
RHODES COLLEGE,
Memphis, Tennessee
Lecturer – 1962 to 1965
FURMAN UNIVERSITY,
Greenville, South Carolina
Instructor – 1961 to 1962
Fellow of the University – 1959 to 1961
MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOLS,
Memphis, Tennessee
Teacher – 1955 to 1957
EDUCATION
Doctor of Humane Letters
North Park University, Chicago, Illinois – 2009
Doctor of Humane Letters, Berkeley School of Divinity
at Yale University, New Haven, CT – 2004
M.A., Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina – 1961
B.A., East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee – 1955
Shorter College, Rome, Georgia – 1951 to 1954
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Age of the Spirit: How the Ghost of an Ancient Controversy is Shaping the Church
Phyllis Tickle with Jon M. Sweeney
December, 2013 – Baker Books
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Emergence Christianity – What It Is, Where It Is Going, and Why It Matters
Phyllis Tickle
September, 2012 – Baker Books
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Embracing Emergence Christianity – Six-Session DVD
Phyllis Tickle with Tim Scorer
June, 2011 – Church Publishing Corp.
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The Great Emergence – How Christianity is Changing and Why
The Great Emergence – How Christianity is Changing and Why
Phyllis Tickle
October, 2008 – emersion, an imprint of Baker Books
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The Words of Jesus – A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord with Reflections by Phyllis Tickle
February, 2008 – Jossey-Bass Publishers
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The “Seven Ancient Practices” Series, Phyllis Tickle, General Editor
2008 – Thomas Nelson, Publishers
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This Is What I Pray Today – The Divine Hours for Children
October, 2007 – Dutton for Young Readers
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The Pocket Edition of – The Divine Hours
May, 2007 – Oxford University Press
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The Night Office – Prayers for the Hours from Sunset to Sunrise
November 6, 2006 – Oxford University Press
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Prayer Is A Place – America’s Religious Landscape Observed
(June, 2005) – Doubleday
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Greed
April 2004 – Oxford University Press
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The Graces We Remember
April 2004 – Loyola Press
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Wisdom in the Waiting
January 2004 – Loyola Press
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Eastertide – Prayers for Lent and Easter from The Divine Hours
January 2004 – Galilee/Doubleday
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What the Land Already Knows
October, 2003 – Loyola Press
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Christmastide – Prayers for Advent through Epiphany from The Divine Hours
September 2003 – Galilee/Doubleday
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A Stitch and A Prayer
September, 2003 – Paraclete Press
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The Divine Hours: Prayers for Springtime*,
October 2001 – Doubleday
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The Shaping of A Life – A Spiritual Landscape,
April 2001 – Doubleday
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The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime*,
September 2000 – Doubleday
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The Divine Hours: Prayers for Summertime*,
March 2000 – Doubleday
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God-Talk In America,
Crossroad – 1997 (hard cover); Paperback edition, Crossroad – September 1998
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A Reader’s Companion to Crossing the Threshold of Hope,
Contributor; Charla Honea, Editor, Paraclete Press, 1996*
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HomeWorks,
General Editor, University of Tennessee Press – 1996
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My Father’s Prayer: A Remembrance*,
Upper Room Books – 1995
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Re-Discovering the Sacred: Spirituality in America,
Crossroads -1995
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365 More Meditations for Women,
Contributor, Abingdon Press – 1992
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Confessing Conscience: Churched Women on Abortion,
General Editor and Contributor, Abingdon Press – 1990
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365 Meditations for Women,
Contributor, Abingdon Press – 1990
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The Tickle Papers*,
Abingdon Press – 1989
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Ordinary Time: Stories of the Days Between Ascensiontide and Advent*,
Upper Room Books – 1988
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What the Heart Already Knows: Stories for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany*,
Upper Room Books – 1985
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* All books listed are available from your local bookseller, Amazon.com, or the publisher. Book titles that have an asterisk are available as well from ParacletePress.com. In general, single pieces like essays, podcasts, pieces of commentary, contributions to larger collections etc., while too numerous to list here, may be located by web search. Should more material be needed, Tickle’s complete papers are archived at the Livingston Library, Shorter University,
Attn: Dean of Library Services, Rome, Georgia.
BIOGRAPHICAL LISTINGS
Who’s Who in America (Marquis)
Who’s Who in the World (Marquis)
Who’s Who in Entertainment (Marquis)
Who’s Who in the U.S.: Writers, Editors and Poets
Contemporary Authors
Poets and Writers
World’s Who’s Who of Women
Who’s Who in the South and Southeast (Marquis)
Episcopal Lay-Leadership Directory
Directory of International Biographies
The International Authors and Writers Who’s Who
Who’s Who in Young Women – 1966
A Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers
RELATED ACTIVITIES/CURRENT
Advisor, Abbey of Hope
Advisory Board, The Front Porch
National Advisory Board, The Buechner Institute
Advisory Board, Center Quest
National Advisory Board, The Center for Biblical Studies
National Advisory Board, Religion News Service
Editorial Board, Humanities Tennessee
Board of Advice, Episcopal Booksellers Association
Advisory Committee, Campaign for Westar
Contributing Editor, Parabola Magazine
Editorial Board, Paraclete Press
Board of Advisors, The Mary Baker Eddy Library, emerita
Board of Editorial Advisors, Blue Bridge Publishers
Lay Eucharistic Minister and lector in the Episcopal Church
Religion Newswriters Association
PRIOR
Board, Vibrant Faith Ministries
Board of Advisors, “Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly” (PBS)
Member, The Canterbury Roundtable
Editorial Board, explorefaith.org
Board of Advisors, The D. L. Dykes, Jr. Foundation
Board of Advisors, The Christy Awards
Executive Board, Forward Movement Publications
Board of Directors, Iris Press
Board of Advisors, Graduate Program in Media & Religion, Loyola College in Maryland
Board of Advisors, Garrett-Medill Center for Religion and the News Media
Board of Advisors, CrossPoint Magazine
Tennessee Bicentennial Capitol Mall Advisory Panel
Academy of Christian Editors
Board of Advisors, Servant Publications (1997 – 2003)
Editorial Board, Diocese (Episcopal) of West Tennessee (1985 – 1999)
Tennessee Humanities Council (1988 to 1992), Executive Board (1989 to 1992)
Literary Panel, Tennessee Arts Commission (1978 to 1982 and 1989 to 1994), Chair (1991,1992)
Artist-In-Education Panel, Tennessee Arts Commission (1988 to 1990), Chair (1990)
Publishers Association of the South, Founding Chair (1985, 1986), Executive Board (1986 to 1991)
Southeastern Booksellers Association, Executive Board (1986 to 1991)
South-Central Booksellers Association, Executive Board (1985 to 1989)
Tennessee Literary Arts Association (1981- ), President (1984, 1985)
Arts and Humanities Task Force – Tennessee Humanities Council/Tennessee ArtsCommission (1982 to 1984)
OTHER
Author of the Year, The Logos Bookstores – 2015
The Christy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award – 2007
Alumni Award of Honor, East Tennessee State University – 2006.
Distinguished Alumna of the Year – Shorter College – 1997
Recipient, The Mays Award for lifetime contribution to “focusing needed worldwide attention to the specialized area of religion within publishing.” Publishers Association of the South – 1996
Individual Artist’s Fellowship in Literature, Tennessee Arts Commission – 1984
Polly Bond Award for Excellence in Spirituality Writing – 1983 – Episcopal Communicators