| Parent company | Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1970 |
| Founder | Miguel D'Escoto and Philip J. Scharper |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Maryknoll, New York |
| Distribution | self-distributed (U.S.) Novalis (Canada) Alban Books (U.K.) Garratt Publishing (Australia) Claretian Communications (Philippines) St. Paul's India (India) Pleroma Christian Supplies (New Zealand) KCBS (Korea)[1] |
| Key people | Robert Ellsberg, Publisher |
| Official website | www |
Orbis Books is an American imprint of the Maryknoll order. It has been a small but influential publisher of liberation theology works. It was founded by Nicaraguan Maryknoll priest Miguel D'Escoto with Philip J. Scharper in 1970. Its editor-in-chief is Robert Ellsberg.
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Major works
It was the first to publish Gustavo Gutiérrez's A Theology of Liberation in the United States. It also published Ernesto Cardenal's The Gospel in Solentiname, and Richard Millett's Guardians of the Dynasty, a study of Nicaragua's National Guard. In 1976, they became the first publisher of future anti-apartheid activist Allan Boesak. It published Sebastian Kappen's Jesus and Freedom in 1977. In the 1980s, they carried titles by Daniel Berrigan and Phillip Berryman. Later authors include Haiti's Jean-Bertrand Aristide, South African missiologist David Bosch and 2007 Catholic Press Association prize winner Jens Söring.[2] Orbis also published Walter Wink's Peace is the Way, an anthology of writings on nonviolence by the U.S. branch of the Fellowship of Reconciliation.[3]
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References
- ^ "international-distributors". Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ Jens Soering: The Convict Christ: What the Gospel Says About Criminal Justice book review
- ^ Dan Buchanan, "Peace is the Way: Writings on Nonviolence from the Fellowship of Reconciliation (Review)". Sojourners Magazine. January 1, 2001
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