Orbis Books
{{about||Orbis Books (London)|Jerzy Kulczycki}}
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| parent = Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
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| founded = 1970
| founder = Miguel D'Escoto and Philip J. Scharper
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| country = United States
| headquarters = 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)
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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.
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.[http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/books.php?id=15525 Jens Soering: The Convict Christ: What the Gospel Says About Criminal Justice book review] 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.Dan Buchanan, "Peace is the Way: Writings on Nonviolence from the Fellowship of Reconciliation (Review)". Sojourners Magazine. January 1, 2001
External links
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References
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Category:Christian publishing companies
Category:Publishing companies established in 1970
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