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JESUS
A Gospel
Henri Nouwen
Edited with an Introduction by Michael O’Laughlin
Illustrations by Rembrandt
First Place Winner, Catholic Press Association
Now in paperback, Henri Nouwen invites us to
rediscover the gospel story with new eyes.
“Just as Jesus mysteriously touched Henri Nouwen’s life, in Jesus: A Gospel, Henri can enable the
spirit of God to touch us in a deep way.”—Robert
J. Wicks
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eloved spiritual writer Henri Nouwen
is our guide in this unique retelling of
the gospel story. Seamlessly woven
from his many writings, and beautifully illustrated with Rembrandt drawings, Jesus: A
Gospel juxtaposes gospel texts with Nouwen’s own reflections on the life of Jesus.
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As Michael O’Laughlin notes in his introduction, “What the early church called ‘the good
news’ was often communicated by one person reaching out to another. . . .This is what
Henri Nouwen did. He was a teacher, a man
sent from God, and his ministry was to show
people what God is doing in the world and
how we might respond.”
Henri Nouwen, who died in 1996, was a
Dutch priest and one of the most popular
Catholic spiritual writers in the world. His
Orbis publications include Adam: God’s Beloved, With Burning Hearts, Peacework, The
Road to Peace, and The Selfless Way of Christ.
Michael O’Laughlin has received advanced
degrees in theology from Harvard and Oxford Universities. While at Harvard he was
Henri Nouwen’s teaching assistant. His other
books include Henri Nouwen: His Life and Vision and God’s Beloved: Henri Nouwen, both
from Orbis.
A Letter from the Publisher
Our spring list is pretty much what you would expect to
find from Orbis: some of the most exciting and prophetic
spiritual authors and theologians writing on the crucial
intersection between faith and the needs of the world. For
example: biographies of Archbishop Oscar Romero, and
the great spiritual teacher Anthony de Mello (see pp. 22
and 12); Henri Nouwen’s journey through the life of Jesus
(inside cover), and Joan Chittister’s reflections on the seasons of life (p. 2). Thomas Merton’s selected essays cover
everything from nuclear war and Native American spirituality, to Zen and the Desert Fathers (p. 23), while Donald Cozzens offers searching reflections on the challenges of faith in a wintry time (p. 3). Other titles include an original
book by Fr. Joe Girzone on the end of suffering (p. 9), Ilia Delio’s conclusion to her trilogy on the meaning of the gospel in an evolutionary perspective (p. 3), and Ken Himes
on the relationship between Christianity and politics (p. 25). And, as you would expect,
there is a smattering of the most significant theological voices of our time: James H.
Cone (p. 19), Raimon Panikkar (p. 30), Robert McAfee Brown (p. 11), Margaret Farley (p.
17), and Ignacio Ellacuría (p. 27).
In other words—a pretty typical Orbis list. We hope it brings light to your Spring!
Blessings,
Robert Ellsberg
Publisher
CONTENTS
Anthony deMello
Believing
Christianity and the Political Order
Common Sense Faith
Connecting with God
The Cross and the Lynching Tree
The End of Suffering
For Everything a Season
The Gift of Misson
The Good Bishop
The Gospel of Rutba
The Homeless Bishop
Honoring the Void
Ignacio Ellacuría
In Quest of the Jewish Mary
Jesus: A Gospel
Modern Spiritual Masters Series
Monseñor Romero
Notes from the Underground
Personal Commitment
Robert McAfee Brown
The Pope and I
The Rhythm of Being
Suffering and the Christian Life
Theology in Global Perspective Series
Thomas Merton: Selected Essays
Translating Religion
The True Cost of Low Prices
The Unbearable Wholeness of Being
Visions of Hope
A Worldwide Heart
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deMello _______________________ 12
Kennedy________________________ 6
Himes ________________________ 25
Brennan ________________________ 4
O’Malley _______________________ 5
Cone __________________________ 19
Girzone __________________________9
Chittister __________________________2
Kroeger _______________________________ 28
Theroux ________________________ 13
Barrett _________________________ 18
Girzone ___________________________8
Veneroso ________________________ 21
Lee____________________________ 27
Athans _________________________ 14
Nouwen ___________ inside front cover
______________________________ 10
López Vigil _______________________ 22
Cozzens __________________________3
Farley __________________________ 17
Crowley ________________________ 11
Kluger__________________________ 15
Panikkar ________________________ 30
Miller __________________________ 31
______________________________ 24
O’Connell _______________________ 23
Doak & Houck ____________________ 32
Korgen & Gallagher _________________ 16
Delio ____________________________7
Ahern __________________________ 26
Hurteau ________________________ 29
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FOR EVERYTHING A SEASON
Joan Chittister
A leading spiritual writer provides deep insight
into some of the best-known verses of the Bible.
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hrough the famous verses of Ecclesiastes—“For everything there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under
heaven”—Joan Chittister reflects on timeless
themes: the purpose and value of human life,
the balance of joy and sorrow, work and rest,
love and loss.
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ILLUMINATED LIFE
Monastic Wisdom for Seekers
of Light
$16 softcover
ISBN 978-1-57075-878-2
In meditating on the contrasting seasons of
our lives, Chittister shows how human fulfillment and true happiness come, not from
getting and having more and more, but from
knowing and valuing what we have. Friendship and laughter, patience and sorrow, humility and compassion, from birth through
death—all these are God’s gifts to us, the
precious moments of life itself. These moments speak to us: “Look at life once more
and where you have been blinded, see, and
where you have become numb to the point
of the senseless, the dead of heart, now glory.”
Joan Chittister, a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Pennsylvania, is a bestselling author and well-known lecturer on
topics of justice, women’s issues, and contemporary spirituality. A past president of
the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, she currently serves as co-chair of the
Global Peace Initiative of Women, a partner
organization of the United Nations. She is
the author of 45 books, including The Gift of
Years (Bluebridge, 2010) and Following the
Path (Image, 2012). Her Orbis books include
Illuminated Life, The Ten Commandments,
and The Way We Were.
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NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
The Spiritual Journal of a Secular Priest
Donald Cozzens
The best-selling author uncovers the profound
spiritual riches buried beneath a church rocked
by scandal and doubt.
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n this, his most prophetic and personal
book, Father Donald Cozzens calls attention to a vast “underground” church
whose heart is beating for change and renewal. This church is “a pilgrim people who believe that the Holy Spirit is loose in the world
and whose rumors of wisdom might be
found in any of God’s people as well as in
their ordained leaders.”
As Cozzens writes, this is “a church that
wants to be simply adult—a church not of
children or adolescents hesitant to think and
reflect on the lessons of human experience. . . .
A church closer to the spirit of Yves Congar
and Teilhard de Chardin, to Dorothy Day
and Mother Teresa, a church in step with the
spirit of the gospel.”
Sure to be widely debated and discussed,
Notes from the Underground is a cry of the
heart from a priest who loves his church and
has a radical vision, grounded in tradition, for
opening its doors to healing grace—before it
is too late.
Former rector of St. Mary’s Seminary and
Graduate School of Theology in the archdiocese of Cleveland, Ohio, Donald Cozzens is
currently writer in residence at John Carroll
University where he teaches in the Religious
Studies Department. Author of two awardwinning books, Sacred Silence: Denial and the
Crisis in the Church (Liturgical Press, 2001)
and The Changing Face of the Priesthood (Liturgical Press, 2000) he has appeared on
“Meet the Press” and has been interviewed on
“Fresh Air,” “All Things Considered,” The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC radio
and television, and CNN.
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COMMON SENSE FAITH
Patrick J. Brennan
This popular presentation of the Catholic faith by
a leading Catholic evangelist explores how to live
spiritually in an ever more complex world.
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eflecting on his own life and the world
around him, Father Patrick Brennan offers readers profound truths about our
lives as Catholics today. Focusing on the foundations of faith, his questions are universal:
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What teachings of Jesus can inspire
us to overcome difficult times?
How can average Christians
apply mercy and justice in their
everyday lives?
Can someone disagree with certain
teachings of the church and still be
a faithful Catholic?
Why is forgiveness essential
to freedom?
What is effective prayer?
What does it mean to be holy?
Addressing these questions and many more,
Fr. Brennan helps us see how our faith can
make clear what matters most in our lives
and the lives of those we love.
Patrick J. Brennan is founder and director of
the National Center for Evangelization and
Parish Renewal located in Chicago. He has
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PATRICK J. BRENNAN authored more than 15 books, articles and
audio series, including The Mission Driven
Parish (Orbis, 2007). He also produces “Horizons,” a weekly radio and cable TV program.
THE MISSION DRIVEN
PARISH
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CONNECTING WITH GOD
Prayers for Those Who Have Yet to Find the Words
William J. O’Malley
From the well-known spiritual writer, a full year’s
worth of weekly “conversation starters” to help
readers be still and know God.
H
ere is a prayer resource especially
helpful for times when “words fail
us.” These 52 weeks of prayers and
reflections are designed to still our minds
and open our hearts to the presence of Love
and the Wisdom that is our source and sustainer.
Connecting with God is a one-of-a-kind armchair reader that can be used day after day
and year after year.
William J. O’Malley, S.J., has published more
than 30 books on spirituality and Christian
living, including these titles from Orbis: Holiness (2008), Help My Unbelief (2008), and The
Wow Factor (2011). After many years teaching at Fordham Prep in New York City. Fr.
O’Malley now lives and teaches in Washington state.
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THE WOW FACTOR
Bringing Catholic Faith to Life
ISBN 1-978-57075-927-7
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HELP MY UNBELIEF
ISBN 1-978-57075-803-4
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BELIEVING
Eugene Kennedy
This timely new edition of a classic work explores
why everyone believes in something, and how the
language of belief makes the difference in what
human beings value and how we live.
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his candid exploration of belief transcends the current arguments between
atheists and people of faith to show
that it is in our nature to believe and that the
key to understanding our reason for being is
not what we believe about but what we believe in. A renowned psychologist and person
of faith, Eugene Kennedy demonstrates that
sincere seeking and believing are one, and
that authentic faith comes from getting at
the truth of what we believe in ourselves. Applying these principles to his own life and
that of others, Kennedy articulates his own
Christian beliefs in words that make sense for
seekers of all faiths and none.
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FAITH
What It Is and What It Is Not
Terrence W. Tilley
“A worthy successor to Paul Tillich’s The
Dynamics of Faith.”—Dermot A. Lane
ISBN 978-1-57075-879-9
$22 softcover
Believing is a grounded, original formulation
of religious faith for those who doubt as well
as those who want to better understand
their own spiritual tradition.
“A wise and provocative analysis, [Believing]
cannot be read in a hurry. . . . The reader will
be rewarded with a wider vision and a better
understanding of the heart of Christian life.”
—The Living Church
An American psychologist, bestselling author
and columnist, Eugene Kennedy is professor
emeritus of Loyola University Chicago. He
has written more than 50 books on psychology, religion, and the Catholic church, as well
as three novels. A former columnist for the
Religion News Service, he currently writes a
regular column and blog for the National
Catholic Reporter.
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THE UNBEARABLE WHOLENESS OF BEING
God, Evolution, and the Power of Love
Ilia Delio
A quantum leap in our understanding of the universe — one that reveals the emerging consciousness that is active in every part and how every part
participates in the good of the whole.
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he award-winning author of Christ in Evolution and The Emergent Christ breaks new
ground with this capstone in a trilogy that
explores the meaning of Christian theology in
light of the scientific discoveries of our age. Like
Teilhard de Chardin and Thomas Berry, Delio
opens our eyes to the omni-active, all-powerful,
all-intelligent Love that forms and guides the
interrelatedness and interbeing of everything
and everyone—ourselves included.
As Delio writes, “We all have a part to play in
this unfolding Love; we are wholes within
wholes; persons within persons; religions within religions. We are one body and we seek one
mind and heart so that the whole may become
more whole, more personal and unified in love
This is our Christian vocation, to live in the
Christ who is rising up from the ashes of death
to become for us the God of the future.”
Ilia Delio, OSF, is Senior Fellow in Science and
Religion at Woodstock Theological Center,
Georgetown University, and is the winner of a
Templeton Course Award in Science and Religion. She is author of two previous books with
Orbis, Christ in Evolution (2008) and The Emergent Christ (2011), which won a Catholic Press
Association book award.
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THE EMERGENT CHRIST
CHRIST IN EVOLUTION
Exploring the Meaning of Catholic
in an Evolutionary Universe
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THE HOMELESS BISHOP
A Novel
Joseph F. Girzone
Now in paperback: the surprising new novel from
Joseph Girzone that “should win him a new generation of readers.” —Library Journal
W
hat if a brilliant young Italian bishop
came to New York to live as a homeless beggar to better understand
why Jesus so loved the poor? What adventures
would he get into? What would he learn? How
would he change the church?
“The Homeless Bishop is a ‘what-if’ novel that
you won’t be able to put down! If you love the
church but have grown tired of too many scandals, then Carlo, aka Charlie, the homeless bishop, will show you a way of being church that is
exhilarating, tender, compassionate, and, best
of all, possible.” —Michael Leach, author, Why
Stay Catholic?
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“If you enjoyed the bestselling Joshua stories,
you are going to love Joseph Girzone’s new
hero Carlo in The Homeless Bishop!” —Phyllis
Tickle, author, The Great Emergence
“A wonderful novel! I strongly recommend it to
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JESUS
A New Understanding of God’s Son
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THE WISDOM OF
HIS COMPASSION
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THE END OF SUFFERING
Joseph F. Girzone
From the bestselling author of the Joshua series,
here is an original book of hope and inspiration
for anyone who suffers, and that is all of us.
S
uffering is inescapable, but does it have
any purpose? How can we get through
our suffering, and what can we learn
from it? What does Jesus teach us, and how
can we let him help us transcend our suffering?
Filled with true stories, The End of Suffering
offers practical wisdom for anyone who suffers from
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ABUSE
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LOW SELF-ESTEEM
ANXIETY AND FEAR
“As difficult a problem as suffering is for us to
understand,” writes Fr. Girzone, “this book is
a modest attempt to try to help myself as
well as others to approach this impossible
phenomenon in a way in which we can at
least see some beneficial and positive purposes flowing from our suffering.”
Joseph F. Girzone, a retired priest, is the New
York Times bestselling author of the Joshua
series with more than 3 million books sold.
He lives in upstate New York where he runs
retreats at The Joshua Mountain Foundation:
www.joshuamountain.org
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LIFE IS HARD BUT GOD IS GOOD
Adele Gonzalez
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Anthony de Mello
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ROBERT MCAFEE BROWN
Spiritual & Prophetic Writings
Selected with an Introduction by Paul Crowley
Foreword by Judith Dunbar
Essential writings from one of America’s outstanding sources of prophetic theology.
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obert McAfee Brown (1920-2001), an
American Presbyterian, was a master
theologian, a spiritual guide, and an
engaged activist, whose long career reflected
many of the critical movements and concerns of the twentieth century. As an official
Protestant observer at the Second Vatican
Council, he was an influential figure in the
ecumenical movement. But his concerns
ranged widely over the intersection between
faith and the issues of his time: the Holocaust
and Jewish-Christian relations; the Civil
Rights movement and race relations; the
emergence of Latin American liberation theology; the Vietnam War and the struggle for
peace in Central America; and the changing
shape of global theology. Overall, his work
represented a prophetic style of public theology in which faith and practice, prayer and
action, words and deeds, and religion and
politics came full circle.
Drawing on previously uncollected material
and with a helpful introduction this volume
presents an essential guide to Brown’s work
and a message that remains as timely and
challenging as ever.
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Paul Crowley is a Jesuit priest and professor
of religious studies at Santa Clara University.
His books include Unwanted Wisdom: Suffering, the Cross, and Hope (Continuum, 2005).
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ANTHONY deMELLO
The Happy Wanderer
Bill deMello
A unique and loving account of the life and message of a great spiritual teacher by his younger
brother.
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nthony deMello, an Indian Jesuit who
died in 1987, was among the most
popular and influential spiritual teachers of our time. Through his books and retreats
he achieved a world-wide following that has
only continued to grow in recent years. But
who was Anthony deMello? What were the
sources that nourished his spiritual development?
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In this timely biography, Bill deMello, Tony’s
younger brother, provides an honest and intimate portrait. Beginning with his early life
in India and his formation as a Jesuit, we follow deMello’s gradual refinement of a new
approach to Christian spirituality that integrated eastern and western sources. While
acknowledging that his own appreciation of
Tony’s message began only after his death,
Bill manages to convey that message—an invitation to awaken to the experience of God
in daily life—and the impact it has had on
countless people.
For all those who have treasured Anthony
deMello’s writings and wisdom, this longawaited biography will be a great gift.
ALSO OF INTEREST Bill deMello is a perfumer by trade and runs
a small company with his son in Sydney,
Australia.
Anthony deMello
Selected Writings
Edited with an Introduction
by William Dych, S.J.
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THE GOOD BISHOP
The Life of Walter F. Sullivan
Phyllis Theroux
An inspiring portrait of an American bishop renowned for his qualities as a pastor, a leader, and
a human being.
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alter F. Sullivan retired in 2003 after twenty-nine years as bishop of
the Richmond, Virginia diocese.
One of a generation of bishops appointed by
Pope Paul VI, Sullivan became famous for his
pastoral leadership, and in the 1980s he acquired a national reputation as one of the
leading “peace bishops,” standing up against
the climate of cold war and warning against
the global nuclear threat. Guiding his flock
through the tumultuous post-Vatican II years,
Bishop Sullivan brought a human touch to
his role, crossing boundaries to foster a spirit
of ecumenism, encouraging the gifts of the
laity, and reaching out especially to prisoners
and those on the margins. Yet, Sullivan also
struggled as many of his brother bishops did
in dealing straightforwardly with the clergy
sexual abuse crisis.
In this biography by renowned author Phyllis
Theroux, Bishop Sullivan emerges as a complex human being, one who has tried faithfully to lead the church with integrity, compassion, and love.
Phyllis Theroux is an essayist, columnist,
teacher, and acclaimed author whose books
include California and Other States of Grace,
(Wm. Morrow, 1980), The Book of Eulogies,
(Scribner, 1997), and The Journal Keeper, (Grove
Press, 2011). She lives in Ashland, Virginia.
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IN QUEST OF THE JEWISH MARY
The Mother of Jesus in History, Theology, and Spirituality
Mary Christine Athans
Foreword by Eugene J. Fisher
From the Jewish roots of Jesus and his mother,
lessons in faith and devotion.
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esus, as is well known, was born and raised
as a Jew in first-century Palestine. A great
deal of theological study has focused on
the Jewish cultural and religious context of
his life and ministry. It is only natural that
this attention should lead us to a new approach to his mother, Mary of Nazareth.
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To some extent, this quest for the Jewish
Mary involves excavating beneath centuries
of devotional reflection and artistic depictions that have presented a mythologized
Mary, detached from history and from her
specific Jewish identity. In this book, Mary
Christine Athans draws on the latest historical research, the fruits of post-Vatican II Jewish-Christian dialogue, the insights of feminist
theology, and contemporary spiritual reflection to rediscover the Jewish Mary—a woman of enormous courage, strength, and prayer.
“[Readers] will come away with a renewed appreciation not only of Mary, the Jewish
mother of Jesus, but of the history of the
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and with other Christians. . . . At once enormously informative and, simply put, a great
read, indeed, a page turner.”—from the ForeALSO OF INTEREST word by Eugene J. Fisher
160pp., b/w ills., index, 53/8 x 81/4
$19 softcover
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MOTHER OF GOD,
SIMILAR TO FIRE
Icons by William Hart McNichols
Reflections by Mirabai Starr
ISBN 978-1-57075-894-2
$25 hardcover
Mary Christine Athans, BVM, is a Sister of
Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, professor
emerita at the Saint Paul Seminary School of
Divinity of the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) and currently adjunct faculty at
Loyola University Chicago and the Catholic
Theological Union.
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THE POPE AND I
How the Lifelong Friendship between a Polish Jew and Pope John Paul II
Advanced the Cause of Jewish-Christian Relations
Jerzy Kluger with Gianfranco Di Simone
Foreword by Eugene J. Fisher
Now in paperback, the first–person account of
an extraordinary friendship that changed the
church and the world.
“History rarely turns on personal friendship, but
an exception must be made for Blessed John Paul
II and his lifelong friend. . . . Mr. Kluger’s telling of
this remarkable human story is full of insights
into the character of his friend from small-town
Poland who became one of the most consequential figures of the late twentieth century. . . .”
—George Weigel, biographer of Pope John Paul II
I
n The Pope and I, Jerzy Kluger, a Polishborn Jew, tells of his lifelong friendship
with Karol Wojtyla, who became Pope
John Paul II. From their beginning as classmates and neighbors, Kluger recounts his
survival of the war and his astonishing reunion with Archbishop Wojtyla in Rome
during Vatican II. After his friend’s election as
pope, they continued their close friendship,
with Kluger serving as an unofficial advisor in
times that saw unprecedented advances in
Jewish-Christian relations, including the first
papal visit to the synagogue of Rome, John
Paul’s pilgrimages to Jerusalem and Auschwitz, and Vatican recognition of Israel.
A fascinating tale told with much charm, The
Pope and I highlights the surprising confluences of history, politics, and religion sealed
by friendship and mutual respect.
“This often-touching memoir should be of
interest to Catholics and Jews, and, really,
anyone interested in a remarkable friendship.”—Booklist
Jerzy Kluger grew up in the Polish town of
Wadowice, where he befriended Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II. While most
of his family perished in Auschwitz, he escaped Poland and fought with the Allies. After the war he moved to Rome and trained as
an engineer. He died on December 31, 2011.
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THE TRUE COST OF LOW PRICES
The Violence of Globalization
Second Edition
Jeffry Odell Korgen and Vincent A. Gallagher
A thoroughly updated edition of the popular
work on what globalization does to the earth’s
most vulnerable peoples—and what can be done
about it.
T
he True Cost of Low Prices offers more
than an academic analysis. In each of
nine topical chapters authors Jeffry
Korgen and Vincent Gallagher begin with a
story of a real person who has felt the impact
of one particular aspect of globalization.
They then explore the “signs of the times,”
examining the relationship of these issues to
low prices for goods and services. Finally,
they turn to official church documents—the
Catechism, the Compendium of the Social
Doctrine of the Church, papal encyclicals, the
documents of Vatican II, and statements of
the U.S. Catholic bishops.
MARCH
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THE MORAL MEASURE OF
THE ECONOMY
Chuck Collins & Mary Wright
ISBN 978-1-57075-693-1
$20 softcover
Each chapter includes discussion questions
and concludes with “signs of hope”—lists of
resources and strategies for action—making
The True Cost of Low Prices ideal for church
and educational groups at the parish, high
school, and college level.
Jeffry Odell Korgen is the author of several
books on Catholic social ministry, including
Solidarity Will Transform the World: Stories of
Hope from Catholic Relief Services (Orbis,
2007). He is currently Executive Director of
the Department of Diocesan Planning for the
Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey.
Vincent A. Gallagher, an expert in the
field of worker injury and disease prevention,
has researched dangerous environments
throughout Latin America for a number of
international organizations, including the
World Bank and the World Health Organization. He received the Peace and Justice Educator’s Award from the Romero Center in
Camden, New Jersey.
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PERSONAL COMMITMENTS
Beginning, Keeping, Changing
Revised Edition
Margaret A. Farley
Revised edition of a groundbreaking text—a moral analysis of making and maintaining personal
commitments.
P
ersonal Commitments explores how human commitments, rooted in the story
of God’s love, are acts of free choice and
love. Margaret Farley reflects on the concrete
experiences of people who strive to be faithful
to what they have claimed to love: “My concern is to name something that I think is, after
all, common to all of our lives—an experience,
a reality, perhaps a problem, a challenge,
something that is sometimes a source of joy,
sometimes a cause of tragedy.”
Farley explores the nature and meaning of
commitment as it is played out in our lives,
addressing love, fidelity, a sense of obligation,
and covenant. She also reflects on whether
each and every commitment must be kept,
and what options are available in changing
commitments.
Praise for the first edition
“A brilliant study, in the literal sense that it
brings needed light and clarity to a great deal
of our everyday experience of sorting out,
changing, reaffirming, attempting to prioritize,
and wrestling with the constantly varying demands of our many freely chosen commitments.” —Anne E. Patrick
Margaret A. Farley, a Sister of Mercy, is professor emerita of ethics at Yale University and
a past-president of the Catholic Theological
Society of America. She is the author of several books, including Just Love: A Framework
for Christian Sexual Ethics, (Continuum, 2008).
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THE GOSPEL OF RUTBA
War, Peace, and the Good Samaritan Story in Iraq
Greg Barrett
Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Afterword by Shane Claiborne
Now in paperback, a timeless story of friendship
and reconciliation marks the tenth anniversary
of the beginning of the Iraq War.
“Many books claims to contain a ‘life-changing
message,’ but this one delivers. Only a few could
physically be there for the events described in
these pages, but readers of these pages can become witnesses to amazing grace in an unexpected place.” —Brian McLaren
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RADICAL RECONCILIATION
Beyond Political Pietism and
Christian Quietism
Allan Boesak and Curtiss DeYoung
ISBN 978-1-57075-976-5
$25 softcover
n 2003, three U.S. Christian peacemakers
weathered the first horrifying days of
“Shock and Awe” in Baghdad only to be
nearly killed in a car accident as they were
leaving the country. They were rescued by
Iraqi Muslims who took them to a clinic in
the bombed-out town of Rutba, where they
received protection and care. In sending the
Americans on their way, their hosts had only
one request: “Go and tell the world of Rutba.”
In fulfillment of that pledge, the peacemakers returned to Rutba in 2010 to thank the
doctors and all who saved them and to contribute to an ongoing process of peace,
friendship, and reconciliation.
Greg Barrett, who lives in northern Virginia,
is a twenty-year veteran of local, national,
and foreign reporting, including the DC
bureau for Gannett News Service/USA Today.
He is the author of The Gospel of Father Joe:
Revolutions and Revelations in the Slums of
Bangkok.
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THE CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE
James H. Cone
Now in paperback, a landmark in the conversation about race and religion in America.
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“One of the Top 11 Religion Books of the
Year,” The Huffington Post
First Place Winner in Theology, Catholic
Press Association
Gold Medal Winner, Independent Book
Publishers Book Awards
“N
o one has explored the spiritual
world of African Americans with the
depth or breadth of Cone. Here he
turns his attention to two symbols that dominated not only the spiritual world but also
the daily life of African Americans in the twentieth century. In their inextricable tie, he finds
both the terror and hope that governed life
under violent racism as well as potent symbols of the African American past and present
in the United States.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,
Harvard University
“Once again James Cone demonstrates
why he is indispensable as an interpreter of
faith, race, and the American experience.”
—Bill Moyers
“James Cone is a world-historical figure in twentieth-century Christian theology. The Cross and
the Lynching Tree is a powerful and painful
song for hope in our dance with mortality—a
song Cone courageously has led for over forty
years!”—Cornel West, Union Theologyical
Seminary
James H. Cone, Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at
Union Theological Seminary, is widely regarded as one of the most influential theologians in America. His books include Black
Theology & Black Power, A Black Theology of
Liberation, The Spirituals & the Blues, God of
the Oppressed, and Martin & Malcolm &
America: A Dream or a Nightmare (all available from Orbis).
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American Studies
TOPICAL: Black History
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MARTIN & MALCOLM & AMERICA
A Dream or a Nightmare?
ISBN 978-1-57075-979-6
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LITURGICAL YEAR
A MARYKNOLL BOOK
OF PRAYER
Reflections on the Readings for Year C
Michael Leach & Susan Perry, eds.
Judy Coode & Kathy McNeely, eds.
T
he first in a planned series of three volumes brings together reflections by
Maryknoll priests and Brothers, Sisters
and Lay Missioners, from all over the world who
relate the Gospel to the world of the poor and
marginalized whom they serve in Christ’s name.
ISBN 978-1-57075-980-2 180pp.
$20 softcover
P
rayers gathered from around the world
by the Maryknoll family of Fathers,
Brothers, Sisters, lay missioners, and
supporters. “A beautiful collection of the spirit
and soul behind the powerful work of the
Mary-knoll community! I am most honored to
prayerfully read it for myself and to recommend it to others.”—John Michael Talbot
ISBN 978-1-57075-447-0 304pp.
$20 softcover
A MARYKNOLL BOOK OF
INSPIRATION
Michael Leach & Doris Goodnough, eds.
A wonderful collection of inspirational meditations
from great spiritual writers to enrich every day of every year.
A
uthors include Henri Nouwen, Joyce Rupp,
Richard Rohr, Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton,
Flannery O’Connor, John Shea, Thich Nhat Hanh,
and many, many others whose spiritual writings
have graced the pages of Orbis Books during the
past 40 years.
ISBN 978-1-57075-901-7 400pp.
$25 softcover
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HONORING THE VOID
Meditations on the Meaning of Life from Maryknoll Magazine
Joseph R. Veneroso
An inspiring full-color celebration of our journey
together in God, from the award-winning editor
and publisher of Maryknoll magazine.
A
lmost half a million people read
Maryknoll magazine, and among
their favorite features are the photomeditations of Maryknoll Father Joseph
Veneroso. This beautiful collection brings
together some of his most inspiring
reflections, each of them revealing our
purpose, from birth through life, to death
and eternal life, through all our days. The
underlying theme of all these reflections is
the Incarnation, and how we encounter God
in the gift of our humanity.
Joseph R. Veneroso, M.M., is the former
publisher and editor of Maryknoll, the
internationally heralded magazine that has
enriched hundreds of thousands of readers
over the past century. A missioner to Korea,
Fr. Joe now lives at the Maryknoll Center in
Ossining, New York, and serves a local Korean
Catholic parish community.
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UNEXPECTED
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Reflections on Faith and Life from
Maryknoll Magazine
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MONSEÑOR ROMERO
Memories in Mosaic
María López Vigil
Foreword by Jon Sobrino
“María López Vigil has blessed us with a new and
radical form of hagiography; a portrait of
Monseñor Oscar Romero assembled by many
hands: a mosaic composed of radiant chips of
memory, precisely retrieved. Here we may listen
to the voices silenced in the past, and what they
offer is a symphony of testimony to the life of one
who struggled among us toward heaven and a
new earth.” —Carolyn Forché, poet/author, The
Country Between Us
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ALSO OF INTEREST
OSCAR ROMERO AND THE
COMMUNION OF THE SAINTS
Scott Wright with photos by Octavio Duran
ISBN 978-1-57075-839-3
$20 softcover
onseñor Romero: Memories in Mosaic is a collectively painted portrait of El Salvador’s beloved archbishop, Oscar Romero (1917-1980), who
took his place in history as a voice for the
poor in the turbulent times leading up to El
Salvador’s civil war, and who ultimately offered the sacrifice of his life. Stories and remembrances gathered from peasants, friends,
theologians and pastoral associates compose
the colorful pieces of this multi-faceted biography. The result is a moving portrait of the
archbishop in three dimensions—not simply
as the legendary hero, or a distant saint and
martyr, but a human being with doubts and
frailties who found the courage to listen to
others, examine his beliefs, and step forward
into a role in history that only he could play.
María López Vigil was born in Cuba and has
worked in Nicaragua since 1981. She is the
editor of Envio, a magazine of information
and analysis about Central America, published by the Jesuit University of Central
America in Managua.
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THOMAS MERTON
Selected Essays
Edited with an Introduction by Patrick F. O’Connell
Foreword by Patrick Hart, OCSO
“A useful compendium for those already familiar
with the breadth and depth of Merton’s vision,
and a splendid introduction for those encountering Thomas Merton for the first time.”
—Brother Patrick Hart
T
homas Merton, the Trappist monk who
died in 1968, was one of the greatest
spiritual writers of the twentieth century. His published works include a hundred
volumes in many genres. But it was perhaps
in the essay form that Merton found his natural element.
Thomas Merton: Selected Essays is the first volume to provide a broad cross-section of Merton’s work as an essayist, collecting pieces
that are characteristic examples of his astonishing output and the fantastic breadth of his
interests. The 33 essays collected here range
from the wisdom of the desert fathers to the
novels of Faulkner and Camus, from interreligious dialogue to racial justice, from the nuclear threat to the philosophy of solitude, and,
throughout, the centrality of the Christian
mystery to authentic human identity.
Especially in the last decade of his life, Merton
showed in his essays an increasing willingness
to dispense with prefabricated conclusions,
bringing his deeply spiritual, profoundly Catholic sensibility to bear on matters beyond the
usual “religious” and “monastic” milieu. Indispensable for beginners and experts alike,
Thomas Merton: Selected Essays provides in a
single volume a glimpse into the mind and
soul of a true literary and spiritual master.
Patrick F. O’Connell is professor in the
Departments of English and Theology at
Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania. A
founding member and former president of
the International Thomas Merton Society, he
edits The Merton Seasonal and is coauthor of
The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia (Orbis, 2006).
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LIVING WITH WISDOM
A Life of Thomas Merton
Jim Forest
978-1-57075-754-9
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General Editor: Peter Phan, Georgetown University
T
he Theology in Global Perspective series responds to the challenge to
reexamine the foundational and doctrinal themes of Christianity in light
of the new global reality, taking into account insights and experience of
churches in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania, as well as from Europe
and North America.
Rooted in the Catholic tradition, volumes in the series are written with an eye
to the ecumenical implications of Protestant, Orthodox, and Pentecostal
theologies. Authors also explore insights from other religious traditions with
the potential to enrich Christian theology and self-understanding. Books in
this series provide reliable introductions to major theological topics, tracing
their roots in scripture and their development in later tradition, exploring
when possible the implications of new thinking on gender and sociocultural
identities. They relate these themes to the challenges confronting the peoples
of the world in the wake of globalization, particularly the implications of
Christian faith for justice, peace, and the integrity of creation.
John F. Haught
Anthony Kelly
CHRISTIANITY
and SCIENCE
978-1-57075-740-2 $28
ESCHATOLOGY
and HOPE
978-1-57075-651-1 $26
Neil Ormerod
Daniel G. Groody
CREATION, GRACE
and REDEMPTION
978-1-57075-705-1 $26
Patricia Lamoureux &
Paul J. Wadell
THE CHRISTIAN
MORAL LIFE
978-1-57075-881-2 $30
Richard R. Gaillardetz
ECCLESIOLOGY FOR
A GLOBAL CHURCH
978-1-57075-769-3 $30
GLOBALIZATION,
SPIRITUALITY
and JUSTICE
978-1-57075-696-2 $28
Stephen B. Bevans
AN INTRODUCTION
TO THEOLOGY IN
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
978-1-57075-852-2 $30
Nathan D. Mitchell
MEETING MYSTERY:
LITURGY, WORSHIP,
SACRAMENTS
978-1-57075-674-0 $24
Kenan Osborne
ORDERS and MINISTRY
978-1-57075-628-3 $24
James A. Wiseman
SPIRITUALITY
and MYSTICISM
978-1-57075-656-6 $24
Anne Hunt
TRINITY
978-1-57075-629-0 $24
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CHRISTIANITY AND THE POLITICAL ORDER
Conflict, Cooptation, and Cooperation
Kenneth R. Himes
Foreword by Peter C. Phan, Series General Editor
This compelling and comprehensive book argues
that politics and religion are matters too important to be left to politicians and religious leaders.
B
eyond electoral campaigns and government structures, the subject of
church-state relations is about how
we ought to live together, how we should organize and govern our common life. As the
author notes, politics—and the political
choices we make—must be “guided by considerations of national and global justice and
peace and, for Christians, by the teachings of
Jesus,” as interpreted by tradition.
Himes examines church-state relations from
the teachings of the Old and New Testaments
through the patristic and medieval eras and
the age of reform to the age of revolution,
and throughout the twentieth century into
the third millennium. He takes on questions
of the role of the church in politics, responsible
voting, concerns of globalization, and issues
of human rights and war and peace.
With discussion questions and suggestions
for further reading, Christianity and the Political Order is a timely and compelling review
of the church-state relations past and present in a classroom-friendly text.
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Kenneth R. Himes, OSF, is associate professor of Christian ethics at Boston College and
a former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America. He is the author of
many publications and the editor of Modern
Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and
Interpretations (Georgetown, 2005).
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VISIONS OF HOPE
Emerging Theologians and the Future of the Church
Kevin Ahern, Editor
Twenty-two young Catholic theologians from
around the world explore the future of ethics, dialogue, ecclesiology, liturgy, and ministry.
F
ifty years after the Second Vatican
Council, emerging theologians are in a
unique position to offer hopeful visions
for the next fifty years in light of the pressing
internal and external challenges the church
faces today. Rooted in the texts of Vatican II
and a deep commitment to the church, Visions of Hope brings together the research of
leading young scholars around five important topics: dialogue, ecclesiology, ethics, liturgy, and ministry.
These ideas represent the future shape of the
church because they are from the theologians who are planting the seminal ideas of
the church of tomorrow.
Contributors include:
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Charles Ochero Cornelio, President,
International Movement of
Catholic Students
Sandra Arenas Pérez, Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven, Belguim
Massimo Faggioli, University of
St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN)
Heather Miller Rubens, University
of Chicago Divinity School
Sofia Seguel Ñancucheo, the
Pontificia Universidad Católica
de Chile
Krista Stevens, Fordham University,
New York
Kevin Ahern of Boston College is past president of the International Movement of Catholic Students (IMC-Pax Romana-MIEC),
which brings together more than 75 national
federations of Catholic university students
from six continental regions. He has also edited The Radical Bible (Orbis, 2009).
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IGNACIO ELLACURÍA
Essays on History, Liberation, and Salvation
Michael E. Lee, editor
With Commentary by Kevin Burke, S.J.
Seminal essays by a modern Jesuit martyr challenge us to rethink God-talk and how the gospel
should be lived.
I
gnacio Ellacuría, a Spanish Jesuit theologian, philosopher, and rector of the University of Central America in San Salvador,
was one of the key intellectual authors of liberation theology. On November 16, 1989, he
and other members of the Jesuit community
of the university were massacred by Salvadoran army troops.
Ignacio Ellacuría offers twelve of his most important essays, at last providing Englishspeaking readers with a comprehensive introduction to Ellacuria’s thought. Traditional
topics such as Christology, ecclesiology,
theological method, and spirituality are interwoven with reflections on colonialism,
liberation, religion and politics, the philosophy of Xavier Zubiri, and the legacy of Archbishop Oscar Romero.
This is a volume that not only chronicles the
thought of one of the most fertile minds of
the last century, but challenges the way theology should be carried out for the century
to come.
Michael E. Lee is associate professor of theology at Fordham University and a board
member of the Catholic Theological Society
of America. His book Bearing the Weight of
Salvation: The Soteriology of Ignacio Ellacuría
(Crossroad, 2009) was a winner of the 2010
Hispanic Theological Initiative Book Prize.
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THE GIFT OF MISSION
YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW
The Maryknoll Centennial Symposium
James H. Kroeger, editor
A comprehensive summary of the rewards and
challenges of doing mission as Maryknoll begins
its second hundred years in a greatly changed
world.
I
n 2011 the Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers
celebrated one hundred years of mission
work in more than forty countries around
the world in a symposium that brought together missioners, theologians, and scholars
with a wide range of expertise and insights.
These selected essays explore both the
achievements and failures of the past and the
challenges and rewards that mission outreach
experiences today in our pluralistic world.
While acknowledging and honoring the past,
The Gift of Mission also provides perspectives
into the future of Christian mission and the
changing nature of that mission in the 21st
century—and beyond.
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Contributors include Cardinal Francis George,
Robert Schreiter, Peter Phan, Dana Robert,
Bishop Ricardo Ramirez, Gustavo Gutiérrez,
Barbara Reid, Daniel Groody, and many others.
James H. Kroeger, M.M., is professor of mission theology at the Loyola School of Theology and the East Asian Pastoral Institute in
Manila, Philippines. He has written or edited
more than thirty books and contributed to
many others. He serves as president of the
Philippine Association of Catholic Missiologists and as executive secretary of the Asianborn Missionary Societies Forum.
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A WORLDWIDE HEART
The Life of Maryknoll Father John J. Considine
Robert Hurteau
The biography of a tireless mission promoter and
Maryknoll legend offers a fascinating window on
the Catholic missionary movement in the twentieth century.
John J. Considine, M.M., (1897-1982) was one
of the leading figures in Catholic mission in
the twentieth century—this despite his never having served in an overseas mission assignment. From the time of his entry in 1915
into the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers until his retirement in the mid-1970s, Considine
was a tireless researcher, promoter, organizer
of Catholic missions and their support institutions, innovator in communications, and
mission scholar. As the first director of the
bishops’ Latin American Bureau he played a
key role in promoting U.S. mission to Latin
America in the 1960s. Ahead of his time in
promoting a post-colonial view of mission,
Considine was an early proponent of World
Christianity, racial justice, and the brotherhood and sisterhood of all the world’s peoples. This book offers the first critical assessment of his life and contributions during a
turbulent and dynamic period in the history
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The Gifford Lectures
Raimon Panikkar
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Richard Ascough, Queen’s School of Religion
Kristin Colberg, St. John’s University/College
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