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White smoke. Global stakes. 🕊️

The Election of Pope Leo XIV: The Last Surprise of Pope Francis by Gerard O'Connell & Elisabetta Piqué is our #1 bestseller

An insider account of the conclave that stunned the world.

Get your copy:
orbisbooks.com/products/the...

#Conclave #PopeLeo

04.03.2026 21:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Spring is bringing a fresh shelf of ideas. 🌱📚

Explore our Spring 2026 New Titles catalog and discover the latest releases from Orbis Books: view.flipdocs.com?ID=10027394_...

New voices. Timely insights. Books for a changing world.

03.03.2026 21:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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William Stringfellow, d. March 2, 1985

One of those figures who comes along from time to time as an Old Testament–style prophet for the United States

I keep the @orbisbooks.bsky.social volume of his writings in our home library:

orbisbooks.com/products/wil...

02.03.2026 14:00 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Orbis Books author Todd Walatka,author of Words of Life: The Preaching of Saint Oscar Romero,will lead a workshop at the Catholic Association of Preachers!

🗓 March 9, 2026
⏰ 4–7 PM
📍 Amigo Hall,St George’s Cathedral,Southwark SE1 6HR

Join the conversation on Romero’s preaching and its power today.

24.02.2026 16:09 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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On 2/17, Professor Emeritus M. Shawn Copeland will receive The Univ. of Scranton’s annual Pedro Arrupe, S.J. award for Distinguished Contributions to Ignatian Mission and Ministry.

Dr. Copeland’s lecture is titled "Healing and Creating in History: The Redemptive Praxis of Christian Community.”

10.02.2026 19:21 👍 22 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 1
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Celebrate African American History Month! 🌟 Explore stories of faith, freedom, and Black lives—now 30% off selected titles with code FEB30. Expand your bookshelf & your perspective 📚 Shop here: orbisbooks.com/collections/...

09.02.2026 19:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
book cover with author headshots and text: Member Publication, congratulations to Gary Dorrien, Charlene Sinclair, and Aaron Stauffer on the publication of their new book!

book cover with author headshots and text: Member Publication, congratulations to Gary Dorrien, Charlene Sinclair, and Aaron Stauffer on the publication of their new book!

Congratulations to SCE president elect Gary Dorrien and members Charlene Sinclair and @aaronkstauffer.bsky.social on the publication of Organizing Visions with @orbisbooks.bsky.social! orbisbooks.com/products/org...

05.02.2026 12:45 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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February is African American History Month. 📚
Explore powerful voices, enduring wisdom, and transformative stories.

Save 30% on select African American History Month titles with code FEB30.

Shop the collection: orbisbooks.com/collections/...

#AfricanAmericanHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth

03.02.2026 15:49 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Madang Podcast: Diarmuid O'Murchu, Ep. 47
Madang Podcast: Diarmuid O'Murchu, Ep. 47 YouTube video by Grace Ji-Sun Kim

Listen to Fr. Diarmuid O'Murchu on Madang Podcast and read his book from @orbisbooks.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hgA...

05.01.2026 12:42 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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It was wonderful to celebrate #Earthbound at Earlham School of Religion.
Get your copy amzn.to/49fObjf

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09.01.2026 13:42 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Facsimiles of the covers of 

Ellacuría, Ignacio. Freedom Made Flesh: The Mission of Christ and His Church. Translated by John Drury, Orbis Books, 1976.

Ellacuría, Ignacio, and Kevin F. Burke. Ignacio Ellacuria: Essays on History, Liberation, and Salvation. Edited by Michael Edward Lee, Orbis Books, 2013.

Facsimiles of the covers of Ellacuría, Ignacio. Freedom Made Flesh: The Mission of Christ and His Church. Translated by John Drury, Orbis Books, 1976. Ellacuría, Ignacio, and Kevin F. Burke. Ignacio Ellacuria: Essays on History, Liberation, and Salvation. Edited by Michael Edward Lee, Orbis Books, 2013.

Unfortunately, not much of the writings of Ignacio #Ellacuría have been translated.
But, as always, one can count on @orbisbooks.bsky.social. They have published two books with his original writings.
The monograph "Freedom My Flesh", and an edited volume with selections by @meleeprof.bsky.social.

10.01.2026 19:28 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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📚✨ Now reviewed in America Magazine

In The Cross and the Olive Tree,Samuel and John Munayer offer a powerful theological reflection shaped by life in Gaza—rooted in faith,endurance,and a call to justice

🔗 www.americamagazine.org/books/2026/0...

#JohnMunayer #SamuelMunayer @americamag.bsky.social

13.01.2026 13:42 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Madang Podcast: Wes Granberg-Michaelson, Ep. 55
Madang Podcast: Wes Granberg-Michaelson, Ep. 55 YouTube video by Grace Ji-Sun Kim

Listen to Wes Granberg-Michaelson on Madang Podcast hosted by FAITH AND REASON.

Read his book, "The Soulwork of Justice," from @orbisbooks.bsky.social. Use discount code "MAD" for 30%off.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mww4...

13.01.2026 11:36 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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January Publishers Newsletter 2026 Dear Friends,   As we flip the calendar page to a new year, we remain hopeful, yet uncertain about what lies ahead. With so many examples of violence, cruelty, and propaganda it seems as though 2025 a...

Start the year with thoughtful reading.

Robert Ellsberg’s January Publisher’s Newsletter highlights timely books, reflections, and recommendations for deeper engagement in the year ahead.

orbisbooks.com/blogs/2026-p...

08.01.2026 16:02 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Join us for Lunch as we celebrate the launch of Grace Ji-Sun Kim latest book #Earthbound Wednesday Jan 7, from Noon - 1 pm followed by book signing at Earlham School of Religion.

@orbisbooks.bsky.social

05.01.2026 16:02 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

If you missed the 2025 Cushwa Center Lecture @notredame.bsky.social by @robertellsberg.bsky.social from @orbisbooks.bsky.social you can watch it - and learn about the history of Orbis Books, and Latin American #liberationtheology - now.
Check out Obris Fall Catalog👉 view.flipdocs.com?ID=10027394_...

04.12.2025 20:37 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Rebecca Bratten Weiss deconstructs the 'Catholic literary imagination' In The Books That Made Us, Rebecca Bratten Weiss argues that the texts we regard as Christian classics should be studied with a watchful, critical eye.

Thank you @ncronline.bsky.social for publishing my review of @rbratten.bsky.social's "The Books That Made Us," a deconstruction of classic Christian literary texts from the English-speaking world, recently out from @orbisbooks.bsky.social . Read here: www.ncronline.org/culture/rebe...

10.12.2025 19:54 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Books for Your Friendly Neighborhood Theology Nerd YouTube video by Homebrewed Christianity w/ Dr. Tripp Fuller

Books for Your Friendly Neighborhood Theology Nerd

youtube.com/live/xLOuApQ...

@trippfuller.bsky.social #Theology #Spirituality #BookPicks #BookRecommendations #PickMe #Bookstagram #ThomasHermansWebster #OrbisBooks

09.12.2025 14:00 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
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Faith in Action this Season: Stories of courage and compassion from around the world 🌍💛

Bring hope and inspiration to your holiday reading! Use Promo Code XMAS2025 to save 30% on selected titles. 📚🎁

🔗 orbisbooks.com/collections/...

10.12.2025 18:12 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Books for Your Friendly Neighborhood Theology Nerd YouTube video by Homebrewed Christianity w/ Dr. Tripp Fuller

Books for Your Friendly Neighborhood Theology Nerd

youtube.com/live/xLOuApQ...

@trippfuller.bsky.social #Theology #Spirituality #BookPicks #BookRecommendations #PickMe #Bookstagram #ThomasHermansWebster #OrbisBooks

09.12.2025 14:00 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
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December Publishers Newsletter 2025 Dear Friends,   This year marks the 55th anniversary of Orbis Books, the publishing arm of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. Orbis was founded in 1970 with the mission of amplifying theological voic...

📬December Picks Are Here!

Editor Robert Ellsberg highlights this month’s must-read books 📚✨ Dive in for inspiration, insight, and spiritual growth!

📰Read the full newsletter: orbisbooks.com/blogs/news/d...

💡Don’t miss these editor favorites!

@robertellsberg.bsky.social #NewBooks #ReadMore

04.12.2025 20:14 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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❄️ Cozy up this winter with Contemplative Reading for Winter 🌿 Selected titles to inspire deep prayer & peace.

📚 Explore here: orbisbooks.com/collections/...

✨ Use code XMAS2025 to save 30% for a limited time!

#ContemplativeReading #WinterReflection #SpiritualBooks #OrbisBooks

04.12.2025 20:02 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Organizing Visions: When the "is" & "ought" of things finds the "how"
Organizing Visions: When the "is" & "ought" of things finds the "how" YouTube video by Homebrewed Christianity w/ Dr. Tripp Fuller

🎙️✨ LIVE THIS FRIDAY!

Tripp Fuller talks with the authors of Organizing Visions—don’t miss it!

📆 Dec 5 • ⏰ 2 PM EST

▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrOj...

#BookTalk #SocialEthics #Activism @trippfuller.bsky.social

02.12.2025 16:44 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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November Publishers Newsletter 2025 Dear Friends, When the situation in the world (and our country) seems particularly bleak, I like to remember that none of us would be alive today if President John F. Kennedy (and his Soviet counterpa...

📚Robert Ellsberg’s new Publisher’s Newsletter is here.

🕊️From the lessons of JFK’s peacemaking to James Douglass’s Martyrs to the Unspeakable, plus powerful new works on interfaith story-sharing and social ethics—this month calls us to pray, act, and seek peace.

orbisbooks.com/blogs/2025-b...

19.11.2025 21:20 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My dear friend and colleague Anthony Reddie, Professor of Black Theology at Oxford, and I are returning to Gladstone’s Library in North Wales next year to lead a weekend class on James Baldwin, race, religion, and literature. May 1-3. Please join us in this wondrous place! @orbisbooks.bsky.social

13.11.2025 00:34 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Earthbound: God at the Intersection of Climate and Justice (Ecology and Justice) Earthbound: God at the Intersection of Climate and Justice (Ecology and Justice) [Kim, Grace Ji-Sun] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Earthbound: God at the Intersection of Climate and Justice (Ecology and Justice)

Thank you, Center for Action and Contemplation, for quoting #Earthbound from @orbisbooks.bsky.social

amzn.to/49mko8Z

cac.org/daily-medita...

18.11.2025 12:35 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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It’s here! The sequel to JFK and the Unspeakable —

Martyrs to the Unspeakable: The Assassinations of JFK, Martin, Malcolm, and RFK — is now available from Orbis Books

orbisbooks.com/products/mar...

#JamesWDouglass #MartyrstotheUnspeakable #JFK #MLK #MalcolmX #RFK #NewRelease

05.11.2025 17:17 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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We had a wonderful meeting with some of the Staff of Seoul YWCA! They are engaged in so many different advocacy works, including climate justice.

#Earthbound amzn.to/47zMuwh
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05.11.2025 11:38 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Repost:John Dear-Had a fantastic conversation today with my friend of 35 years,legendary singer and activist Joan Baez,all about nonviolence.It will be posted on"The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast" on Nov. 3rd,after my upcoming 2 pt conversation with Sr. Simone Campbell.Check out www.beatitudescenter.org

30.10.2025 17:47 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Repost: University of Notre Dame Press

The Charles and Margaret Hall Cushwa Center for the Study of #American #Catholicism turns 50 this year! Please mark your calendar for this year’s 2025 Cushwa Center Lecture on Nov. 4, featuring Robert Ellsberg of Orbis Books.

cushwa.nd.edu/events/2025/...

29.10.2025 16:56 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0