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📚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.

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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...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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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
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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

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#JamesWDouglass #MartyrstotheUnspeakable #JFK #MLK #MalcolmX #RFK #NewRelease
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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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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November 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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
October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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.

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October 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Ad maiorem Dei gloriam. The mission at Santa Clara had crosses for the Jesuit priests who were murdered in El Salvador and their commitment to liberation theology. It always moved me as a testament to people were earnestly living and working towards what Christ calls for.
News: Pope Leo XIV to the Jesuits: "The Church needs you at the frontiers -- whether they be geographical, cultural, intellectual or spiritual. These are places of risk, where familiar maps are no longer sufficient." www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
October 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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“In addition to iconography, Forest was known for his friendships with the famous monks Thomas Merton and Thich Nhat Hanh; founder of The Catholic Worker, Dorothy Day; and the spiritual writer Henri Nouwen.”
October 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The Interview: Samuel Munayer, co-author of 'The Cross and the Olive Tree'

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#JohnMunayer #Gaza #Palestine #SamuelMunayer @sightmagazine.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Gustavo Gutiérrez, ¡presente! by Leo Guardado -Discussion guide for October 2025 issue

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#gustavogutierrerz #leoguardado
October 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Listen to me on Michael Morelli's podcast to share my new book #Earthbound.

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Earthbound - A Conversation with Grace Ji-Sun Kim
YouTube video by Personalist Manifesto(s)
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October 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
After selling out right after its first run, The Years of Ripening by Joyce Rupp is back in stock!

A beautiful reflection on aging with grace and wisdom—get your copy before it sells out again.

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October 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Thrilled to see Where Is God? by Stan Chu Ilo featured in the Englewood Review of Books! 🌍🙏

A profound exploration of God’s presence in our world today.

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#WhereIsGod #StanChuIlo @erbks.bsky.social #stanchuilo
September 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Religion News Service highlights Wesley Granberg-Michaelson, author of The Soulwork of Justice: Four Movements for Contemplative Action.🌍Discover how faith & contemplation fuel justice.

Read here👉 religionnews.com/2025/09/24/a...

#SoulworkOfJustice #ContemplativeAction #FaithAndJustice
September 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
New From Orbis Books!

More Than Half Way Home: A Story of Accompaniment in the Shadows of Incarceration

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September 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
✨ Excited to see The Theology of Flourishing by Paul J. Schutz reviewed in the Englewood Review of Books! 🌱

Read the review 👉 englewoodreview.org/paul-schutz-...

Get the book 👉 orbisbooks.com/products/cre...

#TheologyOfFlourishing #OrbisBooks @erbks.bsky.social
Paul Schutz - A Theology of Flourishing [Feature Review] - The Englewood Review of Books
A Feature Review of A Theology of Flourishing: The Fullness of Life for All Creation by Paul J. Schutz (Orbis Books, 2025)
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September 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🌱 New from Orbis Books!

Publisher Robert Ellsberg sits down with author Paul J. Schutz to discuss his new book The Theology of Flourishing—a fresh vision of faith, community, and well-being.

👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvqt...

#TheologyOfFlourishing #OrbisBooks
September 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
📖 New from Orbis!

More Than Half Way Home by Dustin Feddon shares powerful stories of faith, dignity & hope from the shadows of incarceration.

A witness to mercy. A call to solidarity.

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#OrbisBooks #RestorativeJustice #FaithInAction
September 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
🚨 A cry for justice. A vision for peace.

The Cross and the Olive Tree is here

✨ Available now from Orbis Books.

#OrbisBooks #TheCrossAndTheOliveTree #FaithAndJustice #PalestinianTheology #NewRelease
September 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
📌Grateful to @Sojourners for highlighting two of our authors—James Cone & Kelly Brown Douglas—whose voices continue to shape faith & justice. 🙏

Read here: sojo.net/articles/opi...

#JamesCone #KellyBrownDouglas #Sojourners
The Theology Behind Trump’s Crackdown on D.C.
The underlying logic of overpolicing did not begin with Trump’s takeover of D.C.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Yes! A lot of interesting titles from stellar publisher @orbisbooks.bsky.social in the pipeline now.
As @robertellsberg.bsky.social says: "A World of Books that Matter."
👇8 that seems very intriguing (dets in alt text).

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August 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM