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In each episode, Robert Ellsberg engages in intimate and insightful discussions with some of today's most influential authors. These thought-provoking conversations dive into a wide range of topics, including spirituality, social justice, theology, and the transformative power of literature.

As a leading figure in the world of Catholic publishing, Robert brings his extensive knowledge and deep love for literature to every conversation. He shares his passion for books that challenge, inspire, and ignite important conversations in today's complex world.

Explore the minds of celebrated authors and gain unique insights into their works, motivations, and the impact of their writing on society. From spirituality to activism, these interviews uncover the power of words to heal, transform, and connect.

Whether you're an avid reader, a seeker of wisdom, or simply looking for engaging conversations, you'll find inspiration and enlightenment in these dialogues. Join us as we explore the world of literature, faith, and social justice, one author at a time.
]]>enReligion & SpiritualityCopyright Maryknoll Fathers and Brothershttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c7199506eb7f177b126e40f0bfa6aab1.jpghttps://www.orbisbooks.com/Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:42:41 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersMaryknoll Fathers and Brothersrellsberg@maryknoll.orgJoin us for captivating conversations as we sit down with author, editor, and Orbis Books publisher, Robert Ellsberg. In each episode, Robert Ellsberg engages in intimate and insightful discussions with some of today's most influential authors. These...
In each episode, Robert Ellsberg engages in intimate and insightful discussions with some of today's most influential authors. These thought-provoking conversations dive into a wide range of topics, including spirituality, social justice, theology, and the transformative power of literature.

As a leading figure in the world of Catholic publishing, Robert brings his extensive knowledge and deep love for literature to every conversation. He shares his passion for books that challenge, inspire, and ignite important conversations in today's complex world.

Explore the minds of celebrated authors and gain unique insights into their works, motivations, and the impact of their writing on society. From spirituality to activism, these interviews uncover the power of words to heal, transform, and connect.

Whether you're an avid reader, a seeker of wisdom, or simply looking for engaging conversations, you'll find inspiration and enlightenment in these dialogues. Join us as we explore the world of literature, faith, and social justice, one author at a time.
]]>trueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/james-robinson-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--72893525Beyond Factory Farming: A Contemplative-Prophetic Approach to Food

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How can our meals reroot us in the soils of creation? How can our foodways uproot and replace the desecrating system of factory farming? The contemplative-prophetic approach to food that is found in these pages weaves together religious, scientific, and culinary wisdom for our relationships with food, meals, and each other.

James Robinson directs the Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit, Iona University, where he serves as a clinical lecturer in religious studies. He received the university's Catherine McCabe Award for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching in 2023. Jim is a GreenFaith Fellow and is actively involved in a number of lay Catholic communities committed to embodying ecology and social justice, including Agape Community, Hardwick, MA, Benincasa Community, Guilford, CT, and Maryhouse Catholic Worker, New York City.

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#OrbisBooks #RobertEllsberg #JamesRobinson #Farming #contemplative]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72893525Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:00:02 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with James Robinson as they discuss Beyond Factory Farming: A Contemplative-Prophetic Approach to Food...Beyond Factory Farming: A Contemplative-Prophetic Approach to Food

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How can our meals reroot us in the soils of creation? How can our foodways uproot and replace the desecrating system of factory farming? The contemplative-prophetic approach to food that is found in these pages weaves together religious, scientific, and culinary wisdom for our relationships with food, meals, and each other.

James Robinson directs the Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit, Iona University, where he serves as a clinical lecturer in religious studies. He received the university's Catherine McCabe Award for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching in 2023. Jim is a GreenFaith Fellow and is actively involved in a number of lay Catholic communities committed to embodying ecology and social justice, including Agape Community, Hardwick, MA, Benincasa Community, Guilford, CT, and Maryhouse Catholic Worker, New York City.

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#OrbisBooks #RobertEllsberg #JamesRobinson #Farming #contemplative]]>2184false105fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alfonse-borysewicz-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--72692576Painting Prayer: Why Faith Needs Art - and Art Needs Faith

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Both a spiritual resource for thoughtful Christians and creatives, and a meditation on the relationship between faith and the arts, in this book artist Alfonse Borysewicz explores the complex relationship between art’s push against boundaries and the church’s respect for the boundedness of faith, tradition, and theology. In a freshness of approach and voice, Borysewicz showing how creative experience can benefit people of faith and how timeless faith offers much to creative expression. Drawing on theologians, philosophers, novelists, and fellow artists, Borysewicz reflects on faith itself in a messy world offering limited certainty. 

Alfonse Borysewicz is a Brooklyn-based painter. A Detroit native, he has a BA from Sacred Heart Seminary and an MA from St. John's Provincial Seminary. He attended the Studio School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA and is a recipient of two Pollock-Krasner Foundation fellowships (1987, 1992), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1995), and Templeton Religion Trust grant. His work has been featured in The New York Times and Art in America. This is his first book.

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#OrbisBooks #RobertEllsberg #AlfonseBorysewicz #Creative #Faith #Christian #Theology #Art]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72692576Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:00:02 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with Alfonse Borysewicz as they discuss Painting Prayer: Why Faith Needs Art - and Art Needs Faith...Painting Prayer: Why Faith Needs Art - and Art Needs Faith

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Both a spiritual resource for thoughtful Christians and creatives, and a meditation on the relationship between faith and the arts, in this book artist Alfonse Borysewicz explores the complex relationship between art’s push against boundaries and the church’s respect for the boundedness of faith, tradition, and theology. In a freshness of approach and voice, Borysewicz showing how creative experience can benefit people of faith and how timeless faith offers much to creative expression. Drawing on theologians, philosophers, novelists, and fellow artists, Borysewicz reflects on faith itself in a messy world offering limited certainty. 

Alfonse Borysewicz is a Brooklyn-based painter. A Detroit native, he has a BA from Sacred Heart Seminary and an MA from St. John's Provincial Seminary. He attended the Studio School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA and is a recipient of two Pollock-Krasner Foundation fellowships (1987, 1992), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1995), and Templeton Religion Trust grant. His work has been featured in The New York Times and Art in America. This is his first book.

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#OrbisBooks #RobertEllsberg #AlfonseBorysewicz #Creative #Faith #Christian #Theology #Art]]>1724false104fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/james-finley-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--72419494Thomas Merton (Turning to the Mystics)

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This new series, Turning to the Mystics, grows out of the much-loved podcast in which James Finley gently accompanies listeners into the wisdom of the Christian mystical tradition. Each volume offers a contemplative reading of one or two mystics, weaving their wisdom together with Finley’s reflective commentary and simple practices for prayer. These mystics become living guides, offering room to notice how grace is already moving in the reality of our own lives and revealing the ever-present intimate nearness of God. In this volume, he delves into the mystical insights of Thomas Merton, the renowned Trappist monk, whom Finley first knew as his novice master at the Abbey of Gethsemani.

James Finley, a psychotherapist and renowned retreat leader and spiritual director, is part of the Core Faculty of the Center for Action and Contemplation in New Mexico. A former novice at the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani, he is well known for his classic, Merton’s Palace of Nowhere. His other books include his recent bestseller, The Healing Path: A Memoir and an Invitation. He lives in California.

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#OrbisBooks #JamesFinley #RobertEllsberg #Mystics #Catholic #Christian #Wisdom]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72419494Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:00:02 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with James Finley as they discuss Thomas Merton (Turning to the Mystics) https://orbisbooks.com/products/thomas-merton-turning-to-the-mystics This new series, Turning to...Thomas Merton (Turning to the Mystics)

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This new series, Turning to the Mystics, grows out of the much-loved podcast in which James Finley gently accompanies listeners into the wisdom of the Christian mystical tradition. Each volume offers a contemplative reading of one or two mystics, weaving their wisdom together with Finley’s reflective commentary and simple practices for prayer. These mystics become living guides, offering room to notice how grace is already moving in the reality of our own lives and revealing the ever-present intimate nearness of God. In this volume, he delves into the mystical insights of Thomas Merton, the renowned Trappist monk, whom Finley first knew as his novice master at the Abbey of Gethsemani.

James Finley, a psychotherapist and renowned retreat leader and spiritual director, is part of the Core Faculty of the Center for Action and Contemplation in New Mexico. A former novice at the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani, he is well known for his classic, Merton’s Palace of Nowhere. His other books include his recent bestseller, The Healing Path: A Memoir and an Invitation. He lives in California.

Get your copy today: https://orbisbooks.com/products/thomas-merton-turning-to-the-mystics

#OrbisBooks #JamesFinley #RobertEllsberg #Mystics #Catholic #Christian #Wisdom]]>2012false103fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mary-fontana-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--72418643Strangers in the Province of Joy: Practicing Radical Hospitality on the US - Mexico Border

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This is the story of America writ small—a nation founded by immigrants and its shifting, oft-contradictory attitudes toward them. Since 1978, El Paso’s Annunciation House has welcomed over half a million people: migrants and refugees, doing what humans have always done to find sustenance and safety, and volunteers seeking meaning and purpose. Through this chronicle of their individual journeys, Mary Fontana exposes the forces driving global migration and challenges readers to confront the borders in their own hearts.

Mary Fontana has supported migrant hospitality efforts in El Paso for over two decades. She has written about the border for America, BorderLore, and Consequence. Learn more at maryfontana.com.

Get your copy today: https://orbisbooks.com/products/strangers-in-the-province-of-joy-practicing-radical-hospitality-on-the-us-mexico-border

#OrbisBooks #MaryFontana #RobertEllsberg #Migrants #CatholicChurch #Refugees #US #Mexico]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72418643Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:09:09 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with Mary Fontana as they discuss Strangers in the Province of Joy: Practicing Radical Hospitality on the US - Mexico Border...Strangers in the Province of Joy: Practicing Radical Hospitality on the US - Mexico Border

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This is the story of America writ small—a nation founded by immigrants and its shifting, oft-contradictory attitudes toward them. Since 1978, El Paso’s Annunciation House has welcomed over half a million people: migrants and refugees, doing what humans have always done to find sustenance and safety, and volunteers seeking meaning and purpose. Through this chronicle of their individual journeys, Mary Fontana exposes the forces driving global migration and challenges readers to confront the borders in their own hearts.

Mary Fontana has supported migrant hospitality efforts in El Paso for over two decades. She has written about the border for America, BorderLore, and Consequence. Learn more at maryfontana.com.

Get your copy today: https://orbisbooks.com/products/strangers-in-the-province-of-joy-practicing-radical-hospitality-on-the-us-mexico-border

#OrbisBooks #MaryFontana #RobertEllsberg #Migrants #CatholicChurch #Refugees #US #Mexico]]>2013false102fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/phyllis-zagano-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--72418320Phyllis Zagano as they discuss The Vatican and Women Deacons

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In The Vatican and Women Deacons, Phyllis Zagano explores the history, theology, and ongoing debate surrounding women in ordained ministry within the Catholic Church. Drawing from years of scholarship and direct involvement in Vatican discussions, Zagano examines the role of women deacons in the early Church, the contemporary questions facing the Vatican, and what the restoration of the female diaconate could mean for the future of Catholic ministry and leadership.

Phyllis Zagano is an internationally recognized Catholic scholar and author specializing in contemporary spirituality and women’s roles in the Church. She served on Pope Francis’ 2016 Study Commission on the Women’s Diaconate and has written extensively on ministry, ecclesiology, and Church history.

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#OrbisBooks #PhyllisZagano #RobertEllsberg #WomenDeacons #CatholicChurch #Theology
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72418320Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:33:04 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with Phyllis Zagano as they discuss The Vatican and Women Deacons https://orbisbooks.com/products/the-vatican-and-women-deacons In The Vatican and Women Deacons, Phyllis...Phyllis Zagano as they discuss The Vatican and Women Deacons

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In The Vatican and Women Deacons, Phyllis Zagano explores the history, theology, and ongoing debate surrounding women in ordained ministry within the Catholic Church. Drawing from years of scholarship and direct involvement in Vatican discussions, Zagano examines the role of women deacons in the early Church, the contemporary questions facing the Vatican, and what the restoration of the female diaconate could mean for the future of Catholic ministry and leadership.

Phyllis Zagano is an internationally recognized Catholic scholar and author specializing in contemporary spirituality and women’s roles in the Church. She served on Pope Francis’ 2016 Study Commission on the Women’s Diaconate and has written extensively on ministry, ecclesiology, and Church history.

Get your copy today: https://orbisbooks.com/products/the-vatican-and-women-deacons

#OrbisBooks #PhyllisZagano #RobertEllsberg #WomenDeacons #CatholicChurch #Theology
]]>2289false101fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/andrew-t-vink-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--71878388Andrew T. Vink as they discuss  Common Evil: Political Economy and the Ethics of Liberation

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Common Evil: addresses a malignant hopelessness that has overtaken our society through a theological analysis that emphasizes concrete manifestations of ideology in history. Part of the struggle of understanding the malaise of our society is a difficulty in connecting the abstract concepts of sinful social structures such as racism, sexism, and neoliberal capitalism to the concrete realities that we experience daily. The common evil, developed from Ellacuría’s theological work, provides a language to start making these connections. As we become able to identify and understand these connections, we are able to participate in critical praxis towards alleviating the suffering created by common evil.


Andrew T. Vink holds a PhD in systematic theology from Boston College and master’s degrees in theology and philosophy from Marquette University. A Roman Catholic, Vink has served as adjunct professor at Mount St. Mary’s University and lecturer at Marymount University.


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#OrbisBooks #AndrewTVink  #RobertEllsberg #Ethics #Politics #Liberation
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71878388Tue, 05 May 2026 16:45:47 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with Andrew T. Vink as they discuss  Common Evil: Political Economy and the Ethics of Liberation...Andrew T. Vink as they discuss  Common Evil: Political Economy and the Ethics of Liberation

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Common Evil: addresses a malignant hopelessness that has overtaken our society through a theological analysis that emphasizes concrete manifestations of ideology in history. Part of the struggle of understanding the malaise of our society is a difficulty in connecting the abstract concepts of sinful social structures such as racism, sexism, and neoliberal capitalism to the concrete realities that we experience daily. The common evil, developed from Ellacuría’s theological work, provides a language to start making these connections. As we become able to identify and understand these connections, we are able to participate in critical praxis towards alleviating the suffering created by common evil.


Andrew T. Vink holds a PhD in systematic theology from Boston College and master’s degrees in theology and philosophy from Marquette University. A Roman Catholic, Vink has served as adjunct professor at Mount St. Mary’s University and lecturer at Marymount University.


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#OrbisBooks #AndrewTVink  #RobertEllsberg #Ethics #Politics #Liberation
]]>1922false100fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wes-howard-brook-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--71404776Wes Howard-Brook as they discuss  Creation or Empire: A Choice of Religions in the Bible and Beyond

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“If we study Wes’ brilliant insight to the Bible, we will not only want to join the biblical lineage of nonviolent resistance to empire with all our hearts, but discover anew the living God of universal love and peace who calls us to a new world of peace.”—Rev. John Dear, author, The Gospel of Peace
 
“This book is a clarion call and a summons. To choose Creation over Empire is not a moral decision. It is to decide what kind of world will live in us. The gospel is not neutral—it is a jailbreak, a holy uprising against every system that cages the imagination that belongs to God. Creation or Empire extends that vision to the whole world.”—Rev. Lynice Pinkard, UCC Philadelphia area pastor
 
“Creation or Empire delivers a template showing how Christians can live a religion of creation story today!” —Angela N. Parker, PhD, Mercer University

Wes Howard-Brook is the author of several award-winning books, including “Come Out, My People!” God’s Call out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond and Empire Baptized: How the Church Embraced What Jesus Rejected, 2nd-5th Centuries. He collaborates in the ministry Abide in Me with his wife Sue Ferguson Johnson. His YouTube channel, Radical Bible (https://radicalbible.net), is a word-by word, video biblical commentary.

Get your copy today:  https://orbisbooks.com/products/creation-or-empire-a-choice-of-religions-in-the-bible-and-beyond

#OrbisBooks #WesHoward-Brook  #RobertEllsberg #Religion #Bible
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71404776Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:04:41 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with Wes Howard-Brook as they discuss  Creation or Empire: A Choice of Religions in the Bible and Beyond...Wes Howard-Brook as they discuss  Creation or Empire: A Choice of Religions in the Bible and Beyond

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“If we study Wes’ brilliant insight to the Bible, we will not only want to join the biblical lineage of nonviolent resistance to empire with all our hearts, but discover anew the living God of universal love and peace who calls us to a new world of peace.”—Rev. John Dear, author, The Gospel of Peace
 
“This book is a clarion call and a summons. To choose Creation over Empire is not a moral decision. It is to decide what kind of world will live in us. The gospel is not neutral—it is a jailbreak, a holy uprising against every system that cages the imagination that belongs to God. Creation or Empire extends that vision to the whole world.”—Rev. Lynice Pinkard, UCC Philadelphia area pastor
 
“Creation or Empire delivers a template showing how Christians can live a religion of creation story today!” —Angela N. Parker, PhD, Mercer University

Wes Howard-Brook is the author of several award-winning books, including “Come Out, My People!” God’s Call out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond and Empire Baptized: How the Church Embraced What Jesus Rejected, 2nd-5th Centuries. He collaborates in the ministry Abide in Me with his wife Sue Ferguson Johnson. His YouTube channel, Radical Bible (https://radicalbible.net), is a word-by word, video biblical commentary.

Get your copy today:  https://orbisbooks.com/products/creation-or-empire-a-choice-of-religions-in-the-bible-and-beyond

#OrbisBooks #WesHoward-Brook  #RobertEllsberg #Religion #Bible
]]>2220orbisbooks,religion,robertellsberg,weshoward-brookfalse99fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/john-dear-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--71064584John Dear as they discuss:  Universal Love: Surrendering to the God of Peace

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This book arose from a young man’s request that John serve as his spiritual director. He did not believe in God, but he believed in “love and truth and compassion.” John replied that those are all names for God, and they agreed that they would speak of Universal Love. From this beginning, John discovered a new understanding of spirituality, and his own life of peacemaking as an exercise in “surrendering to the God of Peace.” In short reflections, he outlines what this means, offers practical exercises, and shows how this might lead us more deeply into the meaning of discipleship in a world of violence and conflict.


Rev. John Dear is a priest, long time peace activist, lecturer, and author of 40 books including The Gospel of Peace. He is the founder and director of  www.beatitudescenter.org and offers a weekly podcast, “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast.” Visit www.johndear.org.

Get your copy today:  https://orbisbooks.com/products/universal-love-surrendering-to-the-god-of-peace

#OrbisBooks #JohnDear  #RobertEllsberg #GodOfPeace #spiritualexercize #discipleship
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71064584Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:00:04 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with John Dear as they discuss:  Universal Love: Surrendering to the God of Peace https://orbisbooks.com/products/universal-love-surrendering-to-the-god-of-peace This book...John Dear as they discuss:  Universal Love: Surrendering to the God of Peace

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This book arose from a young man’s request that John serve as his spiritual director. He did not believe in God, but he believed in “love and truth and compassion.” John replied that those are all names for God, and they agreed that they would speak of Universal Love. From this beginning, John discovered a new understanding of spirituality, and his own life of peacemaking as an exercise in “surrendering to the God of Peace.” In short reflections, he outlines what this means, offers practical exercises, and shows how this might lead us more deeply into the meaning of discipleship in a world of violence and conflict.


Rev. John Dear is a priest, long time peace activist, lecturer, and author of 40 books including The Gospel of Peace. He is the founder and director of  www.beatitudescenter.org and offers a weekly podcast, “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast.” Visit www.johndear.org.

Get your copy today:  https://orbisbooks.com/products/universal-love-surrendering-to-the-god-of-peace

#OrbisBooks #JohnDear  #RobertEllsberg #GodOfPeace #spiritualexercize #discipleship
]]>2209catholic,discipleship,godofpeace,johndear,orbisbooksfalse98fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gerard-o-connell-and-elisabetta-pique-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--70784079Gerard O'Connell and Elisabetta Pique as they discuss  The Election of Pope Leo XIV: The Last Surprise of Pope Francis

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From the death and funeral of Pope Francis, to the behind-the-scenes maneuvers as cardinals arrive in Rome, to the surprising election of Pope Leo XIV: Here is the story behind the headlines, as told by two of the Vatican’s most trusted correspondents.

Elisabetta Piqué is a correspondent for La Nación, the Argentine daily published in Buenos Aires, and author of three books including Francis, Life and Revolution (Loyola Press), which was adapted into a film. During last year’s conclave she served as Vatican analyst for CNN international. 

Gerard O’Connell, Vatican correspondent for America Magazine, is the author of three books including The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Story of the Conclave that Changed History (Orbis Books). He served as Vatican analyst for CTV (Canada) during the past three conclaves, and also as contributor to BBC, Al Jazeera, ABC, NBC, ARD television in Germany, as well as various radio and television networks.

Get your copy today:  https://orbisbooks.com/products/the-election-of-pope-leo-xiv-the-last-suprise-of-pope-francis

#OrbisBooks #ElisabettaPique  #RobertEllsberg #GerardO'Connell  #PopeLeoXIV #Conclave
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70784079Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:13:07 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with Gerard O'Connell and Elisabetta Pique as they discuss  The Election of Pope Leo XIV: The Last Surprise of Pope Francis https://maryknoll.link/3fo From the death and...Gerard O'Connell and Elisabetta Pique as they discuss  The Election of Pope Leo XIV: The Last Surprise of Pope Francis

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From the death and funeral of Pope Francis, to the behind-the-scenes maneuvers as cardinals arrive in Rome, to the surprising election of Pope Leo XIV: Here is the story behind the headlines, as told by two of the Vatican’s most trusted correspondents.

Elisabetta Piqué is a correspondent for La Nación, the Argentine daily published in Buenos Aires, and author of three books including Francis, Life and Revolution (Loyola Press), which was adapted into a film. During last year’s conclave she served as Vatican analyst for CNN international. 

Gerard O’Connell, Vatican correspondent for America Magazine, is the author of three books including The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Story of the Conclave that Changed History (Orbis Books). He served as Vatican analyst for CTV (Canada) during the past three conclaves, and also as contributor to BBC, Al Jazeera, ABC, NBC, ARD television in Germany, as well as various radio and television networks.

Get your copy today:  https://orbisbooks.com/products/the-election-of-pope-leo-xiv-the-last-suprise-of-pope-francis

#OrbisBooks #ElisabettaPique  #RobertEllsberg #GerardO'Connell  #PopeLeoXIV #Conclave
]]>2286false97fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/todd-walatka-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--70488486Todd Walatka, as they discuss  Words of Life: The Preaching of Saint Oscar Romero

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St. Óscar Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador, who was slain at the altar while saying Mass in 1980, is undoubtedly one of the towering figures of the modern church. More than four decades later, his words and witness are a source of challenge and inspiration.

It is arguably Romero’s homilies that provide the best and most intimate portrait of his testimony. Yet that message, in six volumes totaling more than 2,500 pages, has been hard to access. In Words of Life: The Preaching of St. Óscar Romero, Todd Walatka has selected a dozen of his most iconic sermons, beginning with his homily following the assassination of his friend, Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande, in 1977, and concluding with his final homily on the day of his assassination three years later.

Broadcast live on the radio from his cathedral in San Salvador, Romero’s Sunday homilies were a national and ecclesial event. While reflecting aloud on the Word of God, he related the gospel to the daily events in El Salvador. Addressing the hopes, joys, and anguish of his suffering people, he was also careful to document the accelerating incidence of human rights violations.

But if Romero’s preaching had political implications, these sermons show how deeply his response to the world was rooted in his deep incarnational faith. Following the path of the Son of God who took on our flesh, Romero urged his flock to incarnate the gospel message in their own lives in their commitment both to charity and to justice.

All the while, he knew the risks he was taking. Yet he persisted to the end. As he said in his final sermon, “Those who seek to shun danger will lose their lives, whereas those who, for love of Christ, dedicate themselves to the service of others will live. . . . They are like that grain of wheat that dies, at least in appearance. If the grain does not die, it remains alone. If it yields a crop, it is because it dies, allowing itself to be immolated in the earth.”

Todd Walatka is a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame who has taught and researched on Óscar Romero for a number of years. He is the editor of Óscar Romero and Catholic Social Teaching and author of Von Balthasar and the Option for the Poor.

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#OrbisBooks #ToddWalatka  #RobertEllsberg  #OscarRomero #CatholicSocialTeaching

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70488486Thu, 05 Mar 2026 21:00:02 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with Todd Walatka, as they discuss  Words of Life: The Preaching of Saint Oscar Romero https://maryknoll.link/3fo St. Óscar Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador, who was...Todd Walatka, as they discuss  Words of Life: The Preaching of Saint Oscar Romero

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St. Óscar Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador, who was slain at the altar while saying Mass in 1980, is undoubtedly one of the towering figures of the modern church. More than four decades later, his words and witness are a source of challenge and inspiration.

It is arguably Romero’s homilies that provide the best and most intimate portrait of his testimony. Yet that message, in six volumes totaling more than 2,500 pages, has been hard to access. In Words of Life: The Preaching of St. Óscar Romero, Todd Walatka has selected a dozen of his most iconic sermons, beginning with his homily following the assassination of his friend, Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande, in 1977, and concluding with his final homily on the day of his assassination three years later.

Broadcast live on the radio from his cathedral in San Salvador, Romero’s Sunday homilies were a national and ecclesial event. While reflecting aloud on the Word of God, he related the gospel to the daily events in El Salvador. Addressing the hopes, joys, and anguish of his suffering people, he was also careful to document the accelerating incidence of human rights violations.

But if Romero’s preaching had political implications, these sermons show how deeply his response to the world was rooted in his deep incarnational faith. Following the path of the Son of God who took on our flesh, Romero urged his flock to incarnate the gospel message in their own lives in their commitment both to charity and to justice.

All the while, he knew the risks he was taking. Yet he persisted to the end. As he said in his final sermon, “Those who seek to shun danger will lose their lives, whereas those who, for love of Christ, dedicate themselves to the service of others will live. . . . They are like that grain of wheat that dies, at least in appearance. If the grain does not die, it remains alone. If it yields a crop, it is because it dies, allowing itself to be immolated in the earth.”

Todd Walatka is a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame who has taught and researched on Óscar Romero for a number of years. He is the editor of Óscar Romero and Catholic Social Teaching and author of Von Balthasar and the Option for the Poor.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/3fo

#OrbisBooks #ToddWalatka  #RobertEllsberg  #OscarRomero #CatholicSocialTeaching

]]>2202false96fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/o-neil-van-horn-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--70156631O'neil Van Horn , as they discuss  Making Hope: Practices, Prayers, and Parables for a Changing Climate

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In Making Hope, O’neil Van Horn explores how slow, still, and often quiet practices can cultivate hope for ourselves, each other, and our planetary home. With an accessible beauty, he shows how the ordinary things we do—mending, seed-saving, composting, and birding—can become new parables that might help us make hope where it is least felt and most needed.
 
Meditative, inviting, and prayerful, Van Horn’s writing compassionately makes space and time for readers to experience the meaningful practice of hope.
 
O’neil Van Horn is assistant professor, theology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. He holds a PhD in philosophical and theological studies in religion from Drew University and was a Louisville Scholar from 2021 to 2023. With a background in organic agriculture and sustainability, he is author of On the Ground: Terrestrial Theopoetics and Planetary Politics (Fordham University Press).

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#OrbisBooks #O'neilVanHorn  #RobertEllsberg  #theopetics #ecology #agriculture #theology

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70156631Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:45:58 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with O'neil Van Horn , as they discuss  Making Hope: Practices, Prayers, and Parables for a Changing Climate https://maryknoll.link/87a In Making Hope, O’neil Van Horn...O'neil Van Horn , as they discuss  Making Hope: Practices, Prayers, and Parables for a Changing Climate

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In Making Hope, O’neil Van Horn explores how slow, still, and often quiet practices can cultivate hope for ourselves, each other, and our planetary home. With an accessible beauty, he shows how the ordinary things we do—mending, seed-saving, composting, and birding—can become new parables that might help us make hope where it is least felt and most needed.
 
Meditative, inviting, and prayerful, Van Horn’s writing compassionately makes space and time for readers to experience the meaningful practice of hope.
 
O’neil Van Horn is assistant professor, theology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. He holds a PhD in philosophical and theological studies in religion from Drew University and was a Louisville Scholar from 2021 to 2023. With a background in organic agriculture and sustainability, he is author of On the Ground: Terrestrial Theopoetics and Planetary Politics (Fordham University Press).

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/87a

#OrbisBooks #O'neilVanHorn  #RobertEllsberg  #theopetics #ecology #agriculture #theology

]]>1768false95fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/liza-j-rankow-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--69814568Join Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with
Liza J. Rankow , as they discuss  Soul Medicine for a Fractured World: Healing, Justice, and the Path of Wholeness

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Each day brings news of worsening ecological, political, and social upheaval. None of us individually can solve the intersecting crises we face; we are not meant to. Yet each of us carries a vital gift for these times. As we navigate the collapse of a world built on domination and division, we can engage in the birthing of new possibilities, finding strength in our belonging to a wholeness that is ancient, infinite, and eternal.

Combining the insightful analysis of a longtime grassroots activist with the compassion of a seasoned spiritual guide, Liza J. Rankow shows readers how to live with purpose and meaning, not just in spite of the rising tide of calamities around us, but as our response to them.
With an approach to liberation inspired by “mystic activists” from various faith and cultural traditions, Soul Medicine for a Fractured World offers an integrative path toward healing and social transformation, rooted in our kinship with one another, the Earth, and all of life.  Rich with practical application, the book includes questions for reflection as well as an array of spiritual and healing practices to help readers put the ideas shared into embodied action.

Liza J. Rankow, PhD, MHS, is an interfaith minister, educator, activist, and writer. Her lifework centers the deep healing that is essential to personal and social transformation. Liza is the founder and former executive director of OneLife Institute, which for almost 20 years supported the well-being of frontline activists, caregivers, and community. She has been a spiritual counselor and teacher for more than three decades, and is co-editor of The Living Wisdom of Howard Thurman audio collection. 

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/29b

#OrbisBooks #LizaJRankow  #RobertEllsberg #activism #Theology #ecology #politics
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69814568Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:00:02 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with Liza J. Rankow , as they discuss  Soul Medicine for a Fractured World: Healing, Justice, and the Path of Wholeness https://maryknoll.link/29b Each day brings news of...Join Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with
Liza J. Rankow , as they discuss  Soul Medicine for a Fractured World: Healing, Justice, and the Path of Wholeness

https://maryknoll.link/29b

Each day brings news of worsening ecological, political, and social upheaval. None of us individually can solve the intersecting crises we face; we are not meant to. Yet each of us carries a vital gift for these times. As we navigate the collapse of a world built on domination and division, we can engage in the birthing of new possibilities, finding strength in our belonging to a wholeness that is ancient, infinite, and eternal.

Combining the insightful analysis of a longtime grassroots activist with the compassion of a seasoned spiritual guide, Liza J. Rankow shows readers how to live with purpose and meaning, not just in spite of the rising tide of calamities around us, but as our response to them.
With an approach to liberation inspired by “mystic activists” from various faith and cultural traditions, Soul Medicine for a Fractured World offers an integrative path toward healing and social transformation, rooted in our kinship with one another, the Earth, and all of life.  Rich with practical application, the book includes questions for reflection as well as an array of spiritual and healing practices to help readers put the ideas shared into embodied action.

Liza J. Rankow, PhD, MHS, is an interfaith minister, educator, activist, and writer. Her lifework centers the deep healing that is essential to personal and social transformation. Liza is the founder and former executive director of OneLife Institute, which for almost 20 years supported the well-being of frontline activists, caregivers, and community. She has been a spiritual counselor and teacher for more than three decades, and is co-editor of The Living Wisdom of Howard Thurman audio collection. 

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/29b

#OrbisBooks #LizaJRankow  #RobertEllsberg #activism #Theology #ecology #politics
]]>2009false94fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kelley-nikondeha-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--69550791Kelley Nikondeha, as they discuss  Jubilee Economics: The Purpose, Practices and Possibilities for a Better Future.

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Most consider jubilee to be an aspirational, ancient practice, dismissing it as impractical for modern economic practices. Among theologians and economists many doubt it was ever practiced. And they would be wrong. Kelley Nikondeha uncovers recent scholarship that tells a different story, one of Jubilee’s robust capabilities for resetting just economic systems.

Kelley Nikondeha is a writer, speaker, liberation theologian, and community development practitioner. Together with her husband, Claude Nikondeha, they founded Communities of Hope (an NGO in Burundi), Kazoza Bank, and have an ongoing partnership with the United Nations Capital Development Fund around economic development.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/3uc

#OrbisBooks #KelleyNikondeha #RobertEllsberg #economics #Theology 

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69550791Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:00:08 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with Kelley Nikondeha, as they discuss  Jubilee Economics: The Purpose, Practices and Possibilities for a Better Future. https://maryknoll.link/3uc Most consider jubilee...Kelley Nikondeha, as they discuss  Jubilee Economics: The Purpose, Practices and Possibilities for a Better Future.

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Most consider jubilee to be an aspirational, ancient practice, dismissing it as impractical for modern economic practices. Among theologians and economists many doubt it was ever practiced. And they would be wrong. Kelley Nikondeha uncovers recent scholarship that tells a different story, one of Jubilee’s robust capabilities for resetting just economic systems.

Kelley Nikondeha is a writer, speaker, liberation theologian, and community development practitioner. Together with her husband, Claude Nikondeha, they founded Communities of Hope (an NGO in Burundi), Kazoza Bank, and have an ongoing partnership with the United Nations Capital Development Fund around economic development.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/3uc

#OrbisBooks #KelleyNikondeha #RobertEllsberg #economics #Theology 

]]>2059false93fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mac-loftin-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--69357893Mac Loftin, as they discuss  In the Twilight of the Christian West: A Theology of Mourning and Resistance.

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Countering this malignant theology, Loftin draws on the vision of antifascist thinkers, mystics, and theologians including Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Simone Weil, and Michel de Certeau. He reveals how these revolutionaries forged potent theological resistance in their own fraught political moments by recovering a radically different Christian tradition: one that embraces impermanence, reconciliation, difference, and the liberative work of mourning.

Mac Loftin is lecturer on theology at Harvard University. His writing has appeared in Political Theology, The Christian Century, and Earth & Altar.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/opg

#OrbisBooks #MacLoftin #RobertEllsberg #ChristianBooks #Theology #ChristianResistance
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69357893Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:00:08 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with Mac Loftin, as they discuss  In the Twilight of the Christian West: A Theology of Mourning and Resistance. https://maryknoll.link/opg Countering this malignant...Mac Loftin, as they discuss  In the Twilight of the Christian West: A Theology of Mourning and Resistance.

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Countering this malignant theology, Loftin draws on the vision of antifascist thinkers, mystics, and theologians including Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Simone Weil, and Michel de Certeau. He reveals how these revolutionaries forged potent theological resistance in their own fraught political moments by recovering a radically different Christian tradition: one that embraces impermanence, reconciliation, difference, and the liberative work of mourning.

Mac Loftin is lecturer on theology at Harvard University. His writing has appeared in Political Theology, The Christian Century, and Earth & Altar.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/opg

#OrbisBooks #MacLoftin #RobertEllsberg #ChristianBooks #Theology #ChristianResistance
]]>2094christianity,macloftin,orbisbooks,robertellsberg,theologyfalse92fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rebecca-bratten-weiss-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--69119045Rebecca Bratten Weiss, as they discuss  The Books That Made Us: Deconstructing the Modern Christian Classics.

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What do you do when you realize that the books you were taught to revere imbued you with false perspectives on humanity, society, and morals? 
 
This is the question editor and journalist Rebecca Bratten Weiss poses, as she revisits beloved but problematic Christian writers like G.K. Chesterton, T.S. Eliot, J.R.R. Tolkien, Evelyn Waugh, and C.S. Lewis. While documenting her journey out of conservative Christian culture, Bratten Weiss sorts through the rubble of old beliefs, discerning which to discard and which to keep.
 
The Books That Made Us reminds readers how powerfully literature can shape us—and how devastatingly it can harm us.

Rebecca Bratten Weiss is digital editor at U.S. Catholic magazine, co-host of the Glad You Asked podcast, and a regular contributor to the National Catholic Reporter. She has published extensively on religion, culture, and politics, and is co-editor (with Jessica Mesman) of Sick Pilgrims: An Anthology of Catholic Spiritual Autobiography.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/80c4d8

#OrbisBooks #RebeccaBrattenWeiss #RobertEllsberg #ChristianBooks
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69119045Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:00:08 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with Rebecca Bratten Weiss, as they discuss  The Books That Made Us: Deconstructing the Modern Christian Classics. https://maryknoll.link/80c4d8 What do you do when you...Rebecca Bratten Weiss, as they discuss  The Books That Made Us: Deconstructing the Modern Christian Classics.

https://maryknoll.link/80c4d8

What do you do when you realize that the books you were taught to revere imbued you with false perspectives on humanity, society, and morals? 
 
This is the question editor and journalist Rebecca Bratten Weiss poses, as she revisits beloved but problematic Christian writers like G.K. Chesterton, T.S. Eliot, J.R.R. Tolkien, Evelyn Waugh, and C.S. Lewis. While documenting her journey out of conservative Christian culture, Bratten Weiss sorts through the rubble of old beliefs, discerning which to discard and which to keep.
 
The Books That Made Us reminds readers how powerfully literature can shape us—and how devastatingly it can harm us.

Rebecca Bratten Weiss is digital editor at U.S. Catholic magazine, co-host of the Glad You Asked podcast, and a regular contributor to the National Catholic Reporter. She has published extensively on religion, culture, and politics, and is co-editor (with Jessica Mesman) of Sick Pilgrims: An Anthology of Catholic Spiritual Autobiography.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/80c4d8

#OrbisBooks #RebeccaBrattenWeiss #RobertEllsberg #ChristianBooks
]]>2120false91fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mary-c-boys-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--68892076Mary C. Boys, as they discuss Blessing of a New Dawn: Reorienting Christianity's Relation to Judaism

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An expert in Jewish-Christian relations and a serious student of Scripture engages the latest scholarship to offer a succinct, informative exploration of the history that informed Christian attitudes toward Judaism, and how a new reading can lead to a richer understanding between peoples.  

Mary C. Boys is Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology, Union Theological Seminary, NYC, and its former Academic Vice-President and Dean. Long experienced in Jewish-Christian dialogue, she is a member of the Committee on Religion, Ethics, and the Holocaust at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. A member of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, she is also author of Has God Only One Blessing? Judaism as a Source of Christian Self-Understanding.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/b4n

#OrbisBooks #JewishChristianDialogue #InterfaithUnderstanding #MaryCBoys #RobertEllsberg
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68892076Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with Mary C. Boys, as they discuss Blessing of a New Dawn: Reorienting Christianity's Relation to Judaism https://maryknoll.link/b4n An expert in Jewish-Christian relations...Mary C. Boys, as they discuss Blessing of a New Dawn: Reorienting Christianity's Relation to Judaism

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An expert in Jewish-Christian relations and a serious student of Scripture engages the latest scholarship to offer a succinct, informative exploration of the history that informed Christian attitudes toward Judaism, and how a new reading can lead to a richer understanding between peoples.  

Mary C. Boys is Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology, Union Theological Seminary, NYC, and its former Academic Vice-President and Dean. Long experienced in Jewish-Christian dialogue, she is a member of the Committee on Religion, Ethics, and the Holocaust at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. A member of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, she is also author of Has God Only One Blessing? Judaism as a Source of Christian Self-Understanding.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/b4n

#OrbisBooks #JewishChristianDialogue #InterfaithUnderstanding #MaryCBoys #RobertEllsberg
]]>2197false90fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/john-s-munayer-and-samuel-s-munayer-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--68556960John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer, as they discuss The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology amid Gaza

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From the lived theology of grandmothers to traditions of scholarship, from ancient liturgies to contemporary resistance, eight Palestinian Christian theologians offer a crucial and vibrant perspective on liberation, reconciliation, and divine imagination. Written within the heart of suffering, the cross and the olive tree interpret each other in an unwavering hope, symbols of faith and homeland.


John Munayer is a Palestinian theologian from Jerusalem and holds degrees from King’s College London, the University of Edinburgh, and VU University Amsterdam. John is currently involved in interreligious activism and is the founder and editor of the Journal of Palestinian Christianity at the Bethlehem Bible College. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh, researching the political theology of the Palestinian laity in relation to the Holy Fire ceremony.  


Samuel Munayer is a Palestinian theologian from Jerusalem and holds degrees from Durham University and Exeter University. Samuel works as an advocacy and access officer for a humanitarian organization that works in Gaza and the West Bank. He recently co-authored with John the article entitled, “Decolonising Palestinian Liberation Theology: New Methods, Sources, and Voices.”

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/v3h

#PalestinianTheology #LiberationTheology #OrbisBooks #FaithAndJustice

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68556960Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:13:38 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer, as they discuss The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology amid Gaza https://maryknoll.link/v3h  From the...John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer, as they discuss The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology amid Gaza

https://maryknoll.link/v3h 

From the lived theology of grandmothers to traditions of scholarship, from ancient liturgies to contemporary resistance, eight Palestinian Christian theologians offer a crucial and vibrant perspective on liberation, reconciliation, and divine imagination. Written within the heart of suffering, the cross and the olive tree interpret each other in an unwavering hope, symbols of faith and homeland.


John Munayer is a Palestinian theologian from Jerusalem and holds degrees from King’s College London, the University of Edinburgh, and VU University Amsterdam. John is currently involved in interreligious activism and is the founder and editor of the Journal of Palestinian Christianity at the Bethlehem Bible College. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh, researching the political theology of the Palestinian laity in relation to the Holy Fire ceremony.  


Samuel Munayer is a Palestinian theologian from Jerusalem and holds degrees from Durham University and Exeter University. Samuel works as an advocacy and access officer for a humanitarian organization that works in Gaza and the West Bank. He recently co-authored with John the article entitled, “Decolonising Palestinian Liberation Theology: New Methods, Sources, and Voices.”

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/v3h

#PalestinianTheology #LiberationTheology #OrbisBooks #FaithAndJustice

]]>1920false89fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/james-douglass-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--68353312
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Here at last is the long-awaited sequel to James Douglass's bestselling work, JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters. That book, unlike most books that posit a conspiracy in JFK's assassination, focuses less on "who dunnit" as on "why they dunnit." Douglas's answer was to trace the steps by which JFK moved from being a traditional Cold Warrior to a prophetic commitment to peace, willing to risk his own life in order to avoid nuclear war. In particular JFK's partnership in pursuit of peace with ostensible adversary, Nikita Khrushchev, caused him to be regarded as a traitor by elements of the military-industrial-intelligence complex who deployed the mechanisms of the National Security State--which had previously targeted foreign "threats"--to neutralize the President of the United States. 


This new volume necessarily returns to the story of JFK, and demonstrates how the same story was enacted again and again in the deaths of his brother, Bobby Kennedy, as well as the killings of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. In each case, American figures who made a prophetic commitment to peace and social transformation were regarded as enemies of the state who had to be eliminated. Douglass believes that this hidden history holds a key to recovering and advancing their mission, and setting our country and the world on a path to peace.


James W. Douglass is a longtime peace activist and writer. He and his wife Shelley are co-founders of the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action in Poulsbo, WA, and Mary’s House, a Catholic Worker house of hospitality in Birmingham, AL, where they now live. His other books include The Nonviolent Coming of God, Resistance and Contemplation, Gandhi and the Unspeakable, and JFK and the Unspeakable.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/bxy

#MartyrsToTheUnspeakable  #JamesWDouglass  #PeaceAndJustice #JFKMLKMalcolmXRFK  #NonviolentResistance

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68353312Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:00:08 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author James W. Douglass, as they discuss Martyrs to the Unspeakable: The Assassinations of JFK, Martin, Malcolm, and RFK https://maryknoll.link/bxy Here at last is...
https://maryknoll.link/bxy

Here at last is the long-awaited sequel to James Douglass's bestselling work, JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters. That book, unlike most books that posit a conspiracy in JFK's assassination, focuses less on "who dunnit" as on "why they dunnit." Douglas's answer was to trace the steps by which JFK moved from being a traditional Cold Warrior to a prophetic commitment to peace, willing to risk his own life in order to avoid nuclear war. In particular JFK's partnership in pursuit of peace with ostensible adversary, Nikita Khrushchev, caused him to be regarded as a traitor by elements of the military-industrial-intelligence complex who deployed the mechanisms of the National Security State--which had previously targeted foreign "threats"--to neutralize the President of the United States. 


This new volume necessarily returns to the story of JFK, and demonstrates how the same story was enacted again and again in the deaths of his brother, Bobby Kennedy, as well as the killings of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. In each case, American figures who made a prophetic commitment to peace and social transformation were regarded as enemies of the state who had to be eliminated. Douglass believes that this hidden history holds a key to recovering and advancing their mission, and setting our country and the world on a path to peace.


James W. Douglass is a longtime peace activist and writer. He and his wife Shelley are co-founders of the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action in Poulsbo, WA, and Mary’s House, a Catholic Worker house of hospitality in Birmingham, AL, where they now live. His other books include The Nonviolent Coming of God, Resistance and Contemplation, Gandhi and the Unspeakable, and JFK and the Unspeakable.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/bxy

#MartyrsToTheUnspeakable  #JamesWDouglass  #PeaceAndJustice #JFKMLKMalcolmXRFK  #NonviolentResistance

]]>1872false88fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cyprian-consiglio-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--68166576
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These moving and eloquent meditations on a range of spiritual themes draw on the author’s study of scripture and his deep monastic experience, as well as on his many pilgrimages to India and his immersion in the spiritual wisdom both of Asia and the Christian West.


Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam., is a Camaldolese Benedictine monk, musician, composer, author, and teacher. He has shared his time between a hermitage in Big Sur, CA, and traveling in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, studying, teaching, and performing. After retiring from his office as prior of his community, he currently lives in Rome, serving as Secretary General for Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (DIMMID). His books include Rediscovering the Divine: New Ways to Understand, Experience, and Express God.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/oc9

#RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks #DustinFeddon #spiritualwisdom #Christian #meditations

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68166576Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:00:08 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author Cyprian Consiglio, as they discuss Epiphanies of Nature and Grace: Twelve Meditations from a Life in Dialogue https://maryknoll.link/oc9 These moving and...
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These moving and eloquent meditations on a range of spiritual themes draw on the author’s study of scripture and his deep monastic experience, as well as on his many pilgrimages to India and his immersion in the spiritual wisdom both of Asia and the Christian West.


Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam., is a Camaldolese Benedictine monk, musician, composer, author, and teacher. He has shared his time between a hermitage in Big Sur, CA, and traveling in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, studying, teaching, and performing. After retiring from his office as prior of his community, he currently lives in Rome, serving as Secretary General for Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (DIMMID). His books include Rediscovering the Divine: New Ways to Understand, Experience, and Express God.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/oc9

#RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks #DustinFeddon #spiritualwisdom #Christian #meditations

]]>1879catholic,meditations,spiritualityfalse87fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dustin-feddon-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--67990091More Than Half Way Home: A Story of Accompaniment in the Shadows of Incarceration.

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When Dustin Feddon began accompanying men on death row and in solitary confinement, he saw a broken system that failed man after man within its walls. Even for those in “release” programs, what he saw—and the men he met—compelled him to ask if there could be new kinds of spaces, not confined spaces or “halfway houses,” but communities that welcomed people back into the human family, re-affirming their dignity? The answer he discovered, was a resounding Yes. That yes began a new community—and the story of Joseph House.

Fr. Dustin Feddon, a Catholic priest of the diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, is founder and executive director of Joseph House, a home and community for men released from prison. Fr. Dustin and Joseph House have partnered with Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), Legal Defense Fund, and other groups fighting for greater justice and mercy for those impacted by the criminal justice system


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All author royalties will go to support the work of Joseph House.

#RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks #DustinFeddon #equaljustice #activism #ministry #humandignity

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67990091Thu, 02 Oct 2025 21:00:07 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author Fr. Dustin Feddon, as they discuss More Than Half Way Home: A Story of Accompaniment in the Shadows of Incarceration. https://maryknoll.link/p1h When Dustin...More Than Half Way Home: A Story of Accompaniment in the Shadows of Incarceration.

https://maryknoll.link/p1h

When Dustin Feddon began accompanying men on death row and in solitary confinement, he saw a broken system that failed man after man within its walls. Even for those in “release” programs, what he saw—and the men he met—compelled him to ask if there could be new kinds of spaces, not confined spaces or “halfway houses,” but communities that welcomed people back into the human family, re-affirming their dignity? The answer he discovered, was a resounding Yes. That yes began a new community—and the story of Joseph House.

Fr. Dustin Feddon, a Catholic priest of the diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, is founder and executive director of Joseph House, a home and community for men released from prison. Fr. Dustin and Joseph House have partnered with Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), Legal Defense Fund, and other groups fighting for greater justice and mercy for those impacted by the criminal justice system


Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/p1h

All author royalties will go to support the work of Joseph House.

#RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks #DustinFeddon #equaljustice #activism #ministry #humandignity

]]>2124false86fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wes-granberg-michaelson-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--67825695The Soulwork of Justice: Four Movements for Contemplative Action.
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Former politico, long-time activist, and faith leader Wes Granberg-Michaelson (Without Oars: Casting Off into a Life of Pilgrimage) looks at a life in activism. advocacy,  and ministry to reveal four key discernable movements of a lifelong soul journey to God's justice. He's also witnessed these elements consistently in the lives of others devoted to both soul-care and justice. Now he offers these four key movements for anyone at any age wanting to step into the entwined lineage of justice and soul work. While all experience it, few justice leaders talk about in the often exhausting effort of their work, and how critical soulwork--spiritual formation--is for sustaining a life of outward social witness.

Culled from the wisdom of decades of leadership experience in global ecumenical initiatives, religious organizations, and social justice movements, this book combines tenacity of vision with the groundedness of soul that has sustained Granberg-Michaelson even as it offers support to others engaged in the work for a lifetime and beyond.

Wesley Granberg-Michaelson is a writer, speaker, and global ecumenical leader working at the intersection of faith, justice, and public life. Previously a legislative assistant to Senator Mark O. Hatfield and Director of Church and Society for the World Council of Churches, he now serves on the board of the Global Christian Forum. He and his wife, Kaarin, live in Santa Fe, NM.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/1yu

 #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks #Wesley Granberg-Michaelson #socialjustice #activism #ministry #spiritualformation
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67825695Thu, 18 Sep 2025 21:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author Wesley Granberg-Michaelson, as they discuss The Soulwork of Justice: Four Movements for Contemplative Action. https://maryknoll.link/1yu Former politico,...The Soulwork of Justice: Four Movements for Contemplative Action.
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Former politico, long-time activist, and faith leader Wes Granberg-Michaelson (Without Oars: Casting Off into a Life of Pilgrimage) looks at a life in activism. advocacy,  and ministry to reveal four key discernable movements of a lifelong soul journey to God's justice. He's also witnessed these elements consistently in the lives of others devoted to both soul-care and justice. Now he offers these four key movements for anyone at any age wanting to step into the entwined lineage of justice and soul work. While all experience it, few justice leaders talk about in the often exhausting effort of their work, and how critical soulwork--spiritual formation--is for sustaining a life of outward social witness.

Culled from the wisdom of decades of leadership experience in global ecumenical initiatives, religious organizations, and social justice movements, this book combines tenacity of vision with the groundedness of soul that has sustained Granberg-Michaelson even as it offers support to others engaged in the work for a lifetime and beyond.

Wesley Granberg-Michaelson is a writer, speaker, and global ecumenical leader working at the intersection of faith, justice, and public life. Previously a legislative assistant to Senator Mark O. Hatfield and Director of Church and Society for the World Council of Churches, he now serves on the board of the Global Christian Forum. He and his wife, Kaarin, live in Santa Fe, NM.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/1yu

 #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks #Wesley Granberg-Michaelson #socialjustice #activism #ministry #spiritualformation
]]>2143false85fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paul-j-schutz-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--67634810
Proposing a groundbreaking theological approach to what it means to truly thrive, A Theology of Flourishing reframes Christian thought around the concept of abundant life for all of creation. Drawing from scripture, tradition, and contemporary theology, Schutz argues that flourishing is God’s fundamental intention for the universe. Suitable for students and scholars alike, this timely work confronts modern crises of injustice, inequality, and ecological destruction while constructing a fresh, hope-filled vision of Christian life for the well-being of all.

Paul J. Schutz is associate professor of religious studies, Santa Clara University. He writes and teaches courses on the meaning and significance of creation in and beyond the Christian tradition, with an emphasis on how scientific research might inform religious accounts of humanity’s relationship with other-than-human creatures.


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 #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks  #PaulJSchutz #CreationCare #IntegralEcology #FaithAndScience

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67634810Thu, 04 Sep 2025 21:00:08 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author Paul J. Schutz, as they discuss A Theology of Flourishing: The Fullness of Life for all Creation. Proposing a groundbreaking theological approach to what it...
Proposing a groundbreaking theological approach to what it means to truly thrive, A Theology of Flourishing reframes Christian thought around the concept of abundant life for all of creation. Drawing from scripture, tradition, and contemporary theology, Schutz argues that flourishing is God’s fundamental intention for the universe. Suitable for students and scholars alike, this timely work confronts modern crises of injustice, inequality, and ecological destruction while constructing a fresh, hope-filled vision of Christian life for the well-being of all.

Paul J. Schutz is associate professor of religious studies, Santa Clara University. He writes and teaches courses on the meaning and significance of creation in and beyond the Christian tradition, with an emphasis on how scientific research might inform religious accounts of humanity’s relationship with other-than-human creatures.


Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/nk8

 #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks  #PaulJSchutz #CreationCare #IntegralEcology #FaithAndScience

]]>2003false84fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/grace-ji-sun-kim-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--67470101https://maryknoll.link/7547de

In the face of tremendous ecological changes, environmental crises, and social inequity, our God-talk must reveal our profound interconnectedness with Earth and all its inhabitants. Grace Ji-Sun Kim offers a transformative vision of divine presence that calls us to active, restorative justice. Drawing from Christian theology and urgent ecological insights, the book discusses our current climate catastrophes while illuminating pathways of healing and hope. Earthbound invites readers to embrace a radical theology of relationship—one that recognizes our responsibility to each other, to all living systems, and to the intricate web of life that sustains us.


Grace Ji-Sun Kim holds a PhD from University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto. She was born in Korea, educated in Canada, and now teaches in the United States as professor of theology, Earlham School of Religion. She is the author or editor of twenty-five books, including Keeping Hope Alive: Sermons and Speeches of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. (Orbis). She is the host of Madang podcast, which is sponsored by the Christian Century.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/7547de

 #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks #SpiritualEcology #TheologyOfCreation #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #GraceJiSunKim

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67470101Thu, 21 Aug 2025 21:00:08 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author Grace Ji-Sun Kim, as they discuss Earthbound: God at the Intersection of Climate and Justice.  https://maryknoll.link/7547de In the face of tremendous ecological...https://maryknoll.link/7547de

In the face of tremendous ecological changes, environmental crises, and social inequity, our God-talk must reveal our profound interconnectedness with Earth and all its inhabitants. Grace Ji-Sun Kim offers a transformative vision of divine presence that calls us to active, restorative justice. Drawing from Christian theology and urgent ecological insights, the book discusses our current climate catastrophes while illuminating pathways of healing and hope. Earthbound invites readers to embrace a radical theology of relationship—one that recognizes our responsibility to each other, to all living systems, and to the intricate web of life that sustains us.


Grace Ji-Sun Kim holds a PhD from University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto. She was born in Korea, educated in Canada, and now teaches in the United States as professor of theology, Earlham School of Religion. She is the author or editor of twenty-five books, including Keeping Hope Alive: Sermons and Speeches of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. (Orbis). She is the host of Madang podcast, which is sponsored by the Christian Century.

Get your copy today:  https://maryknoll.link/7547de

 #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks #SpiritualEcology #TheologyOfCreation #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #GraceJiSunKim

]]>2041false83fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/joyce-rupp-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--67288570
The Years of Ripening focuses on personal transformation, the wonder and goodness of our hidden self, how the qualities of our personhood have been expressed, and in what ways we can claim ever more of the truest reality of our inner being.


As old age takes place, our physical being naturally weakens and wrinkles. At the same time, our non-physical being smooths out with a peaceful satisfaction. The tight ridges of past failures recede and dark illusions fade as we increasingly trust our life to be a harmonious song rooted in love. This encourages us to shed our self-willed, false control until we become freed from what binds our spirit. We let go of who we imagined ourself to be and grow in a transparency that reveals our seasoned-with-love self. 


All is not ended with our final departure. We leave behind the beauty and bounty that resided within our aged selves. Like a ripened melon on the vine, so the matured fruit of our loving heart and weathered wisdom leaves a beneficial legacy to nurture a future generation.


Joyce Rupp is well known for her work as a writer, international retreat leader, and conference speaker. She is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Praying Our Goodbyes, Open the Door, and Fragments of Your Ancient Name. Fly While You Still Have Wings is among her publications earning an award in the spirituality books category from the Catholic Press Association. Her Orbis Books including last year's bestseller, Vessels of Love: Prayers and Poems for the Later Years of Life. Joyce has a B.A. in English, a M.R.E. in Religious Education, and a M.A. in Transpersonal Psychology. She is a member of the Servites (Servants of Mary) community and was a volunteer for Hospice for fifteen years. She currently resides in Des Moines, Iowa.

Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/8e1692

#JoyceRupp #personhood #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks #Christianity #CatholicChurch #Aging
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67288570Thu, 07 Aug 2025 21:00:08 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author Joyce Rupp, as they discuss The Years of Ripening: Reflections on Aging in the Later Years.  The Years of Ripening focuses on personal transformation, the...
The Years of Ripening focuses on personal transformation, the wonder and goodness of our hidden self, how the qualities of our personhood have been expressed, and in what ways we can claim ever more of the truest reality of our inner being.


As old age takes place, our physical being naturally weakens and wrinkles. At the same time, our non-physical being smooths out with a peaceful satisfaction. The tight ridges of past failures recede and dark illusions fade as we increasingly trust our life to be a harmonious song rooted in love. This encourages us to shed our self-willed, false control until we become freed from what binds our spirit. We let go of who we imagined ourself to be and grow in a transparency that reveals our seasoned-with-love self. 


All is not ended with our final departure. We leave behind the beauty and bounty that resided within our aged selves. Like a ripened melon on the vine, so the matured fruit of our loving heart and weathered wisdom leaves a beneficial legacy to nurture a future generation.


Joyce Rupp is well known for her work as a writer, international retreat leader, and conference speaker. She is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Praying Our Goodbyes, Open the Door, and Fragments of Your Ancient Name. Fly While You Still Have Wings is among her publications earning an award in the spirituality books category from the Catholic Press Association. Her Orbis Books including last year's bestseller, Vessels of Love: Prayers and Poems for the Later Years of Life. Joyce has a B.A. in English, a M.R.E. in Religious Education, and a M.A. in Transpersonal Psychology. She is a member of the Servites (Servants of Mary) community and was a volunteer for Hospice for fifteen years. She currently resides in Des Moines, Iowa.

Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/8e1692

#JoyceRupp #personhood #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks #Christianity #CatholicChurch #Aging
]]>2069aging,christianity,joycerupp,orbisbooks,robertellsbergfalse82fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/michael-j-rogers-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--67103791Many Paths with Mary: Popular Piety and the Future Church.  

Michael J. Rogers takes readers on an international journey, exploring how Mary, Mother of God, comes to be understood in different times and places: including 16th century Copacabana, Boliva, and Tepeyac, Mexico, 19th century Lourdes, France, and even more recently in Mexico. He explicates some of the many ways that the Holy Spirit speaks through the people of God when popular piety emerges in the meeting of distinct cultures, through moments of meaning, and amid ruptures in society.

Michael J. Rogers is currently head of mission for Catholic hospitals in New England. He earned his PhD from the University of Toronto and holds degrees from the College of the Holy Cross, Saint Louis University, and the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. He completed most of the field research for Many Paths with Mary while a fellow at the McFarland Center for Religion Ethics and Culture, College of the Holy Cross. He has written for Crux, America, and the Huffington Post and is an occasional commentator for Vatican Radio, Euronews, Catholic News Service, and the Canadian Broadcasting Company.

Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/03a188

#MichaelJRogers #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks #Christianity #CatholicChurch #Marian]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67103791Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:00:08 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author Michael J. Rogers, as they discuss Many Paths with Mary: Popular Piety and the Future Church.   Michael J. Rogers takes readers on an international journey,...Many Paths with Mary: Popular Piety and the Future Church.  

Michael J. Rogers takes readers on an international journey, exploring how Mary, Mother of God, comes to be understood in different times and places: including 16th century Copacabana, Boliva, and Tepeyac, Mexico, 19th century Lourdes, France, and even more recently in Mexico. He explicates some of the many ways that the Holy Spirit speaks through the people of God when popular piety emerges in the meeting of distinct cultures, through moments of meaning, and amid ruptures in society.

Michael J. Rogers is currently head of mission for Catholic hospitals in New England. He earned his PhD from the University of Toronto and holds degrees from the College of the Holy Cross, Saint Louis University, and the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. He completed most of the field research for Many Paths with Mary while a fellow at the McFarland Center for Religion Ethics and Culture, College of the Holy Cross. He has written for Crux, America, and the Huffington Post and is an occasional commentator for Vatican Radio, Euronews, Catholic News Service, and the Canadian Broadcasting Company.

Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/03a188

#MichaelJRogers #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks #Christianity #CatholicChurch #Marian]]>2124christianity,marian,michaeljrogers,orbisbooks,robertellsbergfalse81fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marjorie-corbman-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--66977015Divine Rage: Malcolm X's Challenge to Christians.  

The impact of Malcolm X’s apocalyptic vision—in which the world’s oppressed would join together to make God’s righteous judgment on racism, colonialism, and all forms of slavery—galvanized, outraged, and troubled many. In Divine Rage educator Marjorie Corbman explores how Christian activists and theologians wrestled with it, from Congregational ministry Rev. Albert B. Cleage, Jr., to a young Black scholar, James H. Cone, to Catholic monk and writer Thomas Merton, to queer activists of color Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.

Marjorie Corbman is an educator and scholar working as an academic director at Mansfield Hall, a residential living-learning community for neurodivergent college students in Burlington, VT. Alumna of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London (MA) and Fordham University (PhD), Corbman was assistant professor in the department of theology and religious studies at Molloy College from 2020 to 2022.

Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/3b04ce

#MarjorieCorbman  MalcomX #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66977015Mon, 14 Jul 2025 21:00:07 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author Marjorie Corbman, as they discuss Divine Rage: Malcolm X's Challenge to Christians.   The impact of Malcolm X’s apocalyptic vision—in which the world’s oppressed...Divine Rage: Malcolm X's Challenge to Christians.  

The impact of Malcolm X’s apocalyptic vision—in which the world’s oppressed would join together to make God’s righteous judgment on racism, colonialism, and all forms of slavery—galvanized, outraged, and troubled many. In Divine Rage educator Marjorie Corbman explores how Christian activists and theologians wrestled with it, from Congregational ministry Rev. Albert B. Cleage, Jr., to a young Black scholar, James H. Cone, to Catholic monk and writer Thomas Merton, to queer activists of color Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.

Marjorie Corbman is an educator and scholar working as an academic director at Mansfield Hall, a residential living-learning community for neurodivergent college students in Burlington, VT. Alumna of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London (MA) and Fordham University (PhD), Corbman was assistant professor in the department of theology and religious studies at Molloy College from 2020 to 2022.

Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/3b04ce

#MarjorieCorbman  MalcomX #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks
]]>2040oneonone,orbisbooks,robertellsbergfalse80fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/david-toole-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--66762190 Love Made Me An Inventor: The Story of Maggy Barankitse - Humanitarian, Genocide Survivor, Citizen without Borders.  They are joined by special guest Maggy Barankitse.

On October 25, 1993, Maggy Barankitse buried seventy-two bodies in a mass grave on the grounds of the bishop’s house in Burundi, a day after she was made to watch as they were murdered in a fit of ethnic violence. What happened next would save tens of thousands of children from death and despair during a protracted civil war.

Love Made Me an Inventor is how Marguerite (Maggy) Barankitse describes how she has been able to accomplish her life-saving work. In this first-ever authorized biography in English, readers will encounter her extraordinary journey from survivor to founder of Maison Shalom and the name “Angel of Burundi.” Exiled to Rwanda, Maggy continues her extraordinary vocation. 

David Toole is Nannerl O. Keohane Director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University, where he holds a joint appointment as associate professor of the practice of theology, ethics, and global health in the Duke Global Health Institute and Duke Divinity School. He is author of Waiting for Godot in Sarajevo and founder of Love’s Inventions, a non-profit dedicated to spreading Maggy’s message to the world and supporting her ongoing work in Africa. He and his wife, Nancy, live in Durham, NC.


Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/2d2d33

#MaggyBarankitse  #DavidToole #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks #Rwanda]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66762190Thu, 26 Jun 2025 21:00:08 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, in this One On One interview with author David Toole, as they discuss Love Made Me An Inventor: The Story of Maggy Barankitse - Humanitarian, Genocide Survivor, Citizen without Borders.  They are joined... Love Made Me An Inventor: The Story of Maggy Barankitse - Humanitarian, Genocide Survivor, Citizen without Borders.  They are joined by special guest Maggy Barankitse.

On October 25, 1993, Maggy Barankitse buried seventy-two bodies in a mass grave on the grounds of the bishop’s house in Burundi, a day after she was made to watch as they were murdered in a fit of ethnic violence. What happened next would save tens of thousands of children from death and despair during a protracted civil war.

Love Made Me an Inventor is how Marguerite (Maggy) Barankitse describes how she has been able to accomplish her life-saving work. In this first-ever authorized biography in English, readers will encounter her extraordinary journey from survivor to founder of Maison Shalom and the name “Angel of Burundi.” Exiled to Rwanda, Maggy continues her extraordinary vocation. 

David Toole is Nannerl O. Keohane Director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University, where he holds a joint appointment as associate professor of the practice of theology, ethics, and global health in the Duke Global Health Institute and Duke Divinity School. He is author of Waiting for Godot in Sarajevo and founder of Love’s Inventions, a non-profit dedicated to spreading Maggy’s message to the world and supporting her ongoing work in Africa. He and his wife, Nancy, live in Durham, NC.


Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/2d2d33

#MaggyBarankitse  #DavidToole #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks #Rwanda]]>2091false79fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kerra-becker-english-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--66536864True Awakening.

Very few books on spirituality reveal the reality of awakening and address our deep fear of change. In True Awakening, spiritual director, and teacher Kerra Becker English does both while offering guidance and encouragement for the process—no matter how messy it might get.
Exploring classic themes –the  hero(ine)’s journey, the dark night, and what it means to answer a call—she reveals the challenges we face as we respond to the terrifying breaking-open of awakening—an invitation that changes everything.


Kerra Becker English preaches and speaks about spiritual life in relatable ways, borrowing lines or insights from song lyrics and ancient texts, ballroom dance lessons or the process of getting a tattoo. She also is an ordained Presbyterian minister. You can find more about her at kerraenglish.com.

Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/4d1b7c

#TrueAwakening  #SpiritualJourney  #KerraBeckerEnglish #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66536864Thu, 12 Jun 2025 21:00:07 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg , publisher of Orbis Books, in this One on One interview with author Kerra Becker English, as they discuss True Awakening. Very few books on spirituality reveal the reality of awakening and address our deep fear of change. In...True Awakening.

Very few books on spirituality reveal the reality of awakening and address our deep fear of change. In True Awakening, spiritual director, and teacher Kerra Becker English does both while offering guidance and encouragement for the process—no matter how messy it might get.
Exploring classic themes –the  hero(ine)’s journey, the dark night, and what it means to answer a call—she reveals the challenges we face as we respond to the terrifying breaking-open of awakening—an invitation that changes everything.


Kerra Becker English preaches and speaks about spiritual life in relatable ways, borrowing lines or insights from song lyrics and ancient texts, ballroom dance lessons or the process of getting a tattoo. She also is an ordained Presbyterian minister. You can find more about her at kerraenglish.com.

Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/4d1b7c

#TrueAwakening  #SpiritualJourney  #KerraBeckerEnglish #RobertEllsberg #OrbisBooks
]]>1804kellybecker,orbis,robertellsberg,spirituality,theologyfalse78fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/diarmuid-o-murchu-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--66340133
What if our true human story began with original blessing rather than original sin? What if our true nature is one that thrives in healthy relationships with one another and all of creation? Drawing on groundbreaking insights from paleontology and paleoanthropology, Diarmuid O’Murchu in Divine Radiance in Human Evolution opens up a new understanding of the human story, one that shows that we are creative beings, beloved by the God who has made all things.

A prolific writer, speaker, and well-known Orbis author, Diarmuid O’Murchu is a member of the Sacred Heart Missionary Order. A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, he is a social psychologist with decades of ministry experience around the world. His many books include Ecological Spirituality, When the Disciple Comes of Age, and Doing Theology in an Evolutionary Way, all available from Orbis.

Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/8df1e7

#DivineRadiance  #DiarmuidOMurchu  #OrbisBooks #HumanEvolution #FaithAndScience
#SacredCreation #SpiritualAwakening #RobertEllsberg #ChristianMysticism
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66340133Thu, 29 May 2025 21:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg , publisher of Orbis Books, in this One on One interview with author Diarmuid O’Murchu, as they discuss Divine Radiance in Human Evolution. What if our true human story began with original blessing rather than original sin? What...
What if our true human story began with original blessing rather than original sin? What if our true nature is one that thrives in healthy relationships with one another and all of creation? Drawing on groundbreaking insights from paleontology and paleoanthropology, Diarmuid O’Murchu in Divine Radiance in Human Evolution opens up a new understanding of the human story, one that shows that we are creative beings, beloved by the God who has made all things.

A prolific writer, speaker, and well-known Orbis author, Diarmuid O’Murchu is a member of the Sacred Heart Missionary Order. A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, he is a social psychologist with decades of ministry experience around the world. His many books include Ecological Spirituality, When the Disciple Comes of Age, and Doing Theology in an Evolutionary Way, all available from Orbis.

Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/8df1e7

#DivineRadiance  #DiarmuidOMurchu  #OrbisBooks #HumanEvolution #FaithAndScience
#SacredCreation #SpiritualAwakening #RobertEllsberg #ChristianMysticism
]]>1760christianmysticism,creation,diarmuidomurchu,evolution,faithandscience,orbisbooks,podcastfalse77fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kelly-brown-douglas-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--65832599Sexuality and the Black Church.

“If a diagnosis is indispensable for a cure then the Black church and the Black community, as well as the church in general and White society, should take seriously this searingly honest yet sympathetic exposé and then perhaps they may be set on the road to healing their ills.”—Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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The Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas is a visiting professor at Harvard Divinity School, and the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral. Previously, she served as Dean of of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, NYC. She is considered a leader in the field of womanist theology, racial reconciliation, and sexuality and the black church. Her Orbis books include The Black Christ, What’s Faith Got to Do with It? and Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God winner of the Grawemeyer Award in Religion.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65832599Thu, 01 May 2025 21:00:07 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg , publisher of Orbis Books, in this One on One interview with author Kelly Brown Douglas as they discuss publication of the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of her groundbreaking book, Sexuality and the Black Church. “If a...Sexuality and the Black Church.

“If a diagnosis is indispensable for a cure then the Black church and the Black community, as well as the church in general and White society, should take seriously this searingly honest yet sympathetic exposé and then perhaps they may be set on the road to healing their ills.”—Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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The Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas is a visiting professor at Harvard Divinity School, and the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral. Previously, she served as Dean of of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, NYC. She is considered a leader in the field of womanist theology, racial reconciliation, and sexuality and the black church. Her Orbis books include The Black Christ, What’s Faith Got to Do with It? and Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God winner of the Grawemeyer Award in Religion.
]]>2239false76fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kathleen-deignan-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--65615027Thomas Berry: A Book of Hours".
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In her latest book with Orbis, Kathleen Deignan offers readers a unique encounter with the spirituality of Thomas Berry, a Passionist priest, ecological prophet, and self-described “geologian.” Berry recounted the “universe story,” describing our place in the earth community, and defined the “great work” before of us: to develop a consciousness capable of sustaining life on this planet. Following the format of previous breviaries, drawn from the work of Teilhard de Chardin and Thomas Merton, this Book of Hours is arranged under themes divided into Eight days. Each day includes prayers, hymns, and readings for the four parts of the day: Dawn, Day, Dusk, and Dark.

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Kathleen Deignan, CND, PhD, is a sister of the Congregation of Notre Dame, a teaching theologian, and founder of the Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit at Iona College. A student of Thomas Berry while studying at Fordham University, she is a convener of the Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue and a GreenFaith Fellow engaged in interfaith environmental leadership. President Emerita of the International Thomas Merton Society, her books include Thomas Merton: A Book of Hours (Sorin Books) and (as co-editor), Teilhard de Chardin: A Book of Hours (Orbis).

#ThomasBerry  #EcologicalSpirituality  #BookOfHours #OrbisBooks #RobertEllsberg #KathleenDeignan
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65615027Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:00:07 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg in this One on One interview with author, Kathleen Deignan, as they discuss "Thomas Berry: A Book of Hours". https://maryknoll.link/e26ccd In her latest book with Orbis, Kathleen Deignan offers readers a unique encounter with the...Thomas Berry: A Book of Hours".
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In her latest book with Orbis, Kathleen Deignan offers readers a unique encounter with the spirituality of Thomas Berry, a Passionist priest, ecological prophet, and self-described “geologian.” Berry recounted the “universe story,” describing our place in the earth community, and defined the “great work” before of us: to develop a consciousness capable of sustaining life on this planet. Following the format of previous breviaries, drawn from the work of Teilhard de Chardin and Thomas Merton, this Book of Hours is arranged under themes divided into Eight days. Each day includes prayers, hymns, and readings for the four parts of the day: Dawn, Day, Dusk, and Dark.

Get 25% off Thomas Berry: A Book of Hours by Kathleen Deignan through 30 April 2025
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Kathleen Deignan, CND, PhD, is a sister of the Congregation of Notre Dame, a teaching theologian, and founder of the Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit at Iona College. A student of Thomas Berry while studying at Fordham University, she is a convener of the Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue and a GreenFaith Fellow engaged in interfaith environmental leadership. President Emerita of the International Thomas Merton Society, her books include Thomas Merton: A Book of Hours (Sorin Books) and (as co-editor), Teilhard de Chardin: A Book of Hours (Orbis).

#ThomasBerry  #EcologicalSpirituality  #BookOfHours #OrbisBooks #RobertEllsberg #KathleenDeignan
]]>2028bookofhours,kathleendeignan,orbisbooks,robertellsberg,thomasberryfalse75fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wes-howard-brook-one-on-one-interview-orbis-books--65337464Come Out My People!" and "Empire Baptized".

Wes Howard-Brook has taught at Seattle University. He is the author of several Orbis books, including "Come Out, My People," Unveiling Empire, The Church Before Christianity, Becoming Children of God, and co-editor of The New Testament: Introducing the Way of Discipleship

Get your copy of "Empire Baptized" at https://maryknoll.link/92i

"Wes Howard-Brook has performed a great service with Empire Baptized. He explains how the transition in Christianity from Jesus's way of peace to the coercive ways of Christendom happened. An enormously enlightening account that helps us better understand our present dilemmas".- Ted Grimsrud, author of The Good War That Wasn't--And Why It Matters: The Moral Legacy of World War II; Senior Professor of Peace Theology, Eastern Mennonite University

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Howard-Brook undertakes what few dare anymore: an introductory primer for the whole Bible. . . This book invites disciples to connect the dots, in order to recover our ancient, anti-imperial identity, and to embrace a radical faith and practice that are personal and political. --Ched Myers

#OrbisBooks #RobertEllsberg #WesHowardBrook #AntiImperialFaith #ComeOutMyPeopleBook #FaithAndPolitics]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65337464Thu, 03 Apr 2025 21:00:07 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg in this One on One interview with author, Wes Howard-Brook, as they discuss "Come Out My People!" and "Empire Baptized". Wes Howard-Brook has taught at Seattle University. He is the author of several Orbis books, including "Come...Come Out My People!" and "Empire Baptized".

Wes Howard-Brook has taught at Seattle University. He is the author of several Orbis books, including "Come Out, My People," Unveiling Empire, The Church Before Christianity, Becoming Children of God, and co-editor of The New Testament: Introducing the Way of Discipleship

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"Wes Howard-Brook has performed a great service with Empire Baptized. He explains how the transition in Christianity from Jesus's way of peace to the coercive ways of Christendom happened. An enormously enlightening account that helps us better understand our present dilemmas".- Ted Grimsrud, author of The Good War That Wasn't--And Why It Matters: The Moral Legacy of World War II; Senior Professor of Peace Theology, Eastern Mennonite University

Get your copy of "Come Out My People!" at https://maryknoll.link/cca612

Howard-Brook undertakes what few dare anymore: an introductory primer for the whole Bible. . . This book invites disciples to connect the dots, in order to recover our ancient, anti-imperial identity, and to embrace a radical faith and practice that are personal and political. --Ched Myers

#OrbisBooks #RobertEllsberg #WesHowardBrook #AntiImperialFaith #ComeOutMyPeopleBook #FaithAndPolitics]]>2051christianity,faith,orbisbooks,robertellsberg,weshoward-brookfalse74fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/amy-frykholm-one-on-one-interview-journey-to-the-wild-heart--64995824 
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Award-winning American writer, podcaster, and journalist Amy Frykholm discusses her latest book, an all-in-one guide for contemplative living which offers a rich array of spiritual practices, applications and insights, questions for reflection, and resources for further reading.

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Amy Frykholm has written a number of books of nonfiction including Julian of Norwich, Christian Understandings of the Future as well as a novel, High Hawk. A columnist for The Christian Century, she has a PhD in Literature from Duke University. She now lives in Colorado.

#AmyFrykholm #RobertEllsberg #ContemplativeLiving #Spirituality #FaithJourney #ChristianSpirituality #BookLovers #FaithAndReflection #DeepeningFaith 
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64995824Thu, 20 Mar 2025 21:00:07 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg in this One on One interview with author, Amy Frykholm, as they discuss "Journey to the Wild Heart: Four Invitations to Contemplative Living".   Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/919ee0 Award-winning American writer,... 
Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/919ee0

Award-winning American writer, podcaster, and journalist Amy Frykholm discusses her latest book, an all-in-one guide for contemplative living which offers a rich array of spiritual practices, applications and insights, questions for reflection, and resources for further reading.

Get 25% off Journey to the Wild Heart by Amy Frykholm through 04 April 2025
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Amy Frykholm has written a number of books of nonfiction including Julian of Norwich, Christian Understandings of the Future as well as a novel, High Hawk. A columnist for The Christian Century, she has a PhD in Literature from Duke University. She now lives in Colorado.

#AmyFrykholm #RobertEllsberg #ContemplativeLiving #Spirituality #FaithJourney #ChristianSpirituality #BookLovers #FaithAndReflection #DeepeningFaith 
]]>2010amyfrykholm,christian,contemplative,faith,living,mindful,orbisbooks,peace,robertellsberg,spiritual,spiritualityfalse73fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stephanie-c-edwards-one-on-one-interview-enfleshed-counter-memory-a-christian-social-ethic-of-trauma--64735533 
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In a world saturated with trauma, where do we turn for healing and hope? Neither downplaying trauma’s devastation nor rushing toward easy redemption, Stephanie Edwards crafts a Christian ethic of “enfleshed counter-memory” as a framework for grappling with the complexities of personal and collective suffering. Enfleshed counter-memory disrupts cultural narratives that demand forgetting, instead calling us to resist oppressive powers by remembering rightly.

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Stephanie C. Edwards, MSW, PhD, is executive director, Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium (BTI). She is a Catholic ethicist and a social worker who has practiced diverse service delivery and nonprofit management for over a decade.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64735533Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:05:07 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg in this One on One interview with author, Stephanie C. Edwards, as they discuss "Enfleshed Counter - Memory: A Christian Social Ethic of Trauma".    Get your copy today at  https://maryknoll.link/ec8542 In a world saturated with... 
Get your copy today at  https://maryknoll.link/ec8542

In a world saturated with trauma, where do we turn for healing and hope? Neither downplaying trauma’s devastation nor rushing toward easy redemption, Stephanie Edwards crafts a Christian ethic of “enfleshed counter-memory” as a framework for grappling with the complexities of personal and collective suffering. Enfleshed counter-memory disrupts cultural narratives that demand forgetting, instead calling us to resist oppressive powers by remembering rightly.

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Stephanie C. Edwards, MSW, PhD, is executive director, Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium (BTI). She is a Catholic ethicist and a social worker who has practiced diverse service delivery and nonprofit management for over a decade.]]>2101false72fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/daniel-horan-one-on-one-interview-a-white-catholic-s-guide-to-racism-and-priviledge--64479178 
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This book is conceived as a resource for Catholics—white Catholics, in particular—to begin the work of relearning what racism in the US context is all about. This includes addressing hard realities that white people have typically been able to avoid, due to the blissful ignorance afforded us by an unjust system of racism in the United States and the Church. Among the questions addressed: What is racism? What does it mean to be white? Why is racism a white problem? Why doesn’t anything seem to change? What does the Catholic Church teach about racism? And, where do go from here?

Daniel P. Horan is professor of philosophy, religious studies, and theology, and director of the Center for the Study of Spirituality at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame. He is an affiliated professor of spirituality at Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, TX, and a columnist for the National Catholic Reporter. He is the author of over fifteen books, including two from Orbis: Catholicity and Emerging Personhood and Engaging Thomas Merton.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64479178Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:00:07 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg in this One on One interview with author, Daniel Horan, as they discuss "A White Catholic's Guide to Racism and Priviledge".   Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/d4c974 This book is conceived as a resource for... 
Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/d4c974

This book is conceived as a resource for Catholics—white Catholics, in particular—to begin the work of relearning what racism in the US context is all about. This includes addressing hard realities that white people have typically been able to avoid, due to the blissful ignorance afforded us by an unjust system of racism in the United States and the Church. Among the questions addressed: What is racism? What does it mean to be white? Why is racism a white problem? Why doesn’t anything seem to change? What does the Catholic Church teach about racism? And, where do go from here?

Daniel P. Horan is professor of philosophy, religious studies, and theology, and director of the Center for the Study of Spirituality at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame. He is an affiliated professor of spirituality at Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, TX, and a columnist for the National Catholic Reporter. He is the author of over fifteen books, including two from Orbis: Catholicity and Emerging Personhood and Engaging Thomas Merton.
]]>2194catholic,orbisbooks,racismfalse71fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/juan-m-floyd-thomas-one-on-one-interview-critical-race-theology-white-supremacy-american-christianity-and-the-culture-wars--64266793"Critical Race Theology: White Supremacy, American Christianity, and the Culture Wars". 
 
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In this episode, they discuss the timely and challenging framework of "critical race theology" which draws on insights from critical race theory, Black liberation theology, and prophetic Christianity, Juan M. Floyd-Thomas proposes “critical race theology” to confront racism, exclusion, and oppression within American Christianity and society. 

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Juan M. Floyd-Thomas is associate professor, African American religious history, Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion. He is co-founder and executive board member of nationally renowned Black Religious Scholars Group (BRSG), and president, Society of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion (SRER). His other books include Liberating Black Church History and, with Stacy Floyd-Thomas Black Church History: An Introduction (both from Abingdon Press).

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64266793Sat, 08 Feb 2025 08:16:22 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg in this One on One interview with author, Juan M. Floyd-Thomas, as they discuss "Critical Race Theology: White Supremacy, American Christianity, and the Culture Wars".    Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/xca In this..."Critical Race Theology: White Supremacy, American Christianity, and the Culture Wars". 
 
Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/xca

In this episode, they discuss the timely and challenging framework of "critical race theology" which draws on insights from critical race theory, Black liberation theology, and prophetic Christianity, Juan M. Floyd-Thomas proposes “critical race theology” to confront racism, exclusion, and oppression within American Christianity and society. 

Get 25% off  Critical Race Theology by Juan Floyd-Thomas through 20 February 2025
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Juan M. Floyd-Thomas is associate professor, African American religious history, Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion. He is co-founder and executive board member of nationally renowned Black Religious Scholars Group (BRSG), and president, Society of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion (SRER). His other books include Liberating Black Church History and, with Stacy Floyd-Thomas Black Church History: An Introduction (both from Abingdon Press).

]]>1914american,christianity,liberationtheology,orbisbooks,robertellsbergfalse70fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/melanie-jones-quarles-one-on-one-interview-up-against-a-crooked-gospel-black-women-s-bodies-and-the-politics-of-redemption--63859555 
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Drawing upon her grandmother's personal struggles with physical "bendedness" and the narrative of the bent woman in Luke 13:10-17, Melanie Jones Quarles engages Black religious thought and cultural criticism to expose how the Black Church paradoxically nurtures Black women while also sustaining their oppression. Quarles mines the prophetic imaginations of influential womanist thinkers, crafting a liberating vision that resists serving as surrogate "saviors" in society and religion.  With insights into politics, Christology, and biblical interpretation, this book boldly calls Black women to unbend their bodies and reclaim their moral agency in the face of crooked systems that attempt to constrain their freedom.

Melanie Jones Quarles is a womanist ethicist, millennial preacher, and intellectual activist. She is assistant professor of ethics, theology, and culture, and director of The Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary. A third-generation ordained Baptist preacher and sought-after lecturer, she is a leading millennial Black religious scholar.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63859555Thu, 23 Jan 2025 22:00:10 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, Melanie Jones Quarles, as they discuss "Up Against A Crooked Gospel: Black Women's Bodies and the Politics of Redemption".    Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/cid  ... 
Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/cid
 
Drawing upon her grandmother's personal struggles with physical "bendedness" and the narrative of the bent woman in Luke 13:10-17, Melanie Jones Quarles engages Black religious thought and cultural criticism to expose how the Black Church paradoxically nurtures Black women while also sustaining their oppression. Quarles mines the prophetic imaginations of influential womanist thinkers, crafting a liberating vision that resists serving as surrogate "saviors" in society and religion.  With insights into politics, Christology, and biblical interpretation, this book boldly calls Black women to unbend their bodies and reclaim their moral agency in the face of crooked systems that attempt to constrain their freedom.

Melanie Jones Quarles is a womanist ethicist, millennial preacher, and intellectual activist. She is assistant professor of ethics, theology, and culture, and director of The Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary. A third-generation ordained Baptist preacher and sought-after lecturer, she is a leading millennial Black religious scholar.

]]>1786false69fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/james-t-keane-one-on-one-interview-reading-culture-through-catholic-eyes--63626455 
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America columnist and Catholic cultural and literary critic, James T. Keane, brings together fifty varied voices--including some underappreciated ones--and reflects on their cultural, political, literary, and religious influence. His smart, accessible style brings thought leaders into conversation with a Catholic sensibility, opening unexpected insights into our current moment. 
 
Among these fifty figures are John Kennedy Toole, Kirstin Valdez Quade, Dorothy Day, Jon Hassler, Mary Karr, Martin Amis, Toni Morrison, Graham Greene, Shusaku Endo, Andre Dubus III, Iris Murdoch, Colm Tóibín, J.F. Powers, Salman Rushdie, Mary Gordon, Wendell Berry, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sigrid Undset, Alice McDermott, and John Irving.  
 
Reading Culture through Catholic Eyes combines Keane’s breadth of knowledge of literary and cultural voices with a deep background in Catholic theology and spirituality. For general readers who appreciate lively and relevant writing, this book is a must-have. 
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63626455Thu, 09 Jan 2025 22:00:06 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, James T. Keane, as they discuss "Reading Culture Through Catholic Eyes: 50 Writers, Thinkers, and Firebrands Who Challenge and Change Us".    Get your copy today at... 
Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/f02009 
 
America columnist and Catholic cultural and literary critic, James T. Keane, brings together fifty varied voices--including some underappreciated ones--and reflects on their cultural, political, literary, and religious influence. His smart, accessible style brings thought leaders into conversation with a Catholic sensibility, opening unexpected insights into our current moment. 
 
Among these fifty figures are John Kennedy Toole, Kirstin Valdez Quade, Dorothy Day, Jon Hassler, Mary Karr, Martin Amis, Toni Morrison, Graham Greene, Shusaku Endo, Andre Dubus III, Iris Murdoch, Colm Tóibín, J.F. Powers, Salman Rushdie, Mary Gordon, Wendell Berry, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sigrid Undset, Alice McDermott, and John Irving.  
 
Reading Culture through Catholic Eyes combines Keane’s breadth of knowledge of literary and cultural voices with a deep background in Catholic theology and spirituality. For general readers who appreciate lively and relevant writing, this book is a must-have. 
]]>1599catholic,christian,jameskeane,orbisbooks,robertellsbergfalse68fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/robert-ellsberg-one-on-one-interview-dorothy-day-spiritual-writings--63398736Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, worked with Dorothy Day for the last five years of her life, including two years as managing editor of The Catholic Worker. He has edited five previous volumes of her writings, including Selected Writings (Christopher Award Winner), her diaries (The Duty of Delight), and her selected letters (All the Way to Heaven).

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Dorothy Day (1897-1980), co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, has recently been proposed for canonization. Through her houses of hospitality, the practice of the works of mercy, and her prophetic work for peace and justice, she offered a radical witness to the gospel in action. But it was as much in her everyday life as in her public activities that she expressed her spirituality and found her path to holiness.

This anthology explores the key themes that underlay her spirituality, beginning with the call to see Christ in the poor. Day’s spirituality was deeply influenced by the “Little Way” of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, which showed the path to holiness in the daily exercise of patience, charity, and forgiveness. Dorothy extended this principle to the social dimension, the significance of the little protests we make or fail to make. She believed that each act of love, each witness for peace, increases the balance of love and peace in the world.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63398736Thu, 19 Dec 2024 22:00:08 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Robert Ellsberg in the latest One On One episode, as he discusses "Dorothy Day: Spiritual Writings".   Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, worked with Dorothy Day for the last five years of her life, including two years as managing editor...Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books, worked with Dorothy Day for the last five years of her life, including two years as managing editor of The Catholic Worker. He has edited five previous volumes of her writings, including Selected Writings (Christopher Award Winner), her diaries (The Duty of Delight), and her selected letters (All the Way to Heaven).

Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/cdd5bf 

Dorothy Day (1897-1980), co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, has recently been proposed for canonization. Through her houses of hospitality, the practice of the works of mercy, and her prophetic work for peace and justice, she offered a radical witness to the gospel in action. But it was as much in her everyday life as in her public activities that she expressed her spirituality and found her path to holiness.

This anthology explores the key themes that underlay her spirituality, beginning with the call to see Christ in the poor. Day’s spirituality was deeply influenced by the “Little Way” of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, which showed the path to holiness in the daily exercise of patience, charity, and forgiveness. Dorothy extended this principle to the social dimension, the significance of the little protests we make or fail to make. She believed that each act of love, each witness for peace, increases the balance of love and peace in the world.
]]>624false67fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/robert-wicks-one-on-one-interview-let-s-look-together-henri-nouwen-as-spiritual-mentor--63166837
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Get 25% off  Let's Look Together by Robert Wicks through 30 November 2024

Robert J. Wicks received his doctorate in psychology (PsyD) from Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital. Dr. Wicks is professor emeritus at Loyola University Maryland, and has taught in universities and professional schools of psychology, medicine, nursing, theology, education, counseling, business, and social work. His expertise is in resilience, self-care, the prevention of secondary stress, and the integration of psychology with spiritual wisdom. He has spoken on these topics on Capitol Hill to members of Congress and their chiefs of staff, at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the US Air Force Academy, the Mayo Clinic, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, the Defense Intelligence Agency, Harvard Divinity School, Yale School of Nursing, Princeton Theological Seminary, and to members of the NATO Intelligence Fusion Center. Dr. Wicks has published over 50 books including the bestselling Riding the Dragon: Ten Lessons for Inner Strength in Challenging Times; The Tao of Ordinariness: Humility and Simplicity in a Narcissistic Age; and Bounce: Living the Resilient Life.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63166837Thu, 05 Dec 2024 14:32:58 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, Robert Wicks, as they discuss "Let's Look Together: Henri Nouwen as Spiritual Mentor". Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/0iq Get 25% off  Let's Look Together by Robert...
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Get 25% off  Let's Look Together by Robert Wicks through 30 November 2024

Robert J. Wicks received his doctorate in psychology (PsyD) from Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital. Dr. Wicks is professor emeritus at Loyola University Maryland, and has taught in universities and professional schools of psychology, medicine, nursing, theology, education, counseling, business, and social work. His expertise is in resilience, self-care, the prevention of secondary stress, and the integration of psychology with spiritual wisdom. He has spoken on these topics on Capitol Hill to members of Congress and their chiefs of staff, at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the US Air Force Academy, the Mayo Clinic, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, the Defense Intelligence Agency, Harvard Divinity School, Yale School of Nursing, Princeton Theological Seminary, and to members of the NATO Intelligence Fusion Center. Dr. Wicks has published over 50 books including the bestselling Riding the Dragon: Ten Lessons for Inner Strength in Challenging Times; The Tao of Ordinariness: Humility and Simplicity in a Narcissistic Age; and Bounce: Living the Resilient Life.]]>1825catholicbooks,henrinouwen,mentor,orbisbooks,psychologyandspirituality,robertellsberg,robertwicks,selfcare,spiritual,spiritualwisdomfalse66fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/brian-swimme-monica-deraspe-bolles-one-on-one-interview-the-story-of-the-noosphere--62722682
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Get 25% off  The Story of the Noosphere through 30 November 2024

Brian Thomas Swimme is Director of the Third Story of the Universe at Human Energy, a public benefit non-profit that focuses on scientific and interdisciplinary research on the future of human collective consciousness. Swimme did his doctoral work in gravitational dynamics at the University of Oregon. With Mary Evelyn Tucker, he authored the book and film Journey of the Universe, www.journeyoftheuniverse.org.


Monica DeRaspe-Bolles is a doctoral student at the California Institute of Integral Studies and a consultant at The Human Energy Project, Orinda, CA. With Brian Thomas Swimme and Devin O'Dea, she created the popular YouTube video series "Story of the Noosphere." She lives at Blueberry Front, Snohomish, WA, a research center for time-developmental cosmology.


Watch the YouTube series!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62722682Thu, 14 Nov 2024 22:00:06 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and authors, Brian Swimme & Monica DeRaspe-Bolls, as they discuss "The Story of the Noosphere". Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/p35 Get 25% off  The Story of the Noosphere...
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Get 25% off  The Story of the Noosphere through 30 November 2024

Brian Thomas Swimme is Director of the Third Story of the Universe at Human Energy, a public benefit non-profit that focuses on scientific and interdisciplinary research on the future of human collective consciousness. Swimme did his doctoral work in gravitational dynamics at the University of Oregon. With Mary Evelyn Tucker, he authored the book and film Journey of the Universe, www.journeyoftheuniverse.org.


Monica DeRaspe-Bolles is a doctoral student at the California Institute of Integral Studies and a consultant at The Human Energy Project, Orinda, CA. With Brian Thomas Swimme and Devin O'Dea, she created the popular YouTube video series "Story of the Noosphere." She lives at Blueberry Front, Snohomish, WA, a research center for time-developmental cosmology.


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In Laudato Si’ Pope Francis established care for creation as one of the central themes of Catholic social teaching. Yet that ecological consciousness has yet to take root en masse among the Catholic faithful. In Green Saints for a Green Generation young Catholic women on “saints”—canonized and not—who connected their faith to concern for the earth.   The writers include a wide range of figures, from the traditional, such as Sts. Clare of Assisi, Ignatius of Loyola, and Marguerite Bourgeoys, to contemporary figures like Thomas Merton, author Toni Morrison, and the Martyrs of the Amazon. By connecting these key figures to environmental responsibility, the contributors encourage the not-yet informed to become active, inviting younger generations to join the ecological movement, to take taking on the responsibility from their elders, and to shoulder the ecological burden for themselves.  
 Libby (Elizabeth) Osgood, CND, PhD, PEng, is co-editor with Kathleen Deignan of Teilhard de Chardin: A Book of Hours (Orbis, 2023). She is also an aerospace engineer who teaches sustainable design engineering at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. She is a religious sister of the Congregation of Notre Dame de Montreal.

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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62557719Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:00:02 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, Libby Osgood, as they discuss "Green Saints for a Green Generation". Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/vd2 In Laudato Si’ Pope Francis established care for creation as...
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In Laudato Si’ Pope Francis established care for creation as one of the central themes of Catholic social teaching. Yet that ecological consciousness has yet to take root en masse among the Catholic faithful. In Green Saints for a Green Generation young Catholic women on “saints”—canonized and not—who connected their faith to concern for the earth.   The writers include a wide range of figures, from the traditional, such as Sts. Clare of Assisi, Ignatius of Loyola, and Marguerite Bourgeoys, to contemporary figures like Thomas Merton, author Toni Morrison, and the Martyrs of the Amazon. By connecting these key figures to environmental responsibility, the contributors encourage the not-yet informed to become active, inviting younger generations to join the ecological movement, to take taking on the responsibility from their elders, and to shoulder the ecological burden for themselves.  
 Libby (Elizabeth) Osgood, CND, PhD, PEng, is co-editor with Kathleen Deignan of Teilhard de Chardin: A Book of Hours (Orbis, 2023). She is also an aerospace engineer who teaches sustainable design engineering at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. She is a religious sister of the Congregation of Notre Dame de Montreal.

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]]>1725careforcreation,catholicfaith,catholicsocialteaching,ecologicalmovement,environmentalresponsibility,faithandecology,greengeneration,greensaints,laudatosi,libbyosgood,maryknollfathersandbrothers,orbisbooks,robertellsberg,saintsfortheearth,sustainablefaith,youngcatholicsfalse64fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/joyce-rupp-one-on-one-interview-vessels-of-love--62442124
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Joyce Rupp is well known for her work as a writer, international retreat leader, and conference speaker. She is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Praying Our Goodbyes, Open the Door, and Fragments of Your Ancient Name. Her Orbis books include Prayer; Walk in a Relaxed Manner: Life Lessons from the Camino; and The Cosmic Dance (with art by Mary Southard). Rupp is a member of the Servite (Servants of Mary) community and the codirector of the Boundless Compassion program. She lives in West Des Moines, Iowa.

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#BookLovers #CatholicWriters #PrayerfulLiving #Inspiration]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62442124Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:37:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, Joyce Rupp, as they discuss "Vessels of Love: Prayers and Poems for the Later Years of Life". Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/vd2 Joyce Rupp is well known for her...
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Joyce Rupp is well known for her work as a writer, international retreat leader, and conference speaker. She is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Praying Our Goodbyes, Open the Door, and Fragments of Your Ancient Name. Her Orbis books include Prayer; Walk in a Relaxed Manner: Life Lessons from the Camino; and The Cosmic Dance (with art by Mary Southard). Rupp is a member of the Servite (Servants of Mary) community and the codirector of the Boundless Compassion program. She lives in West Des Moines, Iowa.

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#BookLovers #CatholicWriters #PrayerfulLiving #Inspiration]]>2087catholicwriters,inspiration,joycerupp,lateryearsoflife,orbisbooks,prayerfulliving,robertellsberg,spirituality #booklovers,vesselsoflovefalse63fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/megan-mckenna-one-on-one-interview-a-bowl-of-perfect-light--62215762
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A native of New York City, Megan McKenna is an internationally known theologian, storyteller, and lecturer. She leads retreats, workshops and parish missions, around the world, and counsels communities facing violence, trauma, and struggles for justice. She holds graduate degrees in scripture, adult education, and literacy from the Graduate Theological Union and the University of California, Berkeley, and a masters in systematic theology from Catholic University, Washington, DC.  Her many books include And Morning Came: Scriptures of the Resurrection (Sheed & Ward), Prophets: Words of Fire; Rites of Justice: The Sacraments and Liturgy as Ethical Imperatives; On Your Mark: Reading in the Shadow of the Cross and Not Counting Women and Children: Neglected Stories from the Bible (all from Orbis Books). She resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 
 
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#ABowlOfPerfectLight #MeganMcKenna #RobertEllsberg #ForgivenessAndReconciliation #RepairingTheWorld #OrbisBooks #FaithAndJustice #CatholicFaith #TheologicalReflection #Storytelling #SpiritualGrowth ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62215762Thu, 03 Oct 2024 20:35:32 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, Megan McKenna, as they discuss "A Bowl of Perfect Light: Stories of Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Repairing the World". Get your copy today at  https://maryknoll.link/245cdd A...
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A native of New York City, Megan McKenna is an internationally known theologian, storyteller, and lecturer. She leads retreats, workshops and parish missions, around the world, and counsels communities facing violence, trauma, and struggles for justice. She holds graduate degrees in scripture, adult education, and literacy from the Graduate Theological Union and the University of California, Berkeley, and a masters in systematic theology from Catholic University, Washington, DC.  Her many books include And Morning Came: Scriptures of the Resurrection (Sheed & Ward), Prophets: Words of Fire; Rites of Justice: The Sacraments and Liturgy as Ethical Imperatives; On Your Mark: Reading in the Shadow of the Cross and Not Counting Women and Children: Neglected Stories from the Bible (all from Orbis Books). She resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 
 
Get 25% off A Bowl of Perfect Light by Megan McKenna through 20 October 2024

#ABowlOfPerfectLight #MeganMcKenna #RobertEllsberg #ForgivenessAndReconciliation #RepairingTheWorld #OrbisBooks #FaithAndJustice #CatholicFaith #TheologicalReflection #Storytelling #SpiritualGrowth ]]>2032abowlofperfectlight,bookrecommendation,catholicfaith,faithandjustice,forgivenessandreconciliation,globalmission,healingthroughfaith,maryknoll,meganmckenna,orbisbooks,repairingtheworld,robertellsberg,spiritualgrowth,storytelling,theologicalreflectionfalse62fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mitri-raheb-one-on-one-interview-decolonizing-palestine-the-land-the-people-the-bible--61400912
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Decolonizing Palestine challenges the weaponization of biblical texts to support the current settler-colonial state of Israel. Raheb argues that some of the most important theological concepts –Israel, the land, election, and chosen people – must be decolonized in a paradigm shift in Christian theological thinking about Palestine. Decolonizing Palestine is a timely book that builds on the latest research in settler-colonialism and human rights to place traditional theological themes within the wider socio-political context of settler colonialism as it is practiced by the modern nation-state of Israel. Written by a native Palestinian Christian theologian who continues to live in the region, Decolonizing Palestine provides an insider’s perspective that disrupts hegemonic and imperialist narratives about the region.

#DecolonizingPalestine #MitriRaheb #RobertEllsberg #BiblicalInterpretation #ChristianTheology #HumanRights #Palestine #SettlerColonialism #TheologicalShift #Maryknoll #FaithInAction #OrbisBooks #PalestinianChristian #DecolonizeTheology #ChristianFaith #JusticeAndPeace
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61400912Thu, 12 Sep 2024 20:29:46 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, Mitri Raheb, as they discuss "Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible". Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/0432ec Decolonizing Palestine challenges the...
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Decolonizing Palestine challenges the weaponization of biblical texts to support the current settler-colonial state of Israel. Raheb argues that some of the most important theological concepts –Israel, the land, election, and chosen people – must be decolonized in a paradigm shift in Christian theological thinking about Palestine. Decolonizing Palestine is a timely book that builds on the latest research in settler-colonialism and human rights to place traditional theological themes within the wider socio-political context of settler colonialism as it is practiced by the modern nation-state of Israel. Written by a native Palestinian Christian theologian who continues to live in the region, Decolonizing Palestine provides an insider’s perspective that disrupts hegemonic and imperialist narratives about the region.

#DecolonizingPalestine #MitriRaheb #RobertEllsberg #BiblicalInterpretation #ChristianTheology #HumanRights #Palestine #SettlerColonialism #TheologicalShift #Maryknoll #FaithInAction #OrbisBooks #PalestinianChristian #DecolonizeTheology #ChristianFaith #JusticeAndPeace
]]>1950biblical,mitriraheb,orbisbooks,palestine,robertellsbergfalse61fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bill-cain-sj-one-on-one-interview-the-book-of-cain-on-adding-a-new-book-to-the-family-bible--61117901
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The Bible, as Bill Cain reminds us, is largely made up of family stories—stories of birth and death, of generations and legacies, joys and losses—with the astonishing claim that in these stories God is telling us a sacred story. What makes us think that story ended 2,000 years ago?

In this moving account of the months he spent caring for his mother through the ordeal following a diagnosis of terminal cancer, he shows us all how to add “a new book to the family Bible.” With humor, affection, self-awareness, and his skills as a prize-winning playwright, Father Bill invites us to consider the ways that God’s story is written in all the everyday dramas of family life—especially those that open our hearts, teach us to give and let go, and remind us what it means to be human. He writes:

“I make a quiet vow here alone at the kitchen table, where I sat with my mother just a few days ago. . . . I will honor my parents’ stories as Abraham and Sarah’s children did theirs. As Jesus’s friends did his. . . . As best I can, I will sift through a hundred years of stories, always looking for what God chose to reveal in the lives of two perfectly ordinary, absolutely extraordinary people. A new book. Non‑canonical perhaps, but nonetheless revelatory. And perhaps, in doing so, I might be able to find a way to keep the story that began with Abraham and Sarah going forward.”]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61117901Thu, 22 Aug 2024 19:07:23 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, Bill Cain, SJ, as they discuss "The Book of Cain: On Adding a New Book to the Family Bible". Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/o2h The Bible, as Bill Cain reminds us,...
Get your copy today at https://maryknoll.link/o2h

The Bible, as Bill Cain reminds us, is largely made up of family stories—stories of birth and death, of generations and legacies, joys and losses—with the astonishing claim that in these stories God is telling us a sacred story. What makes us think that story ended 2,000 years ago?

In this moving account of the months he spent caring for his mother through the ordeal following a diagnosis of terminal cancer, he shows us all how to add “a new book to the family Bible.” With humor, affection, self-awareness, and his skills as a prize-winning playwright, Father Bill invites us to consider the ways that God’s story is written in all the everyday dramas of family life—especially those that open our hearts, teach us to give and let go, and remind us what it means to be human. He writes:

“I make a quiet vow here alone at the kitchen table, where I sat with my mother just a few days ago. . . . I will honor my parents’ stories as Abraham and Sarah’s children did theirs. As Jesus’s friends did his. . . . As best I can, I will sift through a hundred years of stories, always looking for what God chose to reveal in the lives of two perfectly ordinary, absolutely extraordinary people. A new book. Non‑canonical perhaps, but nonetheless revelatory. And perhaps, in doing so, I might be able to find a way to keep the story that began with Abraham and Sarah going forward.”]]>1573bible,billcain,christian,family,robertellsbergfalse60fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/james-martin-sj-one-on-one-interview-this-our-exile--60959567
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Seamlessly combining spiritual writing, reportage, travel narrative, humor, and recent history, bestselling author James Martin recalls his time as a young Jesuit working with the refugees in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Drawing on his previous experience in the business world, he imagined that he had much to teach the refugees. But they would end up teaching him much more about life, about survival and faith, and about love and friendship.

With stories that are by turns frankly incredible, darkly comic, inspirational, tragic, and always provocative, this compelling work is a wonderfully realized tribute to our shared humanity.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60959567Thu, 08 Aug 2024 18:24:30 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, James Martin, SJ, as they discuss "This Our Exile". https://maryknoll.link/5d0813 Seamlessly combining spiritual writing, reportage, travel narrative, humor, and recent history,...
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Seamlessly combining spiritual writing, reportage, travel narrative, humor, and recent history, bestselling author James Martin recalls his time as a young Jesuit working with the refugees in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Drawing on his previous experience in the business world, he imagined that he had much to teach the refugees. But they would end up teaching him much more about life, about survival and faith, and about love and friendship.

With stories that are by turns frankly incredible, darkly comic, inspirational, tragic, and always provocative, this compelling work is a wonderfully realized tribute to our shared humanity.
]]>2076faith,friendship,jamesmartin,kenya,orbisbooks,robertellsberg,spiritualityfalse59fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stephen-b-bevans-svd-one-on-one-interview-community-of-missionary-disciples--60804224
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In his latest book, Community of Missionary Disciples, missiologist Stephen B. Bevans offers a comprehensive, contemporary ecclesiology through a missionary lens. He unpacks the profound Catholic conviction that the church is missionary by its very nature as he considers what it means for the church to be on mission, in community, and together in discipleship.


Stephen B. Bevans, SVD, is professor emeritus of mission and culture, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. He is editor of the Brill series “Theology of Mission in Global Christianity” and serves on the editorial board of the International Review of Mission. His many books include An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective, and Prophetic Dialogue: Reflections on Christian Mission Today (with Roger P. Schroeder) both also available from Orbis Books.

Community of Missionary Disciples is available at 25% off through 31 August 2024 
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60804224Thu, 25 Jul 2024 18:04:21 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author,Stephen B. Bevans, SVD, as they discuss "Community of Missionary Disciples". https://maryknoll.link/fcx In his latest book, Community of Missionary Disciples, missiologist Stephen...
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In his latest book, Community of Missionary Disciples, missiologist Stephen B. Bevans offers a comprehensive, contemporary ecclesiology through a missionary lens. He unpacks the profound Catholic conviction that the church is missionary by its very nature as he considers what it means for the church to be on mission, in community, and together in discipleship.


Stephen B. Bevans, SVD, is professor emeritus of mission and culture, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. He is editor of the Brill series “Theology of Mission in Global Christianity” and serves on the editorial board of the International Review of Mission. His many books include An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective, and Prophetic Dialogue: Reflections on Christian Mission Today (with Roger P. Schroeder) both also available from Orbis Books.

Community of Missionary Disciples is available at 25% off through 31 August 2024 
]]>1579churchcommunity,discipleship,missionarydisciples,orbisbooks,spiritualgrowthfalse58fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/james-w-bernauer-sj-one-on-one-interview-auschwitz-and-absolution--60666565
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Few people know that in the face of his execution, the notorious Rudolf Höss, the Commandant for Auschwitz, met with a Polish Jesuit priest, Fr. Wladyslaw Lohn. Höss made a confession to Fr. Lohn for approximately four hours, and from Fr. Lohn he received communion.  This compelling account of a secret and sacramental meeting not only tells what happened but seventeen Christian and Jewish scholars offer a critical challenge to, or celebration of Christian notions of forgiveness.

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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60666565Thu, 11 Jul 2024 19:14:13 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and editor, James W. Bernauer, SJ, as they discuss "Auschwitz and Absolution: The Case of the Commandant and the Confessor". https://maryknoll.link/4f8eb7 Few people know that in the face of...
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Few people know that in the face of his execution, the notorious Rudolf Höss, the Commandant for Auschwitz, met with a Polish Jesuit priest, Fr. Wladyslaw Lohn. Höss made a confession to Fr. Lohn for approximately four hours, and from Fr. Lohn he received communion.  This compelling account of a secret and sacramental meeting not only tells what happened but seventeen Christian and Jewish scholars offer a critical challenge to, or celebration of Christian notions of forgiveness.

Order your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/4f8eb7
]]>1964false57fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mary-frances-coady-one-on-one-interview-caryll-houselander-a-biography--60453768https://maryknoll.link/b1a3e8

This biography tells the life of the elusive twentieth-century English writer, Caryll Houselander, who saved no personal letters and left only her books, which included a short autobiography, a few classics of Catholic spirituality including The Reed of God and The Flowering Tree, and various unpublished personal scratchings. She never had robust health, and mentally had the tendency to live in her own world. Her one aim in life, discovered from adolescence onward, was to see the suffering Christ in humanity.

Order your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/b1a3e8]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60453768Thu, 20 Jun 2024 19:19:11 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, Mary Frances Coady, as they discuss "Caryll Houselander: A Biography". https://maryknoll.link/b1a3e8 This biography tells the life of the elusive twentieth-century English writer,...https://maryknoll.link/b1a3e8

This biography tells the life of the elusive twentieth-century English writer, Caryll Houselander, who saved no personal letters and left only her books, which included a short autobiography, a few classics of Catholic spirituality including The Reed of God and The Flowering Tree, and various unpublished personal scratchings. She never had robust health, and mentally had the tendency to live in her own world. Her one aim in life, discovered from adolescence onward, was to see the suffering Christ in humanity.

Order your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/b1a3e8]]>1774caryllhouselander,catholicbooks,catholicfaith,catholicwriters,faithjourney,maryfrancescoady,mustread,robertellsberg,spiritualclassics,spirituality,twentiethcenturywritersfalse56fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alessandra-harris-one-on-one-interview-in-the-shadow-of-freedom--60302304https://maryknoll.link/058731

Essayist, analyst, commentator, religion writer, and novelist, Alessandra Harris uncovers the historical roots and contemporary impacts of anti-Black racism in America directly leading to unjust legislation, police violence, and mass incarceration. In the Shadow of Freedom provides readers with an ethic and religious framework for implementing solutions and advocating for reform.

"A thought-provoking work that expresses the challenge of being a Black Catholic in America." ~ Ansel Augustine, DMin, Assistant Director of African American Affairs, USCCB, and author Leveling the Praying Field


Alessandra Harris holds a degree in comparative religious and Middle Eastern studies from San Jose State University. A co-founder of and former contributor to Black Catholic Messenger, her work has also appeared in America, Critical Theology Journal, The Catholic Worker, National Catholic Reporter, and US Catholic.


In the Shadow of Freedom is available at 25% off through 31 May 2024 
https://maryknoll.link/058731]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60302304Thu, 06 Jun 2024 18:31:40 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersIn this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, Alessandra Harris, as they discuss "In the Shadow of Freedom". https://maryknoll.link/058731 Essayist, analyst, commentator, religion writer, and novelist, Alessandra Harris uncovers the...https://maryknoll.link/058731

Essayist, analyst, commentator, religion writer, and novelist, Alessandra Harris uncovers the historical roots and contemporary impacts of anti-Black racism in America directly leading to unjust legislation, police violence, and mass incarceration. In the Shadow of Freedom provides readers with an ethic and religious framework for implementing solutions and advocating for reform.

"A thought-provoking work that expresses the challenge of being a Black Catholic in America." ~ Ansel Augustine, DMin, Assistant Director of African American Affairs, USCCB, and author Leveling the Praying Field


Alessandra Harris holds a degree in comparative religious and Middle Eastern studies from San Jose State University. A co-founder of and former contributor to Black Catholic Messenger, her work has also appeared in America, Critical Theology Journal, The Catholic Worker, National Catholic Reporter, and US Catholic.


In the Shadow of Freedom is available at 25% off through 31 May 2024 
https://maryknoll.link/058731]]>1687alessandraharris,orbisbooks,robertellsebergfalse55fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bernard-tickerhoof-one-on-one-interview-the-one-body-of-christ-in-a-quantum-age--60149332
Writing from a font of experience as a Franciscan friar and spiritual teacher, Father Bernie Tickerhoof invites readers to enrich their spiritual journey as they learn from the physical sciences. The One Body of Christ in a Quantum Age explores the many resonances between quantum theory, consciousness studies, and relational and holistic spirituality through spiritual practices like prayer, relationship-building, service, and creativity.


“Deeply inspiring. . . . I came away . . . with a deepened faith in Jesus and my connection, through him, with my brothers and sisters in his mystical body, and a renewed awe for the mysteries of quantum physics.” —R. Dean Astumian, OFS, professor, physics and astronomy, University of Maine


The One Body of Christ in a Quantum is available at 25% off through 31 May 2024 

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]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60149332Thu, 23 May 2024 13:18:15 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers In this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and author, Bernard Tickerhoof, discuss "The One Body of Christ in a Quantum Age". Writing from a font of experience as a Franciscan friar and spiritual teacher, Father Bernie Tickerhoof invites...
Writing from a font of experience as a Franciscan friar and spiritual teacher, Father Bernie Tickerhoof invites readers to enrich their spiritual journey as they learn from the physical sciences. The One Body of Christ in a Quantum Age explores the many resonances between quantum theory, consciousness studies, and relational and holistic spirituality through spiritual practices like prayer, relationship-building, service, and creativity.


“Deeply inspiring. . . . I came away . . . with a deepened faith in Jesus and my connection, through him, with my brothers and sisters in his mystical body, and a renewed awe for the mysteries of quantum physics.” —R. Dean Astumian, OFS, professor, physics and astronomy, University of Maine


The One Body of Christ in a Quantum is available at 25% off through 31 May 2024 

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]]>1952bernardtickerhoof,christianbooks,consciousnessstudies,creativity,deepenedfaith,franciscan,holisticspirituality,maryknoll,mysticalbody,onebodyofchrist,prayer,quantumage,quantumphysics,quantumtheory,relationshipbuilding,robertellsberg,service,spiritualjourney,spiritualteacherfalse54fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/howard-a-snyder-one-on-one-interview-francis-of-assisi-movement-maker--59950969In the early 13th century Francis of Assisi and the Franciscan Movement breathed new life into the church, attracting tens of thousands of adherents and spreading all over the world. Yet within decades this movement split into clashing branches. Why? Discover the answer in this One On One Interview, with Robert Ellsberg and Howard A. Snyder as they discuss "Francis of Assisi, Movement Maker"

“This fascinating story of Francis and the movement he unleashed is as relevant today as it was 800 years ago, and invites us all, as followers of Jesus, to be inspired by Francis. . . ."
 —Darrell Whiteman, Publisher, American Society of Missiology

Francis of Assisi, Movement Maker is available at 25% off through 31 May 2024 
Get your copy of the book today at https://maryknoll.link/3e9a16

 #Robert Ellsberg  #orbisbooks  #HowardASnyder #WilliamHartMcNichols #FrancisOfAssisi #FranciscanMovement #MovementMaker #SpiritualLeadership #InspirationalReads]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59950969Thu, 09 May 2024 19:34:57 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersIn the early 13th century Francis of Assisi and the Franciscan Movement breathed new life into the church, attracting tens of thousands of adherents and spreading all over the world. Yet within decades this movement split into clashing branches. Why?...In the early 13th century Francis of Assisi and the Franciscan Movement breathed new life into the church, attracting tens of thousands of adherents and spreading all over the world. Yet within decades this movement split into clashing branches. Why? Discover the answer in this One On One Interview, with Robert Ellsberg and Howard A. Snyder as they discuss "Francis of Assisi, Movement Maker"

“This fascinating story of Francis and the movement he unleashed is as relevant today as it was 800 years ago, and invites us all, as followers of Jesus, to be inspired by Francis. . . ."
 —Darrell Whiteman, Publisher, American Society of Missiology

Francis of Assisi, Movement Maker is available at 25% off through 31 May 2024 
Get your copy of the book today at https://maryknoll.link/3e9a16

 #Robert Ellsberg  #orbisbooks  #HowardASnyder #WilliamHartMcNichols #FrancisOfAssisi #FranciscanMovement #MovementMaker #SpiritualLeadership #InspirationalReads]]>1846ellsberg,franciscanmovement #movementma,francisofassisi,howardasnyder,inspirationalreads,orbisbooks,robert,williamhartmcnicholsfalse53fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christopher-pramuk-and-fr-william-hart-mcnichols-one-on-one-interview-all-my-eyes-see--59661311"All My Eyes See: The Artistic Vocation of Fr. William Hart McNichols"

https://maryknoll.link/71a074

“All My Eyes See is a profound conversation through which the theologian elicits from the artist the panoply of experiences, reflections, and insights that tell the story of his artistic journey. Fr. Bill’s art is the language he has created to make the invisible visible and to explain the inexplicable. It is a book about seeing and not seeing, knowing and not knowing, joy and sorrow, hope and despair, faith and doubt, success and failure, triumph and defeat, all of which finds a home in the human heart.”—Alan C. Mitchell, Georgetown University

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 #Robert Ellsberg  #orbisbooks #ReligiousArt #Vocation #ChristopherPramuk #WilliamHartMcNichols]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59661311Fri, 26 Apr 2024 02:20:18 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersIn this One On One Interview, Robert Ellsberg along with Christopher Pramuk and Fr.William Hart McNichols discuss https://maryknoll.link/71a074 https://maryknoll.link/71a074 “All My Eyes See is a profound conversation through which the theologian..."All My Eyes See: The Artistic Vocation of Fr. William Hart McNichols"

https://maryknoll.link/71a074

“All My Eyes See is a profound conversation through which the theologian elicits from the artist the panoply of experiences, reflections, and insights that tell the story of his artistic journey. Fr. Bill’s art is the language he has created to make the invisible visible and to explain the inexplicable. It is a book about seeing and not seeing, knowing and not knowing, joy and sorrow, hope and despair, faith and doubt, success and failure, triumph and defeat, all of which finds a home in the human heart.”—Alan C. Mitchell, Georgetown University

Get your copy of the book today at https://maryknoll.link/71a074

 #Robert Ellsberg  #orbisbooks #ReligiousArt #Vocation #ChristopherPramuk #WilliamHartMcNichols]]>2244christianity,maryknoll,oneonone,orbisbooks,roberellsbergfalse52fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mary-frohlich-one-on-one-interview-the-heart-at-the-heart-of-the-world--59424890Traditional forms of devotion to the Sacred Heart, also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have waned among Catholics in recent decades. Here, Mary Frohlich, a sister of the Sacred Heart, seeks to reinterpret this traditional devotion as central to Christian spirituality in the 21st century. Facing our impending ecological disaster she sets out to discover the Heart of God as truly the heart of all creation.

https://maryknoll.link/aul

Drawing upon recent theologies that have embraced the “new animism” that regards every being including humans as a node in webs of living relationality, this book chooses twelve themes relevant to the concerns and needs of today’s world and explores what story of the Heart of God may be told in relation to each one.

Mary Frohlich, RSCJ, a noted scholar of Carmelite spirituality, taught at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago from 1993 to 2020. A former president of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality, she is editor of Saint Therese of Lisieux: Essential Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters Series) and author of Breathed into Wholeness: Catholicity and Life in the Spirit (both from Orbis).

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#MaryFrohlich #Robert Ellsberg  #orbisbooks #ecology]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59424890Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:33:19 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersTraditional forms of devotion to the Sacred Heart, also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have waned among Catholics in recent decades. Here, Mary Frohlich, a sister of the Sacred Heart, seeks to reinterpret this traditional devotion as central...Traditional forms of devotion to the Sacred Heart, also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have waned among Catholics in recent decades. Here, Mary Frohlich, a sister of the Sacred Heart, seeks to reinterpret this traditional devotion as central to Christian spirituality in the 21st century. Facing our impending ecological disaster she sets out to discover the Heart of God as truly the heart of all creation.

https://maryknoll.link/aul

Drawing upon recent theologies that have embraced the “new animism” that regards every being including humans as a node in webs of living relationality, this book chooses twelve themes relevant to the concerns and needs of today’s world and explores what story of the Heart of God may be told in relation to each one.

Mary Frohlich, RSCJ, a noted scholar of Carmelite spirituality, taught at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago from 1993 to 2020. A former president of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality, she is editor of Saint Therese of Lisieux: Essential Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters Series) and author of Breathed into Wholeness: Catholicity and Life in the Spirit (both from Orbis).

Get your copy of the book today at https://maryknoll.link/aul

#MaryFrohlich #Robert Ellsberg  #orbisbooks #ecology]]>2143ecology,maryfrohlich,maryknoll,orbisbooks,robertellsbergfalse51fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/diarmuid-o-murchu-one-on-one-interview-ecological-spirituality--59130600
https://maryknoll.link/pel

The changes that we must make to address the complex ecological crises today are unlikely to happen if we do not experience a spiritual revolution. In Ecological Spirituality, Diarmuid O’Murchu invites readers to the revolutionary work of a life-promoting spirituality for our time. He explores how we must move beyond understandings of holiness that emphasize detachment from our world in favor of something beyond.

In his welcoming style O’Murchu reintroduces readers to the long history of humanity’s relationship with the creative Spirit of God, including and transcending religious traditions in a growing horizon of faith. As we rediscover the sacred here on Earth, we are called to connect spirit with Spirit, discerning and living an ecologically-focused spirituality for the well-being of creatures and ecosystems around the planet.

Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/pel

#EcologyAndJustice #SpiritualRevolution #EcologicalCrisis #EnvironmentalJustice #QuantumTheology   #DiarmuidOMurchu #RobertEllsberg #EcologicalSpirituality #SpiritAndSpirituality #SacredEarth #FaithAndEcology

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59130600Fri, 22 Mar 2024 18:25:16 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersIn this One On One Interview, Robert Ellsberg and Diarmuid O’Murchu discuss "Ecological Spirituality (Ecology & Justice Series)" https://maryknoll.link/pel The changes that we must make to address the complex ecological crises today are unlikely...
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The changes that we must make to address the complex ecological crises today are unlikely to happen if we do not experience a spiritual revolution. In Ecological Spirituality, Diarmuid O’Murchu invites readers to the revolutionary work of a life-promoting spirituality for our time. He explores how we must move beyond understandings of holiness that emphasize detachment from our world in favor of something beyond.

In his welcoming style O’Murchu reintroduces readers to the long history of humanity’s relationship with the creative Spirit of God, including and transcending religious traditions in a growing horizon of faith. As we rediscover the sacred here on Earth, we are called to connect spirit with Spirit, discerning and living an ecologically-focused spirituality for the well-being of creatures and ecosystems around the planet.

Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/pel

#EcologyAndJustice #SpiritualRevolution #EcologicalCrisis #EnvironmentalJustice #QuantumTheology   #DiarmuidOMurchu #RobertEllsberg #EcologicalSpirituality #SpiritAndSpirituality #SacredEarth #FaithAndEcology

]]>1656diarmuidomurchu,ecologicalcrisis,ecologicalspirituality,ecologyandjustice,ecospirituality,environmentaljustice,environmentalsustainability,evolutionaryfaith,faithandecology,greenfaith,oneononeinterview,quantumtheology,robertellsberg,sacredearth,savetheplanet,spiritandspirituality,spiritualawakening,spiritualbecoming,spiritualrevolutionfalse50fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kate-common-one-on-one-interview-undoing-conquest--58879913

By examining how biblical conquest narratives shaped Christian ideology, Undoing Conquest offers ways to incorporate the story the Highlands Settlements reveal into the life of the church to repair the harms of settler-colonialism and creating a more just future.

Undoing Conquest is available at 25% off through 31 March 2024

Get your copy today, visit https://maryknoll.link/e7214f]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58879913Thu, 07 Mar 2024 21:25:01 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersIn the last century, archaeologists of the Highlands Settlements north of Jerusalem uncovered evidence that reshapes traditional understandings of Israelite history and the Bible. This new history remains largely untold outside of specialized...

By examining how biblical conquest narratives shaped Christian ideology, Undoing Conquest offers ways to incorporate the story the Highlands Settlements reveal into the life of the church to repair the harms of settler-colonialism and creating a more just future.

Undoing Conquest is available at 25% off through 31 March 2024

Get your copy today, visit https://maryknoll.link/e7214f]]>2125bible,christianhistory,christianity,colonialism,ellsberg,israel,katecommon,maryknoll,orbisbooks,palestine,robertfalse49fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pentecost-at-tepeyac-pneumatologies-from-the-people-with-orlando-espin--58863701
He argues that all symbols are cultural creations, and furthermore, the Spirit being divine is beyond all cultures. Therefore, no one symbol--whether dove, flame, breath, or any other—can be the only symbol possible. The feminine too can culturally symbolize the divine.

To experience and express their faith in God non-European cultures can and must culturally symbolize the divine, in their respective ways.

By focusing on the empowering action of the Spirit among the indigent and marginalized majority of humankind and their cultures, Espín provides a clear and compelling vision of the Holy Spirit’s subversive, empowering role in human history, societies and cultures.

In Pentecost at Tepeyac?

06:18 Guadalupe symbol as female expression of faith.
07:52 Reflecting on Guadalupe, Mary, and the Holy Spirit.
11:02 Questioning the use of masculine language for God.
16:00 Guadalupe's historical timeline and peoples' devotion.
18:18 Our representations of God are not truth.
23:42 Jesus killed for supporting the poor. Not divine.
27:17 Elizondo questions Guadalupe's miracle and its significance.
30:02 Latino family with strong Catholic commitment and marginalized.

Orlando O. Espín is professor emeritus of systematic theology, University of San Diego, where he also served as director of the Center for the Study of Latino/a Catholicism. A founder of the Academy of Hispanic Catholic Theologians of the U.S (ACTHUS) he is the winner of the John Courtney Murray Award from the Catholic Theological Society of America. His many books include Idol & Grace, The Faith of the People, and Grace and Humanness (all Orbis).]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58863701Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:04:31 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersIn Pentecost at Tepeyac? Orlando Espin develops a Latinx pneumatology, or theology of the Holy Spirit, by exploring the image and enduring popular devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe. He argues that all symbols are cultural creations, and furthermore,...
He argues that all symbols are cultural creations, and furthermore, the Spirit being divine is beyond all cultures. Therefore, no one symbol--whether dove, flame, breath, or any other—can be the only symbol possible. The feminine too can culturally symbolize the divine.

To experience and express their faith in God non-European cultures can and must culturally symbolize the divine, in their respective ways.

By focusing on the empowering action of the Spirit among the indigent and marginalized majority of humankind and their cultures, Espín provides a clear and compelling vision of the Holy Spirit’s subversive, empowering role in human history, societies and cultures.

In Pentecost at Tepeyac?

06:18 Guadalupe symbol as female expression of faith.
07:52 Reflecting on Guadalupe, Mary, and the Holy Spirit.
11:02 Questioning the use of masculine language for God.
16:00 Guadalupe's historical timeline and peoples' devotion.
18:18 Our representations of God are not truth.
23:42 Jesus killed for supporting the poor. Not divine.
27:17 Elizondo questions Guadalupe's miracle and its significance.
30:02 Latino family with strong Catholic commitment and marginalized.

Orlando O. Espín is professor emeritus of systematic theology, University of San Diego, where he also served as director of the Center for the Study of Latino/a Catholicism. A founder of the Academy of Hispanic Catholic Theologians of the U.S (ACTHUS) he is the winner of the John Courtney Murray Award from the Catholic Theological Society of America. His many books include Idol & Grace, The Faith of the People, and Grace and Humanness (all Orbis).]]>1964aztec,books,catholic,christ,christian,communities,culture,faith,guadalupe,jesus,lady,marginalized,maryknoll,of,orbis,our,pentecost,pneumatology,theologyfalse48fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/come-have-breakfast-meditations-on-god-and-the-earth-with-elizabeth-a-johnson--58615999"Come, Have Breakfast: Meditations on God and the Earth" .

“‘Come, have breakfast’ (Jn 21:12) These three simple words followed by generous action open a portal into an ecological image of the living God who is active with cordial hospitality toward all creatures, nurturing their lives, desiring that all should be fed.”

https://maryknoll.link/f38eb5

Addresses contemporary socioeconomic concerns from a biblical and mission-based perspective. Offers a tool (a social justice inventory) for evaluating ourselves in light of a biblical theology of wealth and poverty.

In her latest work, prize-winning theologian Elizabeth Johnson views planet Earth, its beauty and threatened state, through the lens of scripture. Each luminous meditation offers a snapshot of one aspect of the holy mystery who creates, indwells, redeems, vivifies, and sanctifies the whole world. Together, they offer a panoramic view of the living God who loves the earth, accompanies all its creatures in their living and their dying, and moves us to care for our uncommon common home.


Get your copy online with Orbis Books: https://maryknoll.link/f38eb5]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58615999Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:48:21 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersIn this One On One Interview, Robert Ellsberg and Elizabeth A. Johnson, discuss her new book "Come, Have Breakfast: Meditations on God and the Earth" . “‘Come, have breakfast’ (Jn 21:12) These three simple words followed by generous action open a..."Come, Have Breakfast: Meditations on God and the Earth" .

“‘Come, have breakfast’ (Jn 21:12) These three simple words followed by generous action open a portal into an ecological image of the living God who is active with cordial hospitality toward all creatures, nurturing their lives, desiring that all should be fed.”

https://maryknoll.link/f38eb5

Addresses contemporary socioeconomic concerns from a biblical and mission-based perspective. Offers a tool (a social justice inventory) for evaluating ourselves in light of a biblical theology of wealth and poverty.

In her latest work, prize-winning theologian Elizabeth Johnson views planet Earth, its beauty and threatened state, through the lens of scripture. Each luminous meditation offers a snapshot of one aspect of the holy mystery who creates, indwells, redeems, vivifies, and sanctifies the whole world. Together, they offer a panoramic view of the living God who loves the earth, accompanies all its creatures in their living and their dying, and moves us to care for our uncommon common home.


Get your copy online with Orbis Books: https://maryknoll.link/f38eb5]]>2205catholic,christian,meditations,poverty,theology,wealthfalse47fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christ-among-the-classes-the-rich-the-poor-and-the-mission-of-the-church-with-al-tizon--58493890https://maryknoll.link/86j

Addresses contemporary socioeconomic concerns from a biblical and mission-based perspective. Offers a tool (a social justice inventory) for evaluating ourselves in light of a biblical theology of wealth and poverty.

Al Tizon holds a PhD in missiology from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA. He is affiliate professor of missional and global leadership at North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, and lead pastor of Grace Fellowship Community Church in San Francisco, where he and his wife reside. He has been engaged in community development, church leadership, advocacy, and urban ministry both in the Philippines and the United States. His books include Whole & Reconciled: Gospel, Church, and Mission in a Fractured World.


Get your copy online with Orbis Books: https://maryknoll.link/86j]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58493890Mon, 29 Jan 2024 21:12:46 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersChrist Among the Classes: The Rich, the Poor, and the Mission of the Church https://maryknoll.link/86j Addresses contemporary socioeconomic concerns from a biblical and mission-based perspective. Offers a tool (a social justice inventory) for...https://maryknoll.link/86j

Addresses contemporary socioeconomic concerns from a biblical and mission-based perspective. Offers a tool (a social justice inventory) for evaluating ourselves in light of a biblical theology of wealth and poverty.

Al Tizon holds a PhD in missiology from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA. He is affiliate professor of missional and global leadership at North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, and lead pastor of Grace Fellowship Community Church in San Francisco, where he and his wife reside. He has been engaged in community development, church leadership, advocacy, and urban ministry both in the Philippines and the United States. His books include Whole & Reconciled: Gospel, Church, and Mission in a Fractured World.


Get your copy online with Orbis Books: https://maryknoll.link/86j]]>2052altizon,catholic,christian,jesuschrist,maryknoll,orbisbooks,robertellsberge,socioeconomic,theologyfalse46fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/church-as-sanctuary-reconstructing-refuge-in-an-age-of-forced-displacement-with-leo-guardado--58201544https://maryknoll.link/4ju

No study has yet examined the tradition of sanctuary as the starting point for rethinking the church in an age of global displacement. Church as Sanctuary, argues that if church sanctuary is going to be legible as a pillar of ecclesial existence in modernity, then we need a theology of sanctuary that reconstitutes this rich tradition anew, placing it at the service of a displaced world. By its very nature, church sanctuary is and has always served as a creative ecclesial and sacramental response to persons whose life is threatened by generalized or state violence, and in our contemporary society the church’s rejection of its own tradition places at risk other forms of sanctuary that exist in symbolic relation to the church’s historical practice.

Leo Guardado is assistant professor, the department of theology, Fordham University. The Salvadoran Civil War forced Guardado and his mother to migrate to Los Angeles, CA, where he grew up from the age of nine.

Get your copy online with Orbis Books: https://maryknoll.link/4ju]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58201544Thu, 04 Jan 2024 21:37:47 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersChurch as Sanctuary: Reconstructing Refuge in an Age of Forced Displacement https://maryknoll.link/4ju No study has yet examined the tradition of sanctuary as the starting point for rethinking the church in an age of global displacement. Church as...https://maryknoll.link/4ju

No study has yet examined the tradition of sanctuary as the starting point for rethinking the church in an age of global displacement. Church as Sanctuary, argues that if church sanctuary is going to be legible as a pillar of ecclesial existence in modernity, then we need a theology of sanctuary that reconstitutes this rich tradition anew, placing it at the service of a displaced world. By its very nature, church sanctuary is and has always served as a creative ecclesial and sacramental response to persons whose life is threatened by generalized or state violence, and in our contemporary society the church’s rejection of its own tradition places at risk other forms of sanctuary that exist in symbolic relation to the church’s historical practice.

Leo Guardado is assistant professor, the department of theology, Fordham University. The Salvadoran Civil War forced Guardado and his mother to migrate to Los Angeles, CA, where he grew up from the age of nine.

Get your copy online with Orbis Books: https://maryknoll.link/4ju]]>2265catholic,leoguardado,maryknoll,orbisbooks,robertellsberg,sanctuaryfalse45fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gospel-of-peace-a-commentary-on-matthew-mark-and-luke-from-the-perspective-of-nonviolence-with-john-dear--58076586About The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence

In this original and inspiring new commentary Father John Dear walks us through every line of the three synoptic Gospels, pointing out Jesus’ practice and teachings of nonviolence each step of the way.

As Dear shows us, Jesus is—like Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. —nonviolent to the core, a disarming, healing presence toward those in need. This Jesus is also a revolutionary disrupter of the unjust status quo and a political threat to the ruling authorities. Those authorities succeed in killing him, only to push Jesus to the heights of nonviolence through his death and resurrection.

This original commentary brings a fresh new approach to the Gospels for all those who preach or engage in social ministries. It is sure to inspire everyone in this time of permanent warfare, gun violence, racism, poverty, and climate change.

Learn more at Orbis Books

Rev. John Dear is an internationally recognized voice and leader for peace and nonviolence. A priest, activist, and author, he served for years as the director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. The author of forty books, including They Will Inherit the Earth and Lazarus, Come Forth! (from Orbis), Father John is founder and director of “The Beatitudes Center for the Nonviolent Jesus,” www.beatitudescenter.org, where he hosts and offers virtual workshops on Jesus and nonviolence. He was nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, including by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He lives in Cayucos, CA.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58076586Wed, 20 Dec 2023 21:45:10 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersAbout The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence In this original and inspiring new commentary Father John Dear walks us through every line of the three synoptic Gospels, pointing out Jesus’...About The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence

In this original and inspiring new commentary Father John Dear walks us through every line of the three synoptic Gospels, pointing out Jesus’ practice and teachings of nonviolence each step of the way.

As Dear shows us, Jesus is—like Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. —nonviolent to the core, a disarming, healing presence toward those in need. This Jesus is also a revolutionary disrupter of the unjust status quo and a political threat to the ruling authorities. Those authorities succeed in killing him, only to push Jesus to the heights of nonviolence through his death and resurrection.

This original commentary brings a fresh new approach to the Gospels for all those who preach or engage in social ministries. It is sure to inspire everyone in this time of permanent warfare, gun violence, racism, poverty, and climate change.

Learn more at Orbis Books

Rev. John Dear is an internationally recognized voice and leader for peace and nonviolence. A priest, activist, and author, he served for years as the director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. The author of forty books, including They Will Inherit the Earth and Lazarus, Come Forth! (from Orbis), Father John is founder and director of “The Beatitudes Center for the Nonviolent Jesus,” www.beatitudescenter.org, where he hosts and offers virtual workshops on Jesus and nonviolence. He was nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, including by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He lives in Cayucos, CA.]]>2038catholic,christ,christian,faith,gospel,jesus,maryknoll,ministry,orbisfalse44fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wade-in-the-water-the-wisdom-of-the-spirituals-with-arthur-jones--57869322
Wade in the Water celebrates the spirituals both as art form and as unique and powerful cultural expression. Exploring the African roots of the spirituals, Jones explores the way the songs conceal a language of freedom and resistance, and the way that their spiritual consolation reinforces community solidarity. First published in 1993, this new edition traces the rediscovery and transmission of this tradition and its meaning for a new generation and new challenges.

Get your copy of the book: https://maryknoll.link/gww

Check out more One On One podcasts - with Orbis Books ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_I9zTQkaIOvdWF_dm6kbINWCZ-fkjpXt )

#OrbisBooks #ArthurJones #RobertEllsberg #OneOnOne #Podcast #Spirituality#African Roots #Cultural Expression #African American Culture #Spiritual Consolation #Cultural Heritage]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57869322Thu, 30 Nov 2023 22:00:02 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersOrbis Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, discusses "Wade in the Water: The Wisdom of the Spirituals - Revised Edition" with author Arthur C. Jones in this One On One Interview. Wade in the Water celebrates the spirituals both as art form and as unique and...
Wade in the Water celebrates the spirituals both as art form and as unique and powerful cultural expression. Exploring the African roots of the spirituals, Jones explores the way the songs conceal a language of freedom and resistance, and the way that their spiritual consolation reinforces community solidarity. First published in 1993, this new edition traces the rediscovery and transmission of this tradition and its meaning for a new generation and new challenges.

Get your copy of the book: https://maryknoll.link/gww

Check out more One On One podcasts - with Orbis Books ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_I9zTQkaIOvdWF_dm6kbINWCZ-fkjpXt )

#OrbisBooks #ArthurJones #RobertEllsberg #OneOnOne #Podcast #Spirituality#African Roots #Cultural Expression #African American Culture #Spiritual Consolation #Cultural Heritage]]>2010african,american,arthurjones,consolation,cultural,culture,expression,heritage,oneonone,orbisbooks,podcast,robertellsberg,roots,spiritual,spirituality#africanfalse43fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-not-yet-god-the-not-yet-god-carl-jung-teilhard-de-chardin-and-the-relational-whole-ilia-delio--57583027
We are a species between axial periods. Thus, our religious myths are struggling to find new connections in a global, ecological order. Delio proposes the new myth of relational holism; that is, the search for a new connection to divinity in an age of quantum physics, evolution, and pluralism. The idea of relational holism is one that is rooted in the God-world relationship, beginning with the Book of Genesis, but finds its real meaning in quantum physics and the renewed relationship between mind and matter.

Get your copy of the book: https://maryknoll.link/fit

Check out more One On One podcasts - with Orbis Books ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_I9zTQkaIOvdWF_dm6kbINWCZ-fkjpXt )

#OrbisBooks #IliaDelio #RobertEllsberg #RelationalHolism #QuantumPhysics #Evolution #Pluralism #GodWorldRelationship #BookOfGenesis #MindAndMatter #OneOnOne #Podcast #Spirituality]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57583027Thu, 09 Nov 2023 22:30:02 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersOrbis Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, discusses "The Not-Yet God: The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, and the Relational Whole" with author Ilia Delio in this One On One Interview. We are a species between axial periods. Thus, our religious...
We are a species between axial periods. Thus, our religious myths are struggling to find new connections in a global, ecological order. Delio proposes the new myth of relational holism; that is, the search for a new connection to divinity in an age of quantum physics, evolution, and pluralism. The idea of relational holism is one that is rooted in the God-world relationship, beginning with the Book of Genesis, but finds its real meaning in quantum physics and the renewed relationship between mind and matter.

Get your copy of the book: https://maryknoll.link/fit

Check out more One On One podcasts - with Orbis Books ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_I9zTQkaIOvdWF_dm6kbINWCZ-fkjpXt )

#OrbisBooks #IliaDelio #RobertEllsberg #RelationalHolism #QuantumPhysics #Evolution #Pluralism #GodWorldRelationship #BookOfGenesis #MindAndMatter #OneOnOne #Podcast #Spirituality]]>2092books,catholic,christian,delio,ellsberg,ilia,maryknoll,orbis,podcast,robertfalse42fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/engaging-thomas-merton-spirituality-justice-and-racism-with-daniel-horan--57222608Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism which is based on contemporary engagements with the work and legacy of Thomas Merton that highlight the enduring relevance of his thought in addressing the pressing concerns of our time.

ABOUT DANIEL HORAN
Daniel P. Horan, OFM, is professor of philosophy, religious studies, and theology and director of the Center for the Study of Spirituality at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN. He is also affiliated professor of spirituality at the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, TX. A columnist for National Catholic Reporter, he is author of fourteen books including Catholicity and Emerging Personhood: A Contemporary Theological Anthropology.

The Book: Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57222608Fri, 13 Oct 2023 12:02:03 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin us in conversaton with Orbis Author, Daniel Horan. He and Robert disucss his his new book, Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism which is based on contemporary engagements with the work and legacy of Thomas Merton that...Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism which is based on contemporary engagements with the work and legacy of Thomas Merton that highlight the enduring relevance of his thought in addressing the pressing concerns of our time.

ABOUT DANIEL HORAN
Daniel P. Horan, OFM, is professor of philosophy, religious studies, and theology and director of the Center for the Study of Spirituality at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN. He is also affiliated professor of spirituality at the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, TX. A columnist for National Catholic Reporter, he is author of fourteen books including Catholicity and Emerging Personhood: A Contemporary Theological Anthropology.

The Book: Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism]]>2067catholic,chrisitian,christ,faith,gospel,jesus,merton,ministryfalse41fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ethics-of-doing-nothing-with-andrew-blosser--56727762
This book explores the theological and moral significance of practices once familiar to many Christians and Jews, such as Sabbath, vigil-keeping, Shmita (the sabbatical year for the land), and fiesta in relation to the twenty-first century economy. Blosser draws primarily on the Christian theologian, Jurgen Moltmann, and the prominent rabbi and religious thinker, Abraham Joshua Heschel in making the argument that humanity’s obsession with material production has led to three interrelated evils: the exploitation of workers, status anxiety among the middle and upper-classes, and climate change. Blosser’s proposed solution includes returning to “rituals of inoperativity” that will help us “change our understanding of what it means to be human.”

Get your copy of the book: https://orbisbooks.com/products/the-ethics-of-doing-nothing-rest-rituals-and-the-modern-world-1

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#OrbisBooks #GregGarrett #AndrewBlosser #ethics]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56727762Fri, 08 Sep 2023 00:00:03 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersOrbis Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, discusses "The Ethics of Doing Nothing" with author Andrew Blosser in this One On One Interview. This book explores the theological and moral significance of practices once familiar to many Christians and Jews, such...
This book explores the theological and moral significance of practices once familiar to many Christians and Jews, such as Sabbath, vigil-keeping, Shmita (the sabbatical year for the land), and fiesta in relation to the twenty-first century economy. Blosser draws primarily on the Christian theologian, Jurgen Moltmann, and the prominent rabbi and religious thinker, Abraham Joshua Heschel in making the argument that humanity’s obsession with material production has led to three interrelated evils: the exploitation of workers, status anxiety among the middle and upper-classes, and climate change. Blosser’s proposed solution includes returning to “rituals of inoperativity” that will help us “change our understanding of what it means to be human.”

Get your copy of the book: https://orbisbooks.com/products/the-ethics-of-doing-nothing-rest-rituals-and-the-modern-world-1

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#OrbisBooks #GregGarrett #AndrewBlosser #ethics]]>2235andrewblosser,ethics,maryknoll,orbisbooks,podcast,robertellsbergfalse40fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gospel-according-to-james-baldwin-with-greg-garrett--56506847
Baldwin’s writing offers critiques of religion, culture, and discrimination, and in the witness of his life he holds up hope and the primacy of love despite all the difficulties of the present moment. In this passionate introduction, Garrett presents the life and work of Baldwin in all his writing genres, on themes of equity, justice, and reconciliation.

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Learn more about the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, visit https://maryknollsociety.org]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56506847Fri, 18 Aug 2023 01:17:34 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersOrbis Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, discusses "The Gospel according to James Baldwin:What America’s Great Prophet Can Teach Us about Life, Love, and Identity" with author Greg Garrett in this One On One Interview. Baldwin’s writing offers critiques of...
Baldwin’s writing offers critiques of religion, culture, and discrimination, and in the witness of his life he holds up hope and the primacy of love despite all the difficulties of the present moment. In this passionate introduction, Garrett presents the life and work of Baldwin in all his writing genres, on themes of equity, justice, and reconciliation.

Get your copy of the book: https://orbisbooks.com/products/9781608339969

Check out more One On One podcasts - with Orbis Books ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_I9zTQkaIOvdWF_dm6kbINWCZ-fkjpXt )

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Learn more about the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, visit https://maryknollsociety.org]]>2157greggarrett,orbisbooks,robertellsberg,socialjusticefalse39fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-surrender-a-memoir-of-chile-s-dictatorship-1975-with-kathleen-osberger--56360415
I Surrender depicts the solidarity of the Chilean people and the transformational role of nuns and priests dedicated to serving the poor, while highlighting the changing and challenged Catholic Church.

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Learn more about the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, visit https://maryknollsociety.org]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56360415Thu, 03 Aug 2023 20:36:15 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersOrbis Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, discusses "I Surrender: A Memoir of Chile's Dictatorship, 1975" with author Kathleen Osberger in this One On One Interview. I Surrender depicts the solidarity of the Chilean people and the transformational role of...
I Surrender depicts the solidarity of the Chilean people and the transformational role of nuns and priests dedicated to serving the poor, while highlighting the changing and challenged Catholic Church.

Get your copy of the book: https://orbisbooks.com/products/9798888660058

Check out more One On One podcasts - with Orbis Books ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_I9zTQkaIOvdWF_dm6kbINWCZ-fkjpXt )

For more about Orbis Books, visit https://www.orbisbooks.com

Learn more about the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, visit https://maryknollsociety.org]]>2226isurrendermemoir,kathleenosberger,oneononeinterview,orbisbooks,robertellsberg,womenauthorsfalse38fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rediscovering-the-divine-with-cyprian-consiglio--55535765Tessa Bielecki, author of Holy Daring and co-director of the Desert Foundation

It appears that an island floats in the water, but actually every island is the tip of a mountain rooted deep in the ocean. Even more rooted in the fathomless are our names for God: they are merely the island we see sticking out of the sea.

This work explores ways of understanding the Persons of the Trinity inspired by the thought of Raimon Panikkar and Bruno Barnhart. Cyprian Consiglio presents some of what lies beneath the names as we know them––Father, Son, and Spirit––to the universal energies that each of the Persons represent, as these energies are found in us, and in other spiritual traditions of the world. This includes an opening up of the feminine dimension of each of the Persons. With an emphasis on our participation in divinity, Consiglio explores what it might mean to evolve in our understanding of God and realize untapped potentials of our Christian spirituality.
Cyprian Consiglio is a Camaldolese Benedictine monk, musician, composer, author, and teacher. He has shared his time between a hermitage in Big Sur, CA, and traveling in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, studying, teaching, and performing. Currently prior of his community, his other books include Prayer in the Cave of the Heart and Spirit, Soul, Body: Toward an Integral Christian Spirituality.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/55535765Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:00:02 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers"Cyprian grounds his theology in the earth, the body, and the feminine, presenting God as a quaternity of Silence, Word, Music, and Dance. In a “divine alchemy,” which should be our normative experience, “the water of our humanity is changed into the...Tessa Bielecki, author of Holy Daring and co-director of the Desert Foundation

It appears that an island floats in the water, but actually every island is the tip of a mountain rooted deep in the ocean. Even more rooted in the fathomless are our names for God: they are merely the island we see sticking out of the sea.

This work explores ways of understanding the Persons of the Trinity inspired by the thought of Raimon Panikkar and Bruno Barnhart. Cyprian Consiglio presents some of what lies beneath the names as we know them––Father, Son, and Spirit––to the universal energies that each of the Persons represent, as these energies are found in us, and in other spiritual traditions of the world. This includes an opening up of the feminine dimension of each of the Persons. With an emphasis on our participation in divinity, Consiglio explores what it might mean to evolve in our understanding of God and realize untapped potentials of our Christian spirituality.
Cyprian Consiglio is a Camaldolese Benedictine monk, musician, composer, author, and teacher. He has shared his time between a hermitage in Big Sur, CA, and traveling in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, studying, teaching, and performing. Currently prior of his community, his other books include Prayer in the Cave of the Heart and Spirit, Soul, Body: Toward an Integral Christian Spirituality.]]>1668catholic,christ,christian,divine,faith,gospel,jesus,ministry,pray,prayerfalse35fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-healing-path-with-james-finley--54359635
This is a contemplative reflection on the spirituality of healing, the fruit of the author’s lifetime in conducting spiritual direction and psychotherapy, drawing on his lessons from Thomas Merton and study of the mystical path. It is largely written in the form of a memoir of his own recovery from the traumatic wounds of his early life. But it is not just about his story—it is an invitation to the reader to reflect and resonate with the lessons that apply to their own stories.

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Check out the author's podcast - Turning to the Mystics - Hosted by James Finley https://cac.org/podcast/turning-to-the-mystics

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#orbisbooks #catholic #maryknoll #JamesFinley #spiritual #christian #contemplative]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54359635Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:05:37 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersOrbis Books Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, as he discusses "The Healing Path:, with author James Finley in this One On One Interview. This is a contemplative reflection on the spirituality of healing, the fruit of the author’s lifetime in conducting...
This is a contemplative reflection on the spirituality of healing, the fruit of the author’s lifetime in conducting spiritual direction and psychotherapy, drawing on his lessons from Thomas Merton and study of the mystical path. It is largely written in the form of a memoir of his own recovery from the traumatic wounds of his early life. But it is not just about his story—it is an invitation to the reader to reflect and resonate with the lessons that apply to their own stories.

Get your copy of the book: https://orbisbooks.com/products/the-healing-path

Check out the author's podcast - Turning to the Mystics - Hosted by James Finley https://cac.org/podcast/turning-to-the-mystics

Learn more about Orbis Books, visit https://www.orbisbooks.com
#orbisbooks #catholic #maryknoll #JamesFinley #spiritual #christian #contemplative]]>2240books,catholic,christ,christian,faith,finley,healing,james,jesus,ministry,orbisfalse34fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/david-steindl-rast-with-brother-david-steindl-rast--53976410
He has learned much, and offers it here. David Steindl-Rast was born in Austria in 1926 and came to the U.S. after receiving his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Vienna. As a Benedictine monk, he is known for pioneering dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism, teaching about gratefulness, and revitalizing contemplative prayer. For six decades, he has divided his time between a hermit’s life and lecture and retreat tours on five continents.

He’s the author of many books including the classics of spirituality, Gratefulness: The Heart of Prayer and A Listening Heart and co-founder of A Network for Grateful Living.

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Learn more about the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53976410Tue, 23 May 2023 21:21:05 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersThe magnum opus of our most important living Catholic author—a pioneer in the Christian contemplative life and spiritual writing. Unlike any book he’s written before, Brother David Steindl-Rast offers spiritual direction from a unique perspective in...
He has learned much, and offers it here. David Steindl-Rast was born in Austria in 1926 and came to the U.S. after receiving his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Vienna. As a Benedictine monk, he is known for pioneering dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism, teaching about gratefulness, and revitalizing contemplative prayer. For six decades, he has divided his time between a hermit’s life and lecture and retreat tours on five continents.

He’s the author of many books including the classics of spirituality, Gratefulness: The Heart of Prayer and A Listening Heart and co-founder of A Network for Grateful Living.

https://orbisbooks.com/products/you-are-here-keywords-for-life-explorers


Learn more about the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers]]>2000books,catholic,christ,christian,ellsberg,faith,gospel,jesus,ministry,orbis,pray,prayerfalse33fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/julian-s-gospel-with-veronica-mary-rolf--53732961
Currently, she presents a popular lecture series, Mornings with Julian of Norwich, and writes frequently on her website: www.JuliansVoice.com

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More From Orbis Books: https://orbisbooks.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53732961Mon, 08 May 2023 09:00:02 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersVeronica Mary Rolf is an independent scholar of medieval studies and comparative literature, educated at Columbia University. She has spent her life in the professional theatre, as a playwright, performer, and artistic director. For over two decades,...
Currently, she presents a popular lecture series, Mornings with Julian of Norwich, and writes frequently on her website: www.JuliansVoice.com

The Book: https://orbisbooks.com/products/julians-gospel-paperback

More From Orbis Books: https://orbisbooks.com]]>2068books,catholic,christ,christian,gospel,jesus,julians,maryknoll,orbistrue32fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ecomartyrdom-in-the-americas-living-and-dying-for-our-common-home-with-elizabeth-o-donnell-gandolfo--53664494
This book lifts up the witness of women and men in the Americas who have been murdered for their commitment to environmental justice and ecological liberation. The central claim here is that murdered environmental activists can and should be understood theologically by Christians as eco-martyrs.

Therefore, their witness should challenge the church, especially in the Global North, to enter into solidarity with the ecological struggles of poor and indigenous communities not only in the Americas, but around the world.

Get The Book: Ecomartyrdom in the Americas: Living and Dying for Our Common Home

Check out more One On One Interviews with Orbis Books,]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53664494Thu, 27 Apr 2023 15:29:01 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Orbis Books Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, as he discusses "Ecomartyrdom in the Americas: Living and Dying for Our Common Home", with Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo , author, in this One On One Interview. This book lifts up the witness of women and...
This book lifts up the witness of women and men in the Americas who have been murdered for their commitment to environmental justice and ecological liberation. The central claim here is that murdered environmental activists can and should be understood theologically by Christians as eco-martyrs.

Therefore, their witness should challenge the church, especially in the Global North, to enter into solidarity with the ecological struggles of poor and indigenous communities not only in the Americas, but around the world.

Get The Book: Ecomartyrdom in the Americas: Living and Dying for Our Common Home

Check out more One On One Interviews with Orbis Books,]]>1541catholic,economicjustice,elizabethodonnellgandolfo,environment,indigenous,orbisbooks,robertellsberg,southamericafalse31fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/catholic-women-preach-podcast-with-elizabeth-a-donnelly-and-russ-petrus--52808618
Russ Petrus serves as co-director for FutureChurch, which sponsors the “Catholic Women Preach” project. He holds an MDiv from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology and the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College, where he focused on liturgics and catechesis.


About the Book: Catholic Women Preach

This series of three volumes, following the A, B, C Cycles of the lectionary, offer homilies by Catholic women from the around the world. This is taken from an ongoing project, “Catholic Women Preach,” https://www.catholicwomenpreach.org/ which has featured videos every Sunday for six years. Though the texts are available on the website, this series will make them available in print form for weekly meditation, an inspiration for homilists, and a resource for courses in homiletics.

A project of FutureChurch: see https://www.futurechurch.org/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52808618Wed, 22 Feb 2023 03:02:17 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersElizabeth A. Donnelly (Preacher Coordinator) is a frequent speaker and writer on Catholic affairs. She has served on several boards, including those of Jesuit Volunteers International, Maryknoll Lay Missioners, Bread for the World, and the Ignatian...
Russ Petrus serves as co-director for FutureChurch, which sponsors the “Catholic Women Preach” project. He holds an MDiv from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology and the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College, where he focused on liturgics and catechesis.


About the Book: Catholic Women Preach

This series of three volumes, following the A, B, C Cycles of the lectionary, offer homilies by Catholic women from the around the world. This is taken from an ongoing project, “Catholic Women Preach,” https://www.catholicwomenpreach.org/ which has featured videos every Sunday for six years. Though the texts are available on the website, this series will make them available in print form for weekly meditation, an inspiration for homilists, and a resource for courses in homiletics.

A project of FutureChurch: see https://www.futurechurch.org/]]>1321books,catholic,christ,christian,church,faith,gospel,jesus,ministry,orbis,prayer,preach,womenfalse30fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-theology-of-migration-with-dan-g-groody--52533455
Drawing on accounts of migrants and refugees around the globe, author Dan G. Groody explores the relationship between faith and justice, theology and migration, and Christian spirituality and the challenges of the modern world.

From a theological perspective, it is about the God who first migrated to our world in the Incarnation and the God who calls people to migrate back to our spiritual homeland as citizens of the Kingdom.

This conversation explores the body of Christ as encountered inside of a church building in the sacrament of the Eucharist and the body of Christ as encountered outside of it in the least and the last of our world today (Mt. 25:31–46).

In the context of the global migration and refugee crisis, it examines ways the divine and human intermingle on our earthly pilgrimage and transform us into the image and likeness of God to become bread for the world through the works of mercy.

The Book: https://orbisbooks.com/products/a-theology-of-migration-the-bodies-of-refugees-and-the-body-of-christ


ABOUT DAN G. GROODY
Daniel G. Groody is a Holy Cross priest, vice president for undergraduate affairs and associate provost, and associate professor of theology and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame. He has authored many books and articles, translated into seven languages, including Globalization, Spirituality, and Justice, and is host of a podcast, “Heart’s Desire and Social Change” (heartsdesiresocialchange.com).]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52533455Tue, 24 Jan 2023 23:00:01 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersDiscussion on the systematic theology of migration that seeks to reframe the operative political, social and cultural narratives through a Eucharistic narrative. The heart of it revolves around the outer journey of migrants, the inner journey of...
Drawing on accounts of migrants and refugees around the globe, author Dan G. Groody explores the relationship between faith and justice, theology and migration, and Christian spirituality and the challenges of the modern world.

From a theological perspective, it is about the God who first migrated to our world in the Incarnation and the God who calls people to migrate back to our spiritual homeland as citizens of the Kingdom.

This conversation explores the body of Christ as encountered inside of a church building in the sacrament of the Eucharist and the body of Christ as encountered outside of it in the least and the last of our world today (Mt. 25:31–46).

In the context of the global migration and refugee crisis, it examines ways the divine and human intermingle on our earthly pilgrimage and transform us into the image and likeness of God to become bread for the world through the works of mercy.

The Book: https://orbisbooks.com/products/a-theology-of-migration-the-bodies-of-refugees-and-the-body-of-christ


ABOUT DAN G. GROODY
Daniel G. Groody is a Holy Cross priest, vice president for undergraduate affairs and associate provost, and associate professor of theology and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame. He has authored many books and articles, translated into seven languages, including Globalization, Spirituality, and Justice, and is host of a podcast, “Heart’s Desire and Social Change” (heartsdesiresocialchange.com).]]>1317catholic,christ,christian,faith,gospel,jesus,maryknoll,migration,ministryfalse29fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-oppression-shall-cease-with-christopher-j-kellerman-sj--52408018
By telling stories of enslaved Catholics and Catholic slaveholders, analyzing arguments of theologians who either defended or condemned slaveholding, and examining documents of popes and councils, Kellerman’s book reveals disturbing answers to contemporary questions about the Church’s role in the history of slavery and especially in the Atlantic slave trade.

For students, teachers, and all readers interested in how religion can be used both to oppress and to liberate, All Oppression Shall Cease gives a detailed account of the Church’s slaveholding past while issuing a call for the Church to take the necessary steps to reconcile with its history.

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All Oppression Shall Cease : A History of Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Catholic Church

About The Author
Christopher J. Kellerman, SJ, works in the Office of Justice and Ecology of the U.S. Central and Southern Province of the Society of Jesus. He recently served as visiting fellow and interim director at the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University New Orleans.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52408018Wed, 11 Jan 2023 02:40:38 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersIn this thought-provoking work, Christopher J. Kellerman provides a rigorously researched, era-by-era history of the Catholic Church’s teachings and actions related to slavery. By telling stories of enslaved Catholics and Catholic slaveholders,...
By telling stories of enslaved Catholics and Catholic slaveholders, analyzing arguments of theologians who either defended or condemned slaveholding, and examining documents of popes and councils, Kellerman’s book reveals disturbing answers to contemporary questions about the Church’s role in the history of slavery and especially in the Atlantic slave trade.

For students, teachers, and all readers interested in how religion can be used both to oppress and to liberate, All Oppression Shall Cease gives a detailed account of the Church’s slaveholding past while issuing a call for the Church to take the necessary steps to reconcile with its history.

Get The Book:
All Oppression Shall Cease : A History of Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Catholic Church

About The Author
Christopher J. Kellerman, SJ, works in the Office of Justice and Ecology of the U.S. Central and Southern Province of the Society of Jesus. He recently served as visiting fellow and interim director at the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University New Orleans.]]>1428catholic,christ,christian,church,history,jesus,opression,slave,slaveryfalse28fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/let-heartbreak-be-your-guide-with-adam-bucko--52242546
He has taught engaged contemplative spirituality in Europe and the United States, and has authored Let Your Heartbreak be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation and co-authored Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation, and The New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living.Committed to an integration of contemplation and just practice, he cofounded an award-winning non-profit, the Reciprocity Foundation, where he spent 15 years working with homeless youth living on the streets of New York City, providing spiritual care, developing programs to end youth homelessness, and articulating a vision for spiritual mentoring in a post-religious world.

He currently serves as a director of The Center for Spiritual Imagination at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in New York, and is a member of “The Community of the Incarnation,” a ‘new monastic’ community dedicated to democratizing the gifts of monastic spirituality and teaching contemplative spirituality, in the context of hearing and responding to the cry of the poor and the cry of the earth.

Adam lives in New York with his wife, Kaira Jewel Lingo, a Buddhist teacher and former nun in the community of Thich Nhat Hanh. Together they lead The Buddhist-Christian Community for Meditation and Action. His website is www.FatherAdamBucko.com.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52242546Wed, 21 Dec 2022 03:13:56 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersFather Adam Bucko is an Episcopal priest, spiritual director and activist who has been a committed voice in the movement for the renewal of Christian Contemplative Spirituality and the growing New Monastic movement. He has taught engaged...
He has taught engaged contemplative spirituality in Europe and the United States, and has authored Let Your Heartbreak be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation and co-authored Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation, and The New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living.Committed to an integration of contemplation and just practice, he cofounded an award-winning non-profit, the Reciprocity Foundation, where he spent 15 years working with homeless youth living on the streets of New York City, providing spiritual care, developing programs to end youth homelessness, and articulating a vision for spiritual mentoring in a post-religious world.

He currently serves as a director of The Center for Spiritual Imagination at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in New York, and is a member of “The Community of the Incarnation,” a ‘new monastic’ community dedicated to democratizing the gifts of monastic spirituality and teaching contemplative spirituality, in the context of hearing and responding to the cry of the poor and the cry of the earth.

Adam lives in New York with his wife, Kaira Jewel Lingo, a Buddhist teacher and former nun in the community of Thich Nhat Hanh. Together they lead The Buddhist-Christian Community for Meditation and Action. His website is www.FatherAdamBucko.com.]]>1404adam,books,bucko,catholic,christ,christian,orbisfalse27fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/father-ed-the-story-of-bill-w-s-spiritual-sponsor-with-dawn-eden-goldstein--52113884
Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/1n4

Check out more Orbis Book Authors and One On One Interviews: https://maryknollsociety.org/podcast/

Father Ed is the first biography of Father Edward Dowling, SJ, whose guidance transformed Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill Wilson’s life and deepened the spirituality of the twelve-step movement.

Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson has one of the greatest legacies of any person of modern times. Time magazine placed him at No. 20 on its list of the most important people of the 20th century. But whenever Wilson himself had the opportunity to name the greatest human being he had ever met, he had but one answer: Father Edward Dowling, SJ

Jesuit Father Ed Dowling (1898-1960) rescued Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson from debilitating depression and gave him the spiritual guidance he needed to bring AA to international prominence. Although not an alcoholic himself, he came to devote his ministry to helping people in recovery—not only alcoholics but also people in troubled marriages (as a co-founder of the Cana Conference) and those suffering from nervous disorders (as an early champion of Recovery, Inc., now known as Recovery International). But he was also a champion of civil rights and social justice, and his interests presaged Society’s post-Vatican II priorities.

Dawn Eden Goldstein is the author of four books, including The Thrill of the Chaste, My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints, Remembering God's Mercy), and Sunday Will Never Be the Same. At the age of thirty-one, Dawn underwent a dramatic conversion to Christianity that ultimately led her to enter the Catholic Church. She received her doctorate in sacred theology summa cum laude from the University of St. Mary of the Lake in 2016, becoming the first woman in the university's history to earn a canonical doctorate. She has taught at universities and Catholic seminaries in the United States, England, and India.

#catholic #podcast #orbisbooks #Dawn Eden Goldstein #Christian #Maryknoll #FatherEd #spirituality]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52113884Tue, 06 Dec 2022 21:44:21 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Orbis Books Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, as he discusses "Father Ed : The Story of Bill W.’s Spiritual Sponsor", with Dawn Eden Goldstein, author, in this One On One Interview. Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/1n4 Check out more Orbis...
Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/1n4

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Father Ed is the first biography of Father Edward Dowling, SJ, whose guidance transformed Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill Wilson’s life and deepened the spirituality of the twelve-step movement.

Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson has one of the greatest legacies of any person of modern times. Time magazine placed him at No. 20 on its list of the most important people of the 20th century. But whenever Wilson himself had the opportunity to name the greatest human being he had ever met, he had but one answer: Father Edward Dowling, SJ

Jesuit Father Ed Dowling (1898-1960) rescued Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson from debilitating depression and gave him the spiritual guidance he needed to bring AA to international prominence. Although not an alcoholic himself, he came to devote his ministry to helping people in recovery—not only alcoholics but also people in troubled marriages (as a co-founder of the Cana Conference) and those suffering from nervous disorders (as an early champion of Recovery, Inc., now known as Recovery International). But he was also a champion of civil rights and social justice, and his interests presaged Society’s post-Vatican II priorities.

Dawn Eden Goldstein is the author of four books, including The Thrill of the Chaste, My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints, Remembering God's Mercy), and Sunday Will Never Be the Same. At the age of thirty-one, Dawn underwent a dramatic conversion to Christianity that ultimately led her to enter the Catholic Church. She received her doctorate in sacred theology summa cum laude from the University of St. Mary of the Lake in 2016, becoming the first woman in the university's history to earn a canonical doctorate. She has taught at universities and Catholic seminaries in the United States, England, and India.

#catholic #podcast #orbisbooks #Dawn Eden Goldstein #Christian #Maryknoll #FatherEd #spirituality]]>1729catholic,christian,dawn,eden,fathered,goldstein,maryknoll,orbisbooks,podcast,spiritualityfalse26fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/robert-jonas-my-dear-far-nearness-the-holy-trinity-as-spiritual-practice--51688321
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The Holy Trinity of Christian theology is either incomprehensible or hopelessly abstract to most people. Why bother with it today? Robert A. Jonas reveals, in this strikingly original work, how opening the mysteries of the Trinity is key to discovering the Divine within and around us. As the poet Rumi said, “Don’t look for me in a human shape. I am inside your looking.” This approach to the Trinity, although faithful to ancient Christian doctrines, is not focused on dogma or belief, exploring instead spiritual practices that transform our awareness of God, each other, and ourselves.

Dr. Robert A. Jonas is a spiritual guide, psychotherapist, author, environmental activist, and musician. He is the founder and director of The Empty Bell, a contemplative retreat center and sanctuary for Christian-Buddhist dialogue and practice in Western Massachusetts. He earned a doctorate in education and psychology at Harvard, followed by several years in practice. Jonas then entered Weston Jesuit School of Theology and received a Master of Theological Studies. He is the editor of Henri Nouwen: Writings, in Orbis’ “Modern Spiritual Masters” series, and The Essential Henri Nouwen.

#catholic #podcast #orbisbooks #RobertAJonas #Christian #Maryknoll #HolyTrinity #spirituality]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51688321Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:37:15 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJoin Orbis Books Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, as he discusses "My Dear Far-Nearness The Holy Trinity as Spiritual Practice", with Robert A Jonas, author, in this One On One Interview. Get your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/f0n Check out more...
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The Holy Trinity of Christian theology is either incomprehensible or hopelessly abstract to most people. Why bother with it today? Robert A. Jonas reveals, in this strikingly original work, how opening the mysteries of the Trinity is key to discovering the Divine within and around us. As the poet Rumi said, “Don’t look for me in a human shape. I am inside your looking.” This approach to the Trinity, although faithful to ancient Christian doctrines, is not focused on dogma or belief, exploring instead spiritual practices that transform our awareness of God, each other, and ourselves.

Dr. Robert A. Jonas is a spiritual guide, psychotherapist, author, environmental activist, and musician. He is the founder and director of The Empty Bell, a contemplative retreat center and sanctuary for Christian-Buddhist dialogue and practice in Western Massachusetts. He earned a doctorate in education and psychology at Harvard, followed by several years in practice. Jonas then entered Weston Jesuit School of Theology and received a Master of Theological Studies. He is the editor of Henri Nouwen: Writings, in Orbis’ “Modern Spiritual Masters” series, and The Essential Henri Nouwen.

#catholic #podcast #orbisbooks #RobertAJonas #Christian #Maryknoll #HolyTrinity #spirituality]]>1294catholic,christian,holytrinity,maryknoll,orbisbooks,podcast,robertajonas,robertellsberge,spiritualityfalse25fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leveling-the-praying-field-with-dr-ansel-augustine--51083547
A recent study on diversity in the Catholic Church revealed that 72 percent of Gen Z, which is majority non-white, consider racial equality to be one of the most important issues today.
And yet the church has been slow to respond. This tells us that “ministry as usual” from a Eurocentric perspective will not work. In response, Augustine provides insights as to how the church can respond to racial injustice not only in our changing society, but more importantly, how the church can stay relevant and real for this justice-hungry generation.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51083547Tue, 30 Aug 2022 20:17:33 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersAnsel Augustine offers a personal and historical perspective on issues of race and inequality in the church as he considers the challenges posed by the rise of Millennials, Gen Z, and future generations. A recent study on diversity in the Catholic...
A recent study on diversity in the Catholic Church revealed that 72 percent of Gen Z, which is majority non-white, consider racial equality to be one of the most important issues today.
And yet the church has been slow to respond. This tells us that “ministry as usual” from a Eurocentric perspective will not work. In response, Augustine provides insights as to how the church can respond to racial injustice not only in our changing society, but more importantly, how the church can stay relevant and real for this justice-hungry generation.]]>1292books,catholic,christ,christian,faith,gospel,jesus,ministry,orbisfalse24fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/essential-writings-on-creation-spirituality-with-matthew-fox--50651973Matthew Fox is an internationally acclaimed spiritual theologian, Episcopal priest, and activist. He holds a doctorate, summa cum laude, in the History and Theology of Spirituality from the Institut Catholique de Paris and has devoted 45 years to developing and teaching the tradition of Creation Spirituality, which is rooted in ancient Judeo-Christian teaching, inclusive of today’s science and world spiritual traditions; welcoming of the arts and artists; wisdom centered, prophetic, and committed to eco-justice, social justice and gender justice.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50651973Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:34:46 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersAbout Matthew Fox Matthew Fox is an internationally acclaimed spiritual theologian, Episcopal priest, and activist. He holds a doctorate, summa cum laude, in the History and Theology of Spirituality from the Institut Catholique de Paris and has...Matthew Fox is an internationally acclaimed spiritual theologian, Episcopal priest, and activist. He holds a doctorate, summa cum laude, in the History and Theology of Spirituality from the Institut Catholique de Paris and has devoted 45 years to developing and teaching the tradition of Creation Spirituality, which is rooted in ancient Judeo-Christian teaching, inclusive of today’s science and world spiritual traditions; welcoming of the arts and artists; wisdom centered, prophetic, and committed to eco-justice, social justice and gender justice.]]>1347catholic,christ,christian,faith,gospel,jesus,maryknoll,ministry,orbisfalse23fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rising-learning-from-women-s-leadership-in-catholic-ministries-interview-with-carolyn-y-woo-phd--49415197
Through reflection on first-person narratives of a range of women involved in leadership positions in Catholic ministries (social justice, LCWR and religious congregations, educational, media, diocesan, NGOs, etc.), Rising examines the range of leadership roles that women play in the Catholic Church, explores the particular challenge that women face, as well their distinctive styles of leadership, while also pointing toward an expanded understanding of ministry and leadership in the church. The contributors represent a broad range of women in leadership positions, ranging from the conservative Becket Fund, to Sr. Simone Campbell, Kerry Robinson, Kerry Weber (America media), Sr. Carol Keehan (Catholic Health Association), Kim Daniels (staff for USCCB), etc.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49415197Tue, 12 Apr 2022 19:38:55 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersRobert Ellsberg sits down with Author, Carolyn Y. Woo, to discuss Rising, Learning from Women’s Leadership in Catholic Ministries. Through reflection on first-person narratives of a range of women involved in leadership positions in Catholic...
Through reflection on first-person narratives of a range of women involved in leadership positions in Catholic ministries (social justice, LCWR and religious congregations, educational, media, diocesan, NGOs, etc.), Rising examines the range of leadership roles that women play in the Catholic Church, explores the particular challenge that women face, as well their distinctive styles of leadership, while also pointing toward an expanded understanding of ministry and leadership in the church. The contributors represent a broad range of women in leadership positions, ranging from the conservative Becket Fund, to Sr. Simone Campbell, Kerry Robinson, Kerry Weber (America media), Sr. Carol Keehan (Catholic Health Association), Kim Daniels (staff for USCCB), etc.]]>1668catholic,christ,christian,faith,gosel,jesus,maryknoll,ministry,risingfalse22fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/martin-luther-king-and-the-trumpet-of-conscience-today-interview-with-regine-michelle-jean-charles--49255707https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49255707Wed, 30 Mar 2022 18:35:14 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersMartin Luther King and The Trumpet of Conscience Today wrestles with the parts of King’s vision that have historically been the most uncomfortable for white Americans. The lectures that comprise “The Trumpet of Conscience” are a powerful critique of...1249black,catholic,christ,christian,history,king,martinluther,maryknoll,theologyfalse21fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-makes-education-catholic-spiritual-foundations-interview-with-kelly-thomas-groome--49071523
In this readable and timely work, Thomas Groome explores the basis of Catholic education, from the historical Jesus to figures like Augustine and Aquinas, Angela Merici, Elizabeth Seton, and Mary Ward. Groome shows how these foremothers and fathers of Catholic education ground and shape the spirituality of Catholic educators today. It is these foundations that ensure that Catholic schools today deliver the education they promise to students--not only to Catholics, but to those of many religious traditions.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49071523Tue, 15 Mar 2022 18:26:52 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersOne-on-One interview by Robert Ellsberg with Thomas H. Groome about his new book, What Makes Education Catholic: Spiritual Foundations. In this readable and timely work, Thomas Groome explores the basis of Catholic education, from the historical...
In this readable and timely work, Thomas Groome explores the basis of Catholic education, from the historical Jesus to figures like Augustine and Aquinas, Angela Merici, Elizabeth Seton, and Mary Ward. Groome shows how these foremothers and fathers of Catholic education ground and shape the spirituality of Catholic educators today. It is these foundations that ensure that Catholic schools today deliver the education they promise to students--not only to Catholics, but to those of many religious traditions.]]>1384bostoncollege,catholic,education,orbis,thomasgroomefalse20fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/resurrection-hope-interview-with-kelly-brown-douglas--48591559
These questions from her son prompted theologian Kelly Brown Douglas to undertake this soul-searching reflection. The killing of George Floyd and the ongoing litany of Black victims raised questions about the persistence of white supremacy in this nation, leading her to reflect on how a “white way of knowing” has come to dominate American identity and even to shape the consciousness of Christians.

In exploring the message of Confederate monuments and the “Make America Great Again” slogan, she examines the failures of even “good white Christians” and struggles with the hope that “Black Lives Matter,” before reaching deep into her own experience and the faith of Black folks to find her way back to Resurrection Hope.

Learn more about the book: https://www.orbisbooks.com/resurrection-hope.html

About the Author:

The Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas is the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral. In 2017, she was named Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, NYC. She is considered a leader in the field of womanist theology, racial reconciliation, and sexuality and the black church. Her Orbis books include The Black Christ, What’s Faith Got to Do with It? and Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48591559Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:03:51 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers“How do we really know that God cares when Black people are still getting killed? How long do we have to wait for the justice of God? I get it, that Christ is Black, but that doesn’t seem to be helping us right now.” These questions from her son...
These questions from her son prompted theologian Kelly Brown Douglas to undertake this soul-searching reflection. The killing of George Floyd and the ongoing litany of Black victims raised questions about the persistence of white supremacy in this nation, leading her to reflect on how a “white way of knowing” has come to dominate American identity and even to shape the consciousness of Christians.

In exploring the message of Confederate monuments and the “Make America Great Again” slogan, she examines the failures of even “good white Christians” and struggles with the hope that “Black Lives Matter,” before reaching deep into her own experience and the faith of Black folks to find her way back to Resurrection Hope.

Learn more about the book: https://www.orbisbooks.com/resurrection-hope.html

About the Author:

The Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas is the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral. In 2017, she was named Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, NYC. She is considered a leader in the field of womanist theology, racial reconciliation, and sexuality and the black church. Her Orbis books include The Black Christ, What’s Faith Got to Do with It? and Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God.]]>1704blacklives,blm,canon,catholic,chistian,equality,faith,justice,maryknoll,minsitry,orbisbooks,racialfalse19fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/diarmuid-o-murchu-author-of-doing-theology-in-an-evolutionary-way--47430385
Get your copy today >> https://maryknoll.link/poc]]>1210aa97-e95e-4238-b0bb-c1d460e995b7Tue, 28 Sep 2021 15:27:34 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersTraditional Western theology, according to O’Murchu, has been rooted in an understanding of sinful humanity in a flawed creation. Over the centuries this paradigm has engendered co-dependent relationships among the people of God. Even worse has been...
Get your copy today >> https://maryknoll.link/poc]]>1419catholic,church,diarmuidomurchu,evolution,faith,theologyfalse18fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fran-quigley-author-of-religious-socialism--47430388
Get your copy today >> https://maryknoll.link/3gx]]>db5ea720-c6ac-49ba-89c3-ae98b5c7ab10Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersFor most of this nation’s history, religious socialists made their case to a population that was, for the most part, hospitable to religion and resistant to socialism. Today, those trends are moving in opposite directions. A majority of young people...
Get your copy today >> https://maryknoll.link/3gx]]>1301catholic,christ,christian,faith,government,jesus,ministry,socialismfalse17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/donal-dorr-author-of-a-creed-for-today--47430398
Renowned theologian Donal Dorr explores the interplay between an ecological spirituality and our traditional Christian faith at this critical juncture in the twenty-first century. Rather than seeing ecological spirituality as an adjunct to Christian doctrine, Dorr views it as central to our understanding of Christianity today, and integral to understanding our relationship with the natural world.]]>27b508e9-1951-476b-a325-0556ca69b708Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersOrder your copy today >> https://maryknoll.link/8aw Renowned theologian Donal Dorr explores the interplay between an ecological spirituality and our traditional Christian faith at this critical juncture in the twenty-first century. Rather than...
Renowned theologian Donal Dorr explores the interplay between an ecological spirituality and our traditional Christian faith at this critical juncture in the twenty-first century. Rather than seeing ecological spirituality as an adjunct to Christian doctrine, Dorr views it as central to our understanding of Christianity today, and integral to understanding our relationship with the natural world.]]>1198catholic,christ,christian,donaldorr,ecology,enviorment,faith,gospel,irish,jesus,maryknoll,ministryfalse16fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jordan-denari-duffner-author-of-islamophobia--47430399c6bd6534-b873-4745-b766-93afa4334685Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersArson and vandalism at houses of worship. Bullying at schools and harassment at the grocery store. Political scapegoating and institutionalized discrimination. Muslims in the United States--and beyond--have faced Islamophobia in a range of forms. This...960catholic,christ,christian,faith,gospel,islam,islamophobia,jesus,jordandenariduffner,maryknoll,ministryfalse15fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/interview-with-agbonkhianmeghe-e-orobator-author-of-the-pope-and-the-pandemic--47430394
Through an examination of Pope Francis’s words and actions during the coronavirus pandemic, Fr. Orobator finds a model of leadership for a suffering world.]]>16f27527-4634-4edd-b091-69d42fb6e2f1Sat, 15 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers“When leaders live up to their solemn responsibilities and commitments, they can be the difference between light and darkness, hope and despair, life and death for the people whom they have the privilege of serving and protecting. In the final...
Through an examination of Pope Francis’s words and actions during the coronavirus pandemic, Fr. Orobator finds a model of leadership for a suffering world.]]>1179agbonkhianmegheorobator,christ,christian,faith,jesus,maryknoll,ministry,revelation,theologyfalse14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/interview-with-catherine-keller-author-of-facing-apocalypse--47430391feecb58e-dc87-4435-823c-13d717bba59aWed, 21 Apr 2021 03:03:28 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersThe actual meaning of the word “apocalypse” is not "disaster" but “unveiling.” Drawing on John’s prophetic Apocalypse, Keller unveils a “dreamreading” of our current global crisis—particularly the threat of climate change and ecological devastation....1766catherinekeller,christ,christian,faith,jesus,maryknoll,ministry,revelation,theologyfalse13fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/interview-with-sister-annabel-laity-walking-with-jesus-and-buddha--474304106e17c02c-3f80-4133-aa12-9a071d782dd8Wed, 07 Apr 2021 02:23:23 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersThe first Westerner to be ordained as a monastic disciple in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vietnamese Zen lineage Sister Annabel Laity was given the Dharma name Chan Duc, which means True Virtue. Now a much-loved senior Dharma teacher in the Plum Village...1635catholic,christ,faith,jesus,maryknoll,ministry,orbisbooks,plumvillage,sisterannabellaity,thichnhathanh,zenfalse12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-diary-of-jesus-christ-with-bill-cain-sj-and-robert-ellsberg--47430402
Get your copy today >> https://maryknoll.link/1hu

The story begins with the healing of the leper, heralding the remarkable spirit that flows through the diary accounts—a spirit of discovery, surprise, learning, doubt, failure, and new life.]]>0ac16ffd-5a7b-48dd-8ce3-13c6e9383e59Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersBill Cain’s The Diary of Jesus Christ is a first-person recounting of the life of Jesus, a new lens through which to see the familiar stories of the gospel—including the Passion. Get your copy today >> https://maryknoll.link/1hu The story...
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The story begins with the healing of the leper, heralding the remarkable spirit that flows through the diary accounts—a spirit of discovery, surprise, learning, doubt, failure, and new life.]]>1121catholicbooks,catholicreading,christjesus,healing,jesus,ministryfaith,orbisbooks,prayer,robertellsbergfalse11fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/more-hidden-women-of-the-gospels-with-kathy-coffey-and-robert-ellsberg--47430403
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For readers seeking to encounter these figures and their stories in a new way this book will open the door.]]>253eace9-3942-4b3c-9d7f-7a9caaf1d4a8Tue, 09 Mar 2021 23:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersIn this companion to her popular Hidden Women of the Gospels, Kathy Coffey offers thought-provoking stories of women who appear in the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles. Order your copy today >> https://maryknoll.link/805dc For readers seeking...
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For readers seeking to encounter these figures and their stories in a new way this book will open the door.]]>1234catholicbooks,catholicreading,christjesus,healing,jesus,ministryfaith,orbisbooks,prayer,robertellsbergfalse10fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/birth-of-a-movement-with-olga-segura-and-robert-ellsberg--47430413
In relating the story of the Black Lives Matter movement through a Christian lens, readers—Catholic and others—will gain insights and a deeper understanding of the movement and why it can help the church, and the country, move closer to racial equality.]]>8a366fa9-327e-4d82-8fb9-f617c0a42aeeWed, 17 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersLearn more or order your copy today: https://maryknoll.link/42036 In relating the story of the Black Lives Matter movement through a Christian lens, readers—Catholic and others—will gain insights and a deeper understanding of the movement and why it...
In relating the story of the Black Lives Matter movement through a Christian lens, readers—Catholic and others—will gain insights and a deeper understanding of the movement and why it can help the church, and the country, move closer to racial equality.]]>1274catholicbooks,catholicreading,christjesus,healing,jesus,ministryfaith,orbisbooks,prayer,robertellsbergfalse9fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wholeness-and-holiness-with-david-richo-and-robert-ellsberg--47430407a95ee011-311c-4caa-8067-f5aada0d40e1Tue, 02 Feb 2021 23:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersAnother masterful work by this renowned and popular author, Wholeness and Holiness guides the reader through grace into the possibilities of a deeper spirituality and relationship with oneself, the world, and God. With his lifetime experience in...1178catholicbooks,catholicreading,christjesus,healing,jesus,ministryfaith,orbisbooks,prayer,robertellsbergfalse8fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dignity-and-justice-with-linda-dakin-grim-and-robert-ellsberg--4743040898d2f9c0-289e-48e9-a3eb-ca59c849c5f3Thu, 21 Jan 2021 23:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersThis compelling account of the life-and-death struggles migrants face in the United States demonstrates how broken the system is, and the deep harm that it does to struggling families and communities. Author and lawyer Linda Dakin-Grim, who represents...1221catholicbooks,catholicreading,christjesus,healing,jesus,ministryfaith,orbisbooks,prayer,robertellsbergfalse7fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/re-enchanting-the-earth-with-ilia-delio-and-robert-ellsberg--47430406f355998b-26dd-473a-bada-5583a720d18bTue, 05 Jan 2021 23:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersIlia Delio, OSF, a Franciscan Sister of Washington, DC, is Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University and founder of the Center for Christogenesis Her many books include Christ in Evolution, The Emergent Christ, The...1419catholicbooks,catholicreading,christjesus,healing,jesus,ministryfaith,orbisbooks,prayer,robertellsbergfalse6fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/writing-straight-with-crooked-lines-with-jim-forest-and-robert-ellsberg--474304125bb4c4f5-fa52-4cdb-acea-a275f17e9ddbTue, 15 Dec 2020 23:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersJim Forest has spent a lifetime in the cause of peace and reconciliation. In this memoir he traces his story through his intimate encounters with some of the great peacemakers of our time, including Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, Daniel Berrigan, Henri...1000catholicbooks,catholicreading,christjesus,healing,jesus,ministryfaith,orbisbooks,prayer,robertellsbergfalse5fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hunger-for-hope-with-sr-simone-campbell-and-robert-ellsberg--474303975974f8af-a13e-4db3-87e4-cab19d829aeaTue, 24 Nov 2020 23:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersSimone Campbell, SSS, is the executive director of NETWORK, a nonprofit Catholic social justice lobby in Washington, DC. In 2012, Sister Simone organized NETWORK’s Nuns on the Bus campaign that has attracted an avalanche of media attention in the...1147catholicbooks,catholicreading,christjesus,healing,jesus,ministryfaith,orbisbooks,prayer,robertellsbergfalse4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dancing-in-god-s-earthquake-with-rabbi-waskow-and-robert-ellsberg--474304011a3a94a5-b6b6-4241-8d1e-d1b94e0c44eaThu, 05 Nov 2020 23:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersThis book, written prior to the pandemic, reflects on the role of “earthquakes”—literal and metaphorical: times like the present when history trembles beneath our feet. Such times may overturn empires, structures of power, and the stability of our...1346catholicbooks,catholicreading,christjesus,healing,jesus,ministryfaith,orbisbooks,prayer,robertellsbergfalse3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/moral-leadership-with-robert-michael-franklin-and-robert-ellsberg--4743039553c3a39b-b146-4ebf-92aa-e985c0eb8b1eSat, 17 Oct 2020 22:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersWhether in a local community, an educational institution, or a global organization, the key to addressing the current crisis in American public life is genuine moral leadership. Moral leadership is anchored in intellectual and ethical integrity, a...1253catholicbooks,catholicreading,christjesus,healing,jesus,ministryfaith,orbisbooks,prayer,robertellsbergfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-outsider-with-christopher-lamb-and-robert-ellsberg--474304053f43f7df-d508-48fe-a264-a88069121167Mon, 12 Oct 2020 22:00:00 +0000Maryknoll Fathers and BrothersThough Pope Francis remains one of the most popular figures in the world, his pontificate has stirred up powerful opposition. Some reject his openness to divorced and remarried Catholics and the priority he places on mercy above rigid doctrine. Others...1156catholicbooks,catholicreading,christjesus,healing,jesus,ministryfaith,orbisbooks,prayer,robertellsbergfalse1full