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Pied Piper of Atheism: Philip Pullman and Children's Fantasy
| Pete Vere and Sandra Miesel
God Is No Delusion: A Refutation of Richard Dawkins
| Thomas Crean, O.P.
Socrates Meets Descartes
| Peter Kreeft
Sermon in a Sentence: Saint Thomas Aquinas
| John McClernon
New Outpourings of the Spirit
| Joseph Ratzinger
Meet Henri De Lubac
| Rudolf Voderholzer
Marian Devotion in the Domestic Church
| Catherine & Peter Fournier
Joseph Ratzinger: Life in the Church and Living Theology
| Maximilian Heinrich Heim
The Greek Fathers: Their Lives and Adventures
| Adrian Fortescue
Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The Letter to the Hebrews
| Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch
Chastity, Poverty and Obedience
| Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C.
The Blessing of Christmas
| Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
Chance or Purpose?: Creation, Evolution, and a Rational Faith
| Chrisoph Cardinal Schšnborn
Island of the World: A Novel
| Michael O'Brien
The Order of Things
| James V. Schall, S.J.
The Judge: William P. Clark, Ronald Reagan's Top Hand
| Paul Kengor & Patricia Clark Doerner
Seek that Which is Above
| Pope Benedict XVI
Jesus, the Apostles and the Early Church
| Pope Benedict XVI
God and His Image: An Outline of Biblical Theology
| Dominique Barthelemey
An Invitation to Faith: An A to Z Primer on the Thought of Pope Benedict XVI
| Pope Benedict XVI
Mother Benedict: Foundress of the Abbey of Regina Laudis
| Antoinette Bosco
Pope Benedict XVI: The Conscience of Our Age
| Vincent Twomey
Ronald Knox as Apologist: Wit, Laughter and the Popish Creed
| Fr. Milton Walsh
Christians in China: A.D. 600-2000
| Jean Charbonnier
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For over twenty-five years the San Francisco-based
publisher has produced hundreds of works of theology, spirituality, philosophy,
history, apologetics, fictions, catechesis, and biography. Here's the
story of one of the world's largest Catholic publishers...
The story of Ignatius Press is one that began over twenty-five years ago,
and a story that has not ended yet.
Although
Father Fessio is the backbone of Ignatius Press, there are others who
joined him, laymen who share the same passion and vision. The cliché
saying, "There is no I in team" might well be applied
to founding group of men and women who first signed on to a project that,
to many outsiders, must have appeared doomed from the start.
In the 1960s and early 1970s, Father Fessio spent his formative
years as a Jesuit training under European theologians, including Joseph
Ratzinger, Hans Urs Von Balthasar, and Henri de Lubac. These eminent teachers
and thinkers were also prolific authors, providing a wealth of theological
and philosophical reading material. Upon returning to the United States
he used some of his books, written in French and German, as the basis
for discussion among friends, where the priest would translate a paragraph,
read it, and then lead a meditation based upon the writings. It wasnt
long before someone suggested that he publish these works in English,
making them available to a far wider audience.
Then came the birth of the St. Ignatius Institute at the University of
San Francisco. A Great Books style program, it was designed to emulate
the classical education that used to be provided by the Jesuit order.
Naturally, since it was located at a Jesuit university, many at the school
itself did not warmly welcome it. But within a very short time, the excellence
of the program was evident in its graduates. Also, in putting together
the Institute, the need for solid theological works in English became
even more apparent. The ball began to roll.
Guadalupe Associates, which would become the parent company of Ignatius
Press, was founded as a non-profit in 1977, providing finances (in a small
way) that could be used for the production and printing of the books that
were envisioned. Production editor Carolyn Lemon was brought on board and
talented
young translator Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis began working on a free lance basis. Over the
next year of 1978 the first two books took shape, with the small staff working long hours in
a stuffy room at the Institute offices. Finally, 1980 saw the publication of
Woman In the Church, by Louis Bouyer, and
Heart of the World by Hans Urs Von Balthasar. Twenty-four years later,
these two books remain in print, but have been joined by hundreds of other
titles; many now considered to be the authoritative text on their respective
subjects.
Today, Ignatius Press is considered one of the top religious publishers
in the world. New books cover not just theological matters, but world
issues and culture. Branching out into video production as well with the
Footprints of God series and the movie John of the Cross, Ignatius
has been at the forefront of the changes in society and the Church. The
Press also publishes Catholic
World Report and Homiletic
and Pastoral Review, periodicals that support and inform the faithful
on news, theology and pastoral matters.
Visit www.ignatius.com | Meet the Ignatius Press staff | Contact Ignatius Press
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G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the finest Christian authors and apologists
of the past two hundred years. Raised as an agnostic, he embraced Christianity as a young man, ultimately entering the Catholic Church
in 1922. He wrote hundreds of essays, as well as novels, short stories, poetry, apologetics, literary
criticism, and nearly everything else imaginable. Dale Ahlquist, president and co-founder of the American
Chesterton Society and author of
G.K Chesterton: Apostle of Common Sense, writes, "Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism,
history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology. His style is unmistakable, always marked
by humility, consistency, paradox, wit, and wonder. His writing remains as timely and as timeless
today as when it first appeared, even though much of it was published in throw away paper." Read more
about the life and work of this remarkable thinker, author, and apologist.
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Confessions of an Ex-Feminist
by Lorraine V. Murray
Confessions is the honest and heart-rending account of a woman who was born into a Catholic family, attended parochial schools and
fully embraced the beliefs of her faith, but ran into major roadblocks in college. Amidst the radical feminist college environment of
the 1960's, she lost her faith, and her morality, jumping aboard the bandwagon of "free love." She indulged in a series of love relationships
in college, all of which crashed and burned. Despite the obvious contradiction between feminist teachings and her own experience,
Murray still believed she had to free herself from the yoke of tradition. Attaining a doctorate in philosophy, with an emphasis on the
feminist writings of Simone de Beauvoir, Murray taught philosophy in college. For many years, she launched a personal vendetta against
God and the Catholic Church in the classroom, trying to persuade students that God did not exist, mocking values Catholics hold dear,
and touted feminism as the cure for many social ills. When she discovered she was pregnant, Murray followed the route that feminists
offer as a solution for unmarried women. Much to her surprise, her abortion was a shattering emotional experience, which she grieved
over for years. It was the first tragic chink in her feminist armor.
Read more about Confessions of an Ex-Feminist, or
read an excerpt from the book.
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