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'''Orbis Books''', the imprint of the [[Maryknoll]] order, has been a small but influential publisher of [[liberation theology]] works, founded by [[Nicaragua]]n Maryknoll priest [[Miguel D'Escoto]] with Philip J. Scharper in 1970. It was the first to publish [[Gustavo Gutiérrez]]'s seminal work ''A Theology of Liberation'' in the United States. It also published [[Ernesto Cardenal]]'s ''The Gospel in Solentiname'', and Richard Millett's ''Guardians of the Dynasty'', a study of Nicaragua's [[National Guard (Nicaragua)|National Guard]]. In 1976, they became the first publisher of future anti-[[apartheid]] activist [[Allan Boesak]], and published [[Sebastian Kappen]]'s ''Jesus and Freedom'' in 1977. In the 1980s, they carried titles by [[Daniel Berrigan]] and [[Phillip Berryman]]. Later authors include Haiti's [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]] and the South African missiologist [[David Bosch]]. Currently, its editor-in-chief is Robert Ellsberg.
==External links==
* [http://www.orbisbooks.com/ Official website]
[[Category:General Reference]]
'''Orbis Books''', the imprint of the [[Maryknoll]] order, has been a small but influential publisher of [[liberation theology]] works, founded by [[Nicaragua]]n Maryknoll priest [[Miguel D'Escoto]] with Philip J. Scharper in 1970. It was the first to publish [[Gustavo Gutiérrez]]'s seminal work ''A Theology of Liberation'' in the United States. It also published [[Ernesto Cardenal]]'s ''The Gospel in Solentiname'', and Richard Millett's ''Guardians of the Dynasty'', a study of Nicaragua's [[National Guard (Nicaragua)|National Guard]]. In 1976, they became the first publisher of future anti-[[apartheid]] activist [[Allan Boesak]], and published [[Sebastian Kappen]]'s ''Jesus and Freedom'' in 1977. In the 1980s, they carried titles by [[Daniel Berrigan]] and [[Phillip Berryman]]. Later authors include Haiti's [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]] and the South African missiologist [[David Bosch]]. Currently, its editor-in-chief is Robert Ellsberg.
==External links==
* [http://www.orbisbooks.com/ Official website]
[[Category:General Reference]]