Robert Ellsberg | |
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| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard College Harvard Divinity School |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Employer | Orbis Books |
| Spouse | Monica Olson |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Daniel Ellsberg Carol Cummings |
| Relatives | Mary Ellsberg (sister) Michael Ellsberg (half-brother) |
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Robert Ellsberg (born 1955) is an American religious publisher and author who is the editor-in-chief and publisher of Orbis Books, the publishing arm of Maryknoll.
Robert is the son of Carol Cummings, the daughter of a Marine Corps Brigadier General, and the American military analyst and whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. He is the older brother of epidemiologist Mary Ellsberg and half-brother of author Michael Ellsberg. He was raised Episcopalian. After his parents' divorce, he lived with his mother and sister in Los Angeles. In October 1969, at his father's request, the thirteen-year-old Ellsberg and his sister helped photocopy pages of the Pentagon Papers , in an effort to teach them "the importance of following one's conscience". [1]
He spent his senior year in high school as an exchange student in England. [2]
In 1975, at age 19, Ellsberg dropped out of Harvard, intending to spend a few months with the Catholic Worker Movement in New York City. He stayed to become the managing editor of The Catholic Worker for two years (1976–78), a job where he met Dorothy Day with whom he worked for the last five years of her life. [3] In 1978 Ellsberg and his father were arrested outside the Rocky Flats Plant, a manufacturing complex, while protesting nuclear armaments. He was received into the Catholic Church in 1980. That year, Ellsberg returned to Harvard, [2] and earned a degree in religion and literature, and later a Master's in Theology from Harvard Divinity School. [4]
In 1984 his book By Little and By Little won a Christopher Award. [5]
In 1987 he began work as editor-in-chief of Orbis Books. He is the author of several books, many of which have received awards; his Blessed Among All Women tied a Catholic Press Association record by winning awards for Gender, Spirituality, and Popular Presentation of the Catholic Faith. He is the editor of the published diaries and letters of Dorothy Day.
He has written a number of articles for the Jesuit Review, America, [6] the National Catholic Reporter, [7] and Maryknoll Magazine. Around 2015, he was contacted by art historian Sister Wendy Beckett, who was looking for a particular series of books on Vatican II. Through their shared interests in saints, they continued to correspond regularly by email until her death in 2018. [8]
Dorothy Day was an American journalist, social activist and anarchist who, after a bohemian youth, became a Catholic without abandoning her social and anarchist activism. She was perhaps the best-known political radical among American Catholics.
Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen was a Dutch Catholic priest, professor, writer and theologian. His interests were rooted primarily in psychology, pastoral ministry, spirituality, social justice and community. Over the course of his life, Nouwen was heavily influenced by the work of Anton Boisen, Thomas Merton, Rembrandt, Vincent van Gogh, and Jean Vanier.
Wendy Mary Beckett, better known as Sister Wendy, was a British religious sister and art historian who became known internationally during the 1990s when she presented a series of BBC television documentaries on the history of art. Her programmes, such as Sister Wendy's Odyssey and Sister Wendy's Grand Tour, often drew a 25 percent share of the British viewing audience. In 1997 she made her debut on US public television, with The New York Times describing her as "a sometime hermit who is fast on her way to becoming the most unlikely and famous art critic in the history of television."
The Maryknoll Society is is a Catholic society of apostolic life for men founded in the United States to serve as missionaries to the poor and marginalized.
Peter Maurin was a French Catholic social activist, theologian, and De La Salle Brother who founded the Catholic Worker Movement in 1933 with Dorothy Day.
Maura Clarke, MM, was an American Catholic Maryknoll sister who served as a missionary in Nicaragua and El Salvador. She worked with the poor and refugees in Central America from 1959 until her murder in 1980. On December 2, 1980, she was beaten, raped, and murdered along with three fellow missionaries — Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazel and Jean Donovan — by members of the military of El Salvador.
Ita Ford, M.M. was an American Catholic Maryknoll Sister who served as a missionary in Bolivia, Chile and El Salvador. She worked with the poor and war refugees. On December 2, 1980, she was beaten, raped, and murdered along with three fellow missionaries — Dorothy Kazel, Maura Clarke and Jean Donovan — by members of the military of El Salvador.
Dorothy Kazel, was an American Ursuline religious sister and missionary to El Salvador. On December 2, 1980, she was beaten, raped, and murdered along with three fellow missionaries – Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford, Maura Clarke and laywoman Jean Donovan – by members of the military of El Salvador.
Orbis Books is an American imprint of the Maryknoll order. It has been a small but influential publisher of liberation theology works. It was founded by Nicaraguan Maryknoll priest Miguel D'Escoto with Philip J. Scharper in 1970. Its editor-in-chief is Robert Ellsberg.
Paul Francis Knitter is an American theologian. He is currently an emeritus professor at Union Theological Seminary, where he has served as the Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions and Culture since 2007. He is also Emeritus Professor of Theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati, where he taught for 28 years before moving to Union. Knitter is known for his work on religious pluralism and multiple religious belonging, particularly regarding Buddhism and Christianity.
John Cyrus Cort (1913–2006) was an American Catholic socialist writer and activist. He was the co-chair of the Religion and Socialism Commission of the Democratic Socialists of America.
David Steindl-Rast OSB is an Austrian-American Catholic Benedictine monk, author, and lecturer. He is committed to interfaith dialogue and has dealt with the interaction between spirituality and science.
James Hendrickson Forest was an American writer, Orthodox Christian lay theologian, educator, and peace activist.
Thomas C. Cornell was an American journalist and a peace activist against the Vietnam War and the Iraq War. He was an associate editor of the Catholic Worker and a deacon in the Catholic Church.
Mary Joseph Rogers, MM was the founder of the Maryknoll Sisters, the first congregation of Catholic women in the United States to organize a global mission. Rogers attended Smith College and was inspired in 1904 by graduating Protestant students preparing to leave for missionary work in China. After her graduation, she returned to the school and founded a mission club for Catholic students in 1905.
Below is a bibliography of published works written by Dutch-born Catholic priest Henri Nouwen. The works are listed under each category by year of publication. This includes 42 books, four of which were published posthumously, along with 51 articles and 4 chapters which are lists in process. Also listed below are 31 of the forewords, introductions, and afterwords which he wrote for others' works. Finally, the list of 32 readers and compilations continues to grow as material from his work is incorporated into new publications.
On December 2, 1980, four Catholic missionaries from the United States working in El Salvador were raped and murdered by five members of the El Salvador National Guard. The murdered missionaries were Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Ursuline Dorothy Kazel, and lay missionary Jean Donovan.
Rudolf Allers was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and academic.
Cyprian Davis, O.S.B., D.Hist.Sci. was an African-American Catholic monk, priest, and historian at St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana. He is known for his work on the history of Black Catholicism.
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