Saint Paul Seminary Press (SPS Press) was born from the desire to continue the Catholic Theological Formation Series(opens in new tab). That series began in 2015 under the leadership of the academic dean of The Saint Paul Seminary, Christopher J. Thompson, in collaboration with Eerdmans Publishing in Grand Rapids, MI.
In 2019, the series moved to the newly founded Saint Paul Seminary Press under the general editorship of Fr. Kevin Zilverberg, then assistant professor of Sacred Scripture. In 2021, a new distribution channel for print and e-books was set up through Catholic University of America Press (CUAP)(opens in new tab), which distributes the books through its website and catalog. In 2022, Faithlife Corp. began offering SPSP digital books on their Logos(opens in new tab) and Verbum(opens in new tab) software platforms. In late 2024, Dean Thompson assumed leadership of Saint Paul Seminary Press.
The nascent SPS Press has grown beyond the initial series by the addition of a two more series—Evangelicals and Catholics in Dialogue and In the Spirit and Life Series—as well as a growing number of stand-alone books. The Press seeks to make a significant contribution to scholarly theological dialogue in Catholic centers of higher education, and more broadly through the intellectual formation of Catholic thinkers and leaders.
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