The University of Notre Dame Press is proud to present our Spring 2025 catalog! This season’s titles engage with a variety of figures and topics, from Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn to the Catholic priest and explorer Father Hubbard. With titles on the study of religion in contemporary art, a new look at natural law, sociohistorical studies, and more, this catalog has something to interest any reader.
Some highlights and campus partnerships include:
- The Center for Ethics and Culture Solzhenitsyn Series receives an incredible title with We Have Ceased to See the Purpose. In beautiful yet haunting and prophetic prose, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn explores the mysterious purpose of art, the two-edged nature of limitless freedom, the decline of faith in favor of legalistic secularism, and—perhaps most centrally—the power of literature, art, and culture to elevate the human spirit.
- In The Glacier Priest, Josh McMullen reveals the captivating life and legacy of Father Bernard R. Hubbard, a devout priest and a national celebrity, a rugged outdoorsman and a passionate promoter. From the late 1920s through the 1950s, the famous Glacier Priest and his dogs connected millions of Americans with the pioneering spirit of Alaska and his vision of the wilderness as the salvation of the nation’s soul.
- Faith of the Fathers brings to light the forgotten stories of courageous chaplains whose commitments to faith and to men at war during America’s most divisive conflict have long been overlooked. The Reverend Robert J. Miller provides a comprehensive and compelling portrait of the 126 priest-chaplains who served during the Civil War and reflects on the importance of religion and faith in nineteenth-century America.
- The Catholic Ideas for a Secular World series includes two new titles this season. Pierre Manet’s Challenging Modern Atheism and Indifference emphasizes the joy that comes from engaging the truth of faith, and he argues that we are diminished by forgetting the unique and distinctive contributions of Christianity. Melissa Moschella’s Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law provides an accessible introduction for the new natural law account while clarifying common misconceptions.
- The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art is both a critical study of the situation around the underdeveloped spiritual study in contemporary art and an adjustment to it, offering a much-needed field guide to the current discourse of contemporary art and religion. By connecting the work of leading art historians, theologians, philosophers, and sociologists, Jonathan A. Anderson uncovers the gaps and reveals opportunities for scholars to engage more fully with the theological grammars, histories, and concepts at play in modern and contemporary art.
- Weaving together archival resources in Chinese, French, and English, Translingual Catholics examines the preconciliar theological contribution of Republican-Era Chinese Catholics to global Catholicism and to the dialogue between Christianity and Chinese spiritual traditions. Author Jin Lu sheds light on generations of multilingual Chinese Catholic intellectuals who participated in the elaboration of Catholic theology leading up to the Second Vatican Council. This title will be the latest in the Liu Institute Series in Chinese Christianities.
- The Beginning and the Beyond of Politics series includes The Controversial Thomas More, which offers an original and critical intervention on the writings of Thomas More and his opposition to King Henry VIII. Travis Curtright’s groundbreaking book shows how William Rastell, More’s nephew and printer, fashioned a historically inaccurate depiction of More, one that persists to this day. Curtright proves that More’s prison writings are not just devotional literature but also a powerful defense of a united Church under the pope, reestablishing More as a key political and religious thinker, defiant of King Henry VIII.
- Shari`a, Citizenship, and Identity in Aceh is the latest in the Contending Modernities series and presents both an ethnographic and a sociohistorical account of identity making among both the Muslim majority population and different minority groups in Aceh, Indonesia.
- Forthcoming from the Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development is The Collapse of Venezuela, which documents Venezuela’s economic implosion as politicians adopted strategies that severely harmed the economy in their struggle for power. Author Francisco Rodríguez argues that when the stakes of power are high, politicians have an incentive to adopt political strategies that directly harm the economy.
- Opportunities for Learning is part of the Catholic Schools and the Common Good. This title brings together the works of one of the most highly regarded past presidents of the American Sociological Association, Maureen T. Hallinan, focusing on uncovering and addressing educational inequities in elementary and secondary schools.
- One of the most important voices in contemporary Catholicism, Tomáš Halík argues that Christians can discover the clearest vision of God not by turning away from suffering but by confronting it. In Touch the Wounds: On Suffering, Trust, and Transformation, now available in paperback, Halík calls upon us to follow the apostle Thomas’s example: to see the pain, suffering, and poverty of our world and to touch those wounds with faith and action.
We hope you enjoy browsing through the catalog. You can preorder these titles and read more about other books from Notre Dame Press on our website. This catalog is also available on Edelweiss. For more information, or to request review copies of forthcoming titles, contact: Quinn Baumeister, qbaumeis@nd.edu, (574) 631-3267.