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| Status | Active |
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| Founded | 1983 |
| Founder | John Barger |
| Successor | Charlie McKinney, President |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Nashua, New Hampshire |
| Publication types | Books, magazines |
| Nonfiction topics | Catholicism, Christianity, religion |
| Revenue | US$10 million (2020) |
| No. of employees | 48 |
| Official website | www |
Sophia Institute Press is anon-profitCatholic publishing company based inNashua, New Hampshire, United States.
It publishes Catholic books, the online opinion journalCrisis Magazine, thetraditionalist Catholic websiteOnePeterFive, theTridentine Mass missaletteBenedictus, the websiteCatholicExchange.com, andcatechetical materials for teachers. It also operates a music division, Sophia Music Group, via its 2021 acquisition of theDe Montfort Music andAimHigher Recordings labels.
Sophia Institute was founded in 1983 by John L. Barger, then a philosophy professor atMagdalen College in Bedford, New Hampshire, along with his student Paul DiIulio.[1] Under Barger's direction, the press published over 200 titles and 2.5 million books.[2] In 2011, while the press was the publishing division ofThomas More College of Liberal Arts and Holy Spirit College, Charlie McKinney was the publisher's chief operating officer.
In 2012, Barger retired from directing Sophia Institute, and the Institute's board selected Charlie McKinney as its new president.[2]
In 2014, Sophia Institute began Sophia Institute for Teachers to aid Catholic religion teachers, offering lesson plans, instructional videos, and teacher formation workshops.[3]
In 2015, Sophia Institute Press formed a joint venture with the international Catholic television serviceEWTN to establish EWTN Publishing, a new entity that publishes books by the network's foundressMother Angelica and other hosts of EWTN programming.[4]
In 1982 atNotre Dame, theologianMichael Novak and philosophy professorRalph McInerny founded an opinion magazine under the titleCatholicism in Crisis, as a voice of Catholicneoconservative political and cultural thought.[5] In 1986 its title was changed toCrisis. From 1995 to 2011Deal Hudson was the magazine's publisher. In late 2007 the magazine ceased print publication, and its content moved to its companion website under the title "Inside Catholic". After Sophia Institute Press acquired the magazine in 2011, it resumed the nameCrisis.[6] The college transferred the magazine to Sophia Institute in 2012.[7][8] Eric Sammons was named the Editor-in-Chief in January 2021.[9]
In April 2019, the press began publishing books with Crisis Magazine branding. The new imprint, called Crisis Publications, is dedicated to books that examine social and cultural trends from a Roman Catholic perspective.[10]
In September 2020, the press beganTradivox series, a multi-volume book series that restores and reprints historical Catholic catechisms.[11]
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