Sapientia Press exists to foster the academic mission of Ave Maria University. As Ave Maria University’s academic publishing imprint, Sapientia Press seeks to gain an international reputation for excellence in publishing scholarly books aimed at enhancing and promoting Catholic scholarship.

Sapientia Press aims at publishing two kinds of academic books:

1) Scholarly monographs and edited volumes, intended to contribute to first-rate Catholic scholarship in the arts and sciences

2) Short primers of 100-150 pages each that provide a scholarly but accessible introduction to important topics for undergraduates, educated lay readers, and seminarians (our “Sapientia Classics” Series)

As a small but growing academic press, Sapientia Press has developed particular specializations in literature, theology, and Catholic social teaching.

Sapientia Press publishes the bi-monthly literary magazine Saint Austin Review, edited by Joseph Pearce and Robert Asch, and a quarterly scholarly journal of theology, philosophy, and biblical studies entitled Nova et Vetera, whose Senior Editor is Cardinal Georges Cottier, OP, Theologian of the Pontifical Household.