Paulist Press

Paulist Press is the publisher identified for William O. Paulsell’s Christian Mysticism, a 2021 book that brings the press into view through its imprint, copyright, production, and permissions information. The available record documents concrete publishing and production functions, as well as other titles associated with the press, but does not provide an institutional history or a formal statement of its aims.

Publishing Christian Mysticism

The book’s title and author appear with the imprint Paulist Press and the location “New York / Mahwah, NJ.” Its copyright page dates the copyright to 2021 and assigns it to William Paulsell. The distinction is explicit in the publication record: Paulist Press is the publisher, while the named author holds the stated copyright. The book’s cover and design are credited separately to Lynn Else, distinguishing the design contribution from the press’s publishing role.

The volume was issued in paperback and e-book formats, with separate ISBNs: 978-0-8091-5524-8 for the paperback and 978-1-58768-919-2 for the e-book. The copyright page also states that the book was produced by Paulist Press and supplies a production address: 997 Macarthur Boulevard, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430. Together, the imprint location and street address give readers two different kinds of publication information: the broader locations associated with the imprint and the specific address printed for production.

Rights and Permissions

The copyright notice reserves all rights and identifies reproduction, storage, and transmission as uses requiring prior written permission or authorization through the appropriate per-copy fee. It expressly covers a range of methods, including electronic and mechanical means, photocopying, recording, and scanning. The notice thus describes the press’s role in administering access to the published work, not simply in placing its name on the title page.

For permission requests, the notice directs readers to the Permissions Department at Paulist Press. It also gives the department’s email address, permissions@paulistpress.com, and identifies the Copyright Clearance Center as a route for authorization through payment of the applicable fee. These details make the rights statement operational: readers are told both which office to contact for permission and where to seek the specified licensing alternative. The record does not set out a broader policy beyond these instructions, so the stated terms are specific to the book’s copyright notice.

Other Books and Bibliographic Presence

Paulsell’s account of his intellectual development identifies another title published by Paulist Press: Tough Minds, Tender Hearts, a book about the spirituality of social activists. Its subject differs in emphasis from Christian Mysticism, but the two titles share an interest in spiritual life. The press is therefore connected in the book not only to an introductory study of mysticism but also to Paulsell’s writing about spirituality in activist contexts. The evidence establishes these two publishing relationships without specifying the press’s wider catalogue or editorial programme.

The book’s further-reading section provides another instance of Paulist Press in a bibliographic role. It lists Origen’s An Exhortation to Martyrdom, Prayer, and Selected Works, translated by Rowan A. Greer and published by Paulist Press in New York in 1979 as part of The Classics of Western Spirituality. This reference situates the press within the book’s reading apparatus as the publisher of a cited edition of an early Christian writer. A second Origen title appears in the same list, but its publication details name Newman Press rather than Paulist Press; the two bibliographic records should not be conflated.

Role in the Book’s Publication Record

Across the title page, copyright notice, production address, permissions instructions, and bibliography, Paulist Press appears in several distinct capacities: publisher of Christian Mysticism, producer named in its publication information, contact point for permissions, and publisher of at least one work cited in its further reading. The separately identified paperback and electronic editions add format-specific publication details, while the credit to Lynn Else records the cover-design contribution independently of the press.

These particulars make Paulist Press a visible part of the book’s material and scholarly presentation. Its imprint identifies the publication; its notice sets out how the copyrighted text may be reproduced; and its listed edition of Origen connects the press to a source used in the book’s recommended reading. The evidence supports this account of the press’s documented relationship to Paulsell’s work, while leaving its founding, organizational structure, and broader history unstated.