Jerome Award

The Jerome Award, established in 1992, is presented by the Academic Libraries, Archives, and Library Education Section through the Jerome Award Committee. Named after St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church (331-420), patron of librarians, it is awarded in recognition of outstanding contribution and commitment to excellence in scholarship which embody the ideals of the Catholic Library Association.

2022 Jerome Award Winner -Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

3/23/2021

Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company is an independent publisher of religious books, from academic books and scholarly works in theology, biblical studies, and religious history to popular titles in spirituality, ministry, and cultural criticism.

Founded in 1911, Eerdmans has long held a reputation for excellence in publishing. William B. Eerdmans Sr., the founder, believed that responsible viewpoints from across the religious spectrum should be given opportunity for expression and that high literary and intellectual standards were of utmost importance. His publishing company continues to operate according to these beliefs today. Thus, deeply rooted in the historic Christian tradition, ecumenical in spirit, open to emerging dialogue between denominations and with other faiths, Eerdmans is committed to the life of the religious academy, to the church, and to the role of religion in culture, while continually diversifying its body of work so as to reach an even wider audience of academics, faith leaders, and general readers.

James Ernest is vice president and editor-in-chief at Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. He holds a BA from Wheaton College, an MA in classical studies from Boston University, an MDiv from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a PhD in historical theology from Boston College. His dissertation was published as The Bible in Athanasius of Alexandria. He loves libraries.

 

Jerome Award Recipients

2021 Ignatius Press

2020 Mariological Society of America

2019 Charlie Camosy

2018 Fr. Bryan Massingale

2017 Dr. Massimo Faggioli

2016 Katarina Schuth, O.S.F.

2015 John O'Malley, SJ (read more)

2014 Bernard McGinn

2013 Leslie Woodcock Tentler

2012 Barbara E. Reid. OP

2011 Dr. Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza

2010 Rev. Virgilio Elizondo

2009 Rev. Peter C. Phan

2008 Rev. David Tracy

2007 Origins, Documentary Service-CNS (website)

2006 Jay P. Dolan

2005 Joseph A. Fitzmyer, SJ

2004 Elizabeth A. Johnson, CSJ (website)

2003 Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ (website)

2002 Monika K. Hellwig

2001 Orbis Books (website)

2000 Richard A. McCormick, SJ

1999 Walter J. Burghardt, SJ

1998 Liturgical Press, Michael Naughton, OSB (website)

1997 Raymond E. Brown, SS

1996 Roland E. Murphy, O.Carm.

1995 Cistercian Publications (website)

1994 Donald Senior, CP

1993 Claudia Carlen, IHM

1992 Michael Glazier