Editrice Missionaria Italiana

Editrice Missionaria Italiana (EMI, also referred to as EDM) is an Italian publishing house founded in 1973 and based in Verona. It is the editorial expression of fifteen Italian missionary institutes working in various parts of the world. Its stated purpose is to spread the Christian religion while giving voice to the language of the poor, solidarity, respect for the dignity of every person and culture, and commitment to safeguarding nature and the Earth's resources. EMI's editorial programme focuses on what it calls "what is geographically other" — the Global South, home to nearly five billion people, with vast areas of poverty but also a wealth of peoples, history, culture and religions. It covers these from multiple perspectives: theology and the history of mission, missionary life, interculturalism and education for diversity, justice issues, human rights, environmental protection, peace, and knowledge of peoples and their histories. Over the years EMI has published more than a thousand titles, which remain in its catalogue. In the 1970s EMI was the first in Italy to embrace and disseminate themes of anti-globalisation, alternatives to neoliberalism and the boycott of multinationals. It highlighted then-new issues such as world hunger and the progressive marginalisation of the peoples of the South, spreading the messages of Raoul Follereau, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Hélder Câmara and Pedro Casaldáliga, and publishing titles by Don Lorenzo Milani, Francesco Gesualdi and Alex Zanotelli. The 1980s were years of denunciation: with the first edition of Francesco Gesualdi's Letter to a Consumer of the North, EMI opened the broad chapter of "New Lifestyles", which ran through the 1990s and continued to develop afterwards. In the same years, growing immigration sparked interest in intercultural issues, and EMI became a leading publisher in this field with the Quaderni dell'interculturalità (Notebooks of Interculturality) and Mondialità (Worldliness). The 1990s and early 2000s were marked by new lifestyles, alternative information and ethical finance. EMI became widely known through the first edition of the Guide to Critical Consumption produced by the Centro Nuovo Modello di Sviluppo, now in its fifth edition and a proclaimed best-seller of the publishing house, then based in Bologna. EMI is now headquartered in Verona, distributed by Messaggerie, is part of the Rebeccalibri circuit, and is available in traditional bookshops and fair-trade shops. It is present at events, festivals, fairs and markets devoted to sustainability, interreligious dialogue and solidarity with the South, and organises meetings with authors throughout the country. Its website offers titles such as the Agenda biblica missionaria 2027 and works on philanthrocapitalism, including Nicoletta Dentico's Ricchi e buoni?.

Editrice Missionaria Italiana was founded in 1973 and is based in Verona. It is the editorial expression of fifteen Italian missionary institutes that work in all parts of the world. Its mission is to spread the Christian religion while committing to speak the language of the poor, of solidarity and respect for the dignity of every person and every culture, and of commitment to safeguarding nature and the Earth's resources. In the 1970s EMI was the first in Italy to embrace and disseminate the themes of anti-globalisation, the alternative to neoliberalism and the boycott of multinationals. It brought to the fore then-new themes of world hunger and the progressive marginalisation of the peoples of the South, spreading the messages of Raoul Follereau, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Hélder Câmara and Pedro Casaldáliga and publishing titles by Don Lorenzo Milani, Francesco Gesualdi and Alex Zanotelli, described as new prophets of life and hope. The 1980s were years of denunciation: with the first edition of the Letter to a Consumer of the North written by Francesco Gesualdi, the broad chapter of "New Lifestyles" opened, covering all of the 1990s and continuing to develop afterwards. Gesualdi clearly showed that the causes of the poverty of more than two-thirds of humanity are present in our world and that we have in our hands many of the tools needed to counter the progressive impoverishment of the South. In the same years, the growing arrival of immigrants sparked increasing interest in intercultural issues, and EMI became the spokesperson for this need, becoming a leading publisher in this field with the Quaderni dell'interculturalità (Notebooks of Interculturality) and Mondialità (Worldliness). The 1990s and the early years of the new millennium were marked by new lifestyles, alternative information and ethical finance. EMI became known with the first edition of the Guide to Critical Consumption produced by the Centro Nuovo Modello di Sviluppo, now in its fifth edition and a proclaimed best-seller of the publishing house, then based in Bologna. EMI now has its headquarters in Verona, is distributed by Messaggerie, is part of the Rebeccalibri circuit and is available in traditional bookshops and fair-trade shops. It is present at events, festivals, fairs and markets devoted to the themes of sustainability, interreligious dialogue and solidarity with the South. It also organises meetings with authors throughout the country. The editorial programme covers "what is geographically other", that is, the South of the world: nearly 5 billion people, with immense areas of poverty, but also with all its wealth of peoples, history, culture and religions, which it recounts from multiple points of view: theology and history of mission, missionary life, interculturalism and education for diversity, justice issues, human rights, environmental protection, peace, knowledge of peoples and their history. Over the years, EMI has published more than a thousand titles, which are still in its catalogue.

• 1990

  The 1990s and early 2000s were marked by new lifestyles, alternative information and ethical finance.

• 1980

  In the 1980s, with the first edition of Francesco Gesualdi's Letter to a Consumer of the North, EMI opened the "New Lifestyles" chapter.

• 1973

  Editrice Missionaria Italiana founded, based in Verona.

• 1970

  In the 1970s EMI was the first in Italy to embrace and disseminate themes of anti-globalisation, alternatives to neoliberalism and the boycott of multinationals.

A missionary publishing house focused on the Global South, social justice, interculturalism, critical consumption and ethical finance.

• Guida al consumo critico (Guide to Critical Consumption)

  Produced by the Centro Nuovo Modello di Sviluppo; now in its fifth edition and a proclaimed best-seller of the publishing house.

• Quaderni dell'interculturalità (Notebooks of Interculturality)

  A series that made EMI a leading publisher in intercultural issues.

• Mondialità (Worldliness)

  A publication addressing intercultural and global themes.

• Agenda biblica missionaria 2027

  A biblical missionary agenda for 2027, inspired by Pope Leo XIV's apostolic exhortation Dilexi te, with 365 days of liturgy of the Word and daily reflection.

• Ricchi e buoni? by Nicoletta Dentico

  A book on philanthrocapitalism and the influence of private foundations on global health and international institutions.

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2. 2Editrice missionaria italianawikidata.org
3. 3Editrice Missionaria Italianafr.wikipedia.org