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Redakcja Wydawnictw Wydziału Teologicznego Uniwersytetu Opolskiego

The publishing arm of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Opole, issuing Polish Catholic academic books and journals.

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Overview

Redakcja Wydawnictw Wydziału Teologicznego Uniwersytetu Opolskiego (the Publishing Office of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Opole) is a Polish Catholic academic publishing house based in Opole, Poland. It operates as the publishing unit of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Opole and is described in public data as a Polish Catholic publishing house. Its catalogue is centred on theology, church history, liturgy, ecumenism, biblical studies and related humanities, and it serves primarily scholars, students, clergy and religious institutions rather than the general trade market. The publisher's output includes monographs, multi-volume biblical commentaries, conference volumes and several scholarly periodicals. Among the titles visible in its own online shop are the New Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel (Księga Proroka Ezechiela. Nowy Komentarz, issued in successive fascicles such as Ez 1–5 and Ez 6–10), the journal Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego, Liturgia Sacra, Studia Oecumenica, Przegląd Piśmiennictwa Teologicznego, and works on Silesian organ culture such as Śląskie organy and Katalog organów w kościołach ewangelickich. It also carries occasional local-history and commemorative items, for example a publication tied to the 800th anniversary of the city of Opole. The house sells through its own website, which functions as an online bookstore with a shopping cart, and it distributes its journals and books mainly within Poland's academic and ecclesiastical networks. Because it is embedded in a state university, it is not an independent commercial company; it is a university press-like unit whose editorial direction is tied to the Faculty of Theology. Its list is bilingual in places, with German-language titles such as Zur Vernunftigkeit des Glaubens appearing alongside Polish works, reflecting the theological and historical ties of the Opole region. As a brand, it is best understood as an institutional scholarly imprint: its identity rests on the authority of the University of Opole and the Faculty of Theology, on peer-reviewed journals, and on long-running series rather than on consumer marketing. The exact founding date, current editorial leadership and annual output are not established by the available evidence and should be verified with the publisher or the university before being stated as fact.

History

The publishing office of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Opole belongs to the post-war Polish tradition of Catholic academic publishing tied to university theology faculties. The University of Opole itself grew out of earlier higher-education institutions in the city, and its Faculty of Theology became the institutional home for theological scholarship in the Opole region. The publishing unit was created to give that scholarship a formal imprint: it issues the faculty's journals, monographs and series, and it maintains an online shop where its catalogue can be browsed and purchased. Its list reflects the research profile of the faculty. The journal Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego, whose volumes are sold through the publisher's site, is devoted to the theology and history of the Opole Silesia region. Liturgia Sacra covers liturgical studies, while Studia Oecumenica addresses ecumenical theology and interconfessional relations. Przegląd Piśmiennictwa Teologicznego reviews theological literature. Alongside these periodicals, the house publishes long-form scholarship such as the multi-part New Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel, and specialist works on the organ heritage of Silesian churches, including Śląskie organy and Katalog organów w kościołach ewangelickich. The publisher also takes part in the cultural life of the city and region through occasional publications, such as an item marking the 800th anniversary of Opole. Its catalogue includes German-language titles, a reminder of the cross-border scholarly exchange in a region with a complex Polish-German history. Because it is part of a public university, its editorial programme is shaped by faculty boards and academic editors rather than by commercial market strategy; individual volumes list academic editors such as Konrad Glombik for the Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne series. Precise founding dates, leadership changes and output statistics are not documented in the available evidence. What is clear is the house's durable role: it is the formal publishing channel of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Opole, keeping regional Catholic scholarship in print and distributing it through its own web store and academic networks.

  • Publication of Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego volumes, including 37(1)2017 and later issues up to 44(1)2024, sold through the publisher's online shop.

  • Publication of the multi-part Księga Proroka Ezechiela. Nowy Komentarz, with fascicles such as Ez 1–5 and Ez 6–10 listed in the catalogue.

  • Publication of Liturgia Sacra, including issue 1 (49) 2017.

  • Publication of Studia Oecumenica, including issue 17 (2017).

  • Publication of Przegląd Piśmiennictwa Teologicznego, including issue 2 (44) 2016.

  • Publication of a commemorative item for the 800th anniversary of the city of Opole.

Products and positioning

Institutional Catholic academic publisher affiliated with the University of Opole, focused on theology, church history and related humanities for scholarly and ecclesiastical audiences in Poland.

  • Księga Proroka Ezechiela. Nowy Komentarz Ez 1–5

  • Księga Proroka Ezechiela. Nowy Komentarz Ez 6–10

  • Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego

  • Liturgia Sacra

  • Studia Oecumenica

  • Przegląd Piśmiennictwa Teologicznego

  • Śląskie organy V

  • Katalog organów w kościołach ewangelickich

  • Unio cum Christo, EiI nr 32

  • Etos pracy drogą dojrzewania człowieka

  • Zur Vernunftigkeit des Glaubens

  • W herbie miasta krzyż. #800 Lat Opola

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