James Martin
Jesuit priest and writer
James Martin is an American Jesuit priest and writer, and editor at large of America magazine. He is the author of Learning to Pray and of New York Times bestsellers such as Jesus: A Pilgrimage.
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American Born 1960 in Plymouth Meeting, United States
About James Martin
Martin grew up in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the Wharton School of Business in 1982. He then spent six years in corporate finance at General Electric before joining the Society of Jesus in 1988. He was ordained a priest in 1999. He has written or edited more than 15 books, mostly on spirituality and religion. Two of them, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A Pilgrimage, were New York Times bestsellers. In 2017 Pope Francis appointed him a consultor to the Vatican's Secretariat for Communication, and he founded Outreach. He is also a frequent media commentator on religion and spirituality.