Fortress Press

The Yahwist's Landscape: Nature and Religion in Early Israel

Theodore Hiebert (Author)

Hiebert's foundational study opens the world of nature as a major aspect of biblical thought. It lays to rest the traditional dichotomy between nature and...

Divine Immutability: A Critical Reconsideration

Isaak August Dorner (Author), Claude Welch (Translator), Robert R. Williams (Translator)

Occasioned by the nineteenth-century kenotic christological controversy, Isaak Dorner's essay—which is here completely translated into English for the...

The Human Factor: Evolution, Culture, and Religion

Philip Hefner (Author)

Missionary Conquest: The Gospel and Native American Cultural Genocide

George E. Tinker (Author)

George Tinker's fascinating probe into U.S. mission history pierces the romantic veil of most history writing and shows how four of the most noted Christian...

The Descent of God: Divine Suffering in History and Theology

Joseph M. Hallman (Author)

The Suffering of God: An Old Testament Perspective

Terence E. Fretheim (Author)

In this comprehensive and thought-provoking study, Terence Fretheim focuses on the theme of divine suffering, an aspect of our understanding of God which both...

The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

Theodore G. Tappert (Translator)

Confessional writings of the Lutheran Church and other information essential to understanding the confessions.

Great Cloud of Witnesses: How the Dead Make a Living Church

Jackson Lashier (Author)

Protestants should venerate the saints: this shocking claim is at the heart of Great Cloud of Witnesses. Readers will learn creative ways of reading Scripture, how important doctrines developed, and how to live like a monk, even with a job and a family. They will gain appreciation of the saints and saint veneration.

Toni Morrison's Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature

Nadra Nittle (Author)

Toni Morrison's Spiritual Vision unpacks an oft-ignored but essential element of her work--her religion--and in so doing gives readers a deeper, richer understanding of her life and her writing. Nadra Nittle's wide-ranging, deep exploration of Morrison's oeuvre reveals the role of religion and spirituality in her life and literature.

Teaching Reformation: Essays in Honor of Timothy J. Wengert

Luka Ilić (Editor), Martin J. Lohrmann (Editor), Amy Nelson Burnett (Contributor), Ulrich Bubenheimer (Contributor), Derek Cooper (Contributor), Mary Jane Haemig (Contributor), Scott Hendrix (Contributor), Erik H. Herrmann (Contributor), Robert Kolb (Contributor), Gordon W. Lathrop (Contributor), Mickey L. Mattox (Contributor), Richard A. Muller (Contributor), Paul Rorem (Contributor), Kirsi I. Stjerna (Contributor), Volker Leppin (Contributor), Stefan Rhein (Contributor), Theodore Dieter (Contributor), Irene Dingel (Contributor), Hans H. Wiersma (Contributor), Mark D. Tranvik (Contributor)

Presented on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, this collection of essays honors the life and work of Dr. Timothy J. Wengert, a pastor and noted Reformation historian who brings to scholarship a deep sense of its practical dimensions in the life of the church.

In these essays, Wengert's students, colleagues, and peers follow in their honoree's footsteps by highlighting the implications of a rich tapestry of Reformation topics.

Reading Theologically

Eric D. Barreto (Editor)

This brief, readable, edited volume emphasizes the vital skills, habits, practices, and values involved in reading theologically. Reading Theologically is a vital resource for students beginning the seminary process and professors of introductory level seminary courses.

Wide Welcome: How the Unsettling Presence of Newcomers Can Save the Church

Jessicah Krey Duckworth (Author)

Jessicah Krey Duckworth presents the stark differences between the established congregation and the disestablished one, intentionally equipped to facilitate the encounter between new and established members.

Acts of the Apostles: Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries

Ronald J. Allen (Author)

Acts of the Apostles helps the preacher identify possibilities for sermons based on texts and themes in the book of Acts.

Ethics: A Liberative Approach

Miguel A. De La Torre (Editor)

This survey text for religious ethics and theological ethics courses explores how ethical concepts defined as liberationist is presently manifest around the globe and within the United States.

Moral Choice: A Christian View of Ethics

Dolores L. Christie (Author)

This survey text for Christian ethics through a Catholic lens traces the sources and traditions of contemporary ethical principles, rules, and norms.

Making Love Just: Sexual Ethics for Perplexing Times

Marvin M. Ellison (Author)

These days sexual sin is far less about sex and far more about the misuse of power and exploitation of vulnerability. It's time to redraw the ethical map...

Ethics of Hope

Jürgen Moltmann (Author), Margaret Kohl (Translator)

For a time of peril, world-renowned theologian Jürgen Moltmann offers an ethical framework for the future...

Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families

Robert H. Albers (Editor), William H. Meller (Editor), Steven D. Thurber (Editor)

Those who are afflicted as well as those who are adversely affected by mental illness often live lives of "quiet desperation" without recourse to appropriate assistance...

Proclamation and Celebration: Preaching on Christmas, Easter, and Other Festivals

Susan K. Hedahl (Author)

Proclamation and Celebration focuses homiletically on the six principal festivals of the church year: Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, and Holy Trinity...

Questioning Assumptions: Rethinking the Philosophy of Religion

Tom Christenson (Author)

Tom Christenson turns philosophy inside out in this remarkable new book. Starting with the ongoing public debate over God's existence, he approaches traditional...