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Christian Economic Ethics: History and Implications

Daniel K. Finn (Author)

Daniel Finn reviews insights provided by a large number of texts on economic ethics, from the Bible and the early church, to the Middle Ages and the Protestant Reformation, to treatments of the subject in the last century.

The Imposing Preacher: Samuel DeWitt Proctor and Black Public Faith

Adam L. Bond (Author)

As a distinguished Baptist pastor, educator, and public servant, Samuel DeWitt Proctor made it his mission to serve American life by fighting against racism. In...

Changing Horizons: Explorations in Feminist Interpretation

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza (Author)

The second of two volumes highlighting the ways in which Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza's work constructs a critical feminist theory and praxis of liberation, in relation to the biblical text and its legacy.

Kierkegaard: A Brief Overview of the Life and Writings of Soren Kierkegaard

Albert Anderson (Author)

The Danish philosopher wrote for that solitary individual, for every thoughtful reader everywhere, in every time. Kierkegaard indirectly offers three principal options that pervade the human condition. The human condition is a disability healed only by divine intervention based on one's eternal link to God. Albert Anderson provides substance to make the readier sit up and think, yet he does it with language that can easily be handled.

The Quest for the Historical Satan

Miguel A. De La Torre (Author), Albert Hernández (Author)

The figure of Satan has for centuries embodied or incarnated absolute evil. Existing alongside more intellectualist interpretations of evil, Satan has figured...

Christian Dogmatics: Volume 2

Carl E. Braaten (Editor), Robert W. Jenson (Editor)

Christian Dogmatics is a two-volume survey of the twelve major loci of Christian doctrine, each treated extensively in terms of its biblical foundations,...

Liberating Lutheran Theology: Freedom for Justice and Solidarity in a Global Context

Paul S. Chung (Author), Ulrich Duchrow (Author), Craig L. Nessan (Author), Karen L. Bloomquist (Foreword by)

Spanning the continents, three internationally respected theologians demonstrate how the thought and legacy of Martin Luther can serve in an ecumenical and...

A Journey through Christian Theology: With Texts from the First to the Twenty-first Century

William P. Anderson (Editor), Richard L. Diesslin (Illustrator)

Watch Bill Anderson discuss his new book, A Journey through Christian Theology. Find more videos like this on Fortress Forum. The history of...

The Embrace of Eros: Bodies, Desires, and Sexuality in Christianity

Margaret D. Kamitsuka (Editor)

The topic of sexuality intersects directly with the most contested historical, theological, and ethical questions of our day. In this edgy yet profound volume,...

Preaching Doctrine: For the Twenty-First Century

Robert G. Hughes (Author), Robert Kysar (Author)

Fewer people today are familiar with the vital theological ideas from the Christian tradition. Preaching about the continuing relevance and richness of this...

No Rising Tide: Theology, Economics, and the Future

Joerg Rieger (Author)

Even though economic downturns are still followed by upturns, fewer people benefit from them.

On Human Being: Christian Anthropology in the Conflicts of the Present

Jürgen Moltmann (Author)

Ethical Leadership: The Quest for Character, Civility, and Community

Walter Earl Fluker (Author)

We live in a leadership crisis. "In an age when incompatible worlds collide and when scandals rock formerly stable institutions," says Walter Fluker,...

Ethics in the Community of Promise: Faith, Formation, and Decision, Second Edition

James M. Childs Jr. (Author)

In this excellent and accessible introduction, now in a second edition, Childs helpfully articulates the shared features of Christian faith and shows how that...

Virtues and Values: The African and African American Experience

Peter J. Paris (Author)

This brief volume is excerpted from Peter Paris's popular and influential work The Spirituality of African Peoples on African and African American Spirituality....

Participating in God: Creation and Trinity

Samuel M. Powell (Author)

In this exciting work, Samuel Powell offers a new constructive and systematic vision of creation by interpreting it in terms of contemporary science and...

Out of the Depths: Women's Experience of Evil and Salvation

Ivone Gebara (Author), Ann Patrick Ware (Translator)

Whether understood as sin, as embracing all manner of suffering and injustice, or as the inexplicable human choice of evil over good, evil has historically...

Moving Beyond Church Growth: An Alternative Vision for Congregations

Mark A. Olson (Author)

Character development for communities of faith - Mark Olson believes that trying to meet unrealistic expectations for church growth, along with expectations...

Preaching Mark

Bonnie Bowman Thurston (Author)

An expert guide from Galillee to Jerusalem This new resource examines the major literary units of Mark's Gospel with an eye toward helping the pastor in...

Competency-Based Counseling: Building on Client Strengths

Jack Cockburn (Author), Frank Thomas (Author)

This book demonstrates how counselors can help people to use the resources they already have so they can address issues that come up in life. The authors...