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Proclaiming the Gospel

Brian K. Peterson (Author)

This volume captures central emphases of the Lutheran tradition for use in preaching, especially its distinctive use of the Bible, its Archimedean theological...

Kairos Preaching: Speaking Gospel to the Situation

David Schnasa Jacobsen (Author), Robert Allen Kelly (Author)

Sometimes lectionary preachers struggle when situations present themselves in parish life. A congregational member dies, two lives are joined in marriage, a...

Pastoral Care of Alcohol Abusers

Harold G. Koenig (Author), Andrew J. Weaver (Author)

Over 120 million American teens and adults use alcohol at one time or another. While in most situations these individuals are able to use it responsibly and...

Wrestling with the Questions: An Introduction to Contemporary Theologies

Gregory C. Higgins (Author)

Watch Gregory Higgins discuss his new book, Wrestling with the Questions. Find more videos like this on Fortress Forum. One of the best ways of...

Transforming Atonement: A Political Theology of the Cross

Theodore W. Jennings Jr. (Author)

Many books on the Christian doctrine of atonement have been published in recent years. Some point out the difficulties of traditional atonement theories; others...

Kindling Desire for God: Preaching as Spiritual Direction

Kay L. Northcutt (Author)

The discipline of preaching has undergone several evolutionary moments in the past century, focusing on its purpose as being variously persuasion, explanation,...

Crisis Counseling: Third Edition

Howard W. Stone (Author)

Crisis Counseling unites the historic skills of pastoral care and counseling with current methods of crisis intervention from the fields of psychology and...

Call and Consequences: A Womanist Reading of Mark

Raquel A. St. Clair (Author)

"The son of man must suffer," Jesus tells his disciples in the Gospel of Mark, and interpreters agree this warning is centrally important to the Gospel....

Occupied with Nonviolence: A Palestinian Woman Speaks

Jean Zaru (Author), Diana L. Eck (Editor), Marla Schrader (Editor)

Jean Zaru, the longtime activist and Quaker leader from Ramallah, here brings home the pain and central convictions that animate Christian nonviolence and...

A New Climate for Theology: God, the World, and Global Warming

Sallie McFague (Author)

Read Fortress Press's interview with Sallie McFague, only on fortressforum.com! Climate change promises monumental changes to human and other planetary life...

A Field Guide for the Missional Congregation: Embarking on a Journey of Transformation

Richard Rouse (Author), Craig Van Gelder (Author), Martin E. Marty (Foreword by)

The roster of books on leadership is full of high theory and grand expositions of biblical principles. But there is precious little practical advice for regular...

Creative Exchange: A Constructive Theology of African American Religious Experience

Victor Anderson (Author)

At least until recently, most African Americans would know what is meant by "the black church" or by "African American religion." But now,...

Faith and Human Rights: Christianity and the Global Struggle for Human Dignity

Richard Amesbury (Author), George M. Newlands (Author)

The UN's 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights stands as a highpoint of twentieth-century moral deliberation, yet sixty years later human rights are widely...

The Eucharist: Bodies, Bread, and Resurrection

Andrea Bieler (Author), Luise Schottroff (Author), Linda M. Maloney (Translator)

Bieler and Schottroff bring together the best of contemporary scholarship on ritual theory and practice, Eucharistic origins, the Eucharist and eschatology,...

Empire and the Christian Tradition: New Readings of Classical Theologians

Don H. Compier (Editor), Kwok Pui-lan (Editor), Joerg Rieger (Editor)

Distinguished theologians assess the achievements and legacies of thirty- one theological giants in light of Christianity's engagement with imperial power,...

On Human Dignity: Political Theology and Ethics

Jürgen Moltmann (Author), M. Douglas Meeks (Author of the Introduction)

This collection of provocative essays by one of the world's most distinguished theologians deals with topics as diverse as the right to work, nuclear war, the...

Church Administration: Programs, Process, Purpose

Robert Bacher (Author), Michael Cooper-White (Author)

This comprehensive guide, from two experienced and thoughtful churchmen, treats each aspect of congregational governance as a sacred calling with an overriding religious mission.

The Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Ernst Feil (Author), Martin H. Rumscheidt (Translator)

Feminist Theologies: Legacy and Prospect

Rosemary Radford Ruether (Editor)

This indispensable volume traces the rapidly evolving feminist scene in theology over the last generation and highlights specific contributions that have been...

Cross Examinations: Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today

Marit A. Trelstad (Editor)

In today's theological landscape the significance of the cross has become strongly affirmed and radically questioned. This exciting volume gathers theologians...