Fortress Press

Our Shared Witness: A Voice for Justice and Reconciliation

Munib A. Younan (Author)

This collection of Munib A. Younan's writings, speeches, and sermons reveals his context, his perspective, and his hope. Readers will find his theology to be contextual deeply rooted in his daily reality as a Palestinian Christian while at the same time being universal, offering insights and principles that apply to other situations in vastly different parts of the world.

Dorothee Soelle - Mystic and Rebel: The Biography

Renate Wind (Author), Nancy Lukens (Translator), Martin H. Rumscheidt (Translator)

Renate Wind has composed a well-researched and searching biography of Dorothee Soelle (1929-2003), who became a true religious provocateur...

Many Voices: Pastoral Psychotherapy in Relational and Theological Perspective

Pamela Cooper-White (Author)

Many Voices is a must-read textbook for pastoral psychotherapists and pastoral counselors in clinical training as well as a guide for those in professional...

Transforming Vision: Explorations in Feminist The*logy

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza (Author)

Drawing from a career of pioneering scholarship, Schüssler Fiorenza situates the critical feminist theory that has characterized her work in the praxis of...

The Hope of Eternal Life: Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue XI

Lowell G. Almen (Editor), Richard J. Sklba (Editor)

Catholics and Lutherans share the sure and certain hope that the justified departed are in Christ and enjoy the rest that belongs to those who have run the race. This common statement of Round XI offers fresh insights into some issues that proved contentious in the debates of the sixteenth century. Issues explored include the communion of saints, prayers for or about the dead, the meaning of death, purgation, an intermediate state, and the resurrection.

eBook-Inscribing the Text: Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggemann

Walter Brueggemann (Author)

"This volume contains the most recent collection of Walter Brueggemann's sermons and prayers. That would be notable in itself: another dazzling set of words...

The Missiological Implications of the Theology of Gerhard Forde

Mark Lewellyn Nygard (Author)

It is possible to read Gerhard Forde s work without being conscious of mission, and thus conclude that it is an area that does not particularly concern him. The author, through careful research, identifies the insights in Forde s work that are helpful to the missional enterprise and allows them to make their contribution to the wider missiological conversation.

Quest for a Black Theology

James J. Gardiner (Editor), J. Deotis Roberts (Editor)

The late 1960s witnessed tumult over the Vietnam War, the deaths of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., rioting by African Americans in major U.S. cities, and...

Preaching from the Lectionary: An Exegetical Commentary: Stand-alone CD-ROM

Gerard S. Sloyan (Author)

In this rich and deeply informative resource, one of the most learned and insightful biblical scholars of our time provides an exegetical analysis of each...

Christian Theology AND Readings in Christian Theology: Stand-alone CD-ROM

Peter C. Hodgson (Editor), Robert H. King (Editor)

Now on CD-ROM! This highly acclaimed and widely used volume now in its third edition, is a collaborative presentation of the chief Christian doctrines in...

Fierce Tenderness: A Feminist Theology of Friendship

Mary E Hunt (Author)

Reviving Christian Humanism: The New Conversation on Spirituality, Theology, and Psychology

Don S. Browning (Author)

Is there a future for intellectually honest faith at the service of humankind? Esteemed theologian Don S. Browning strongly argues that there is, and he here...

The Church Event: Call and Challenge of a Church Protestant

Vitor Westhelle (Author)

Often nowadays one hears affirmations of spirituality and even religious life but rarely of institutional religion. Is the church dying? Noted theologian...

Women Out of Order: Risking Change and Creating Care in a Multicultural World

Teresa Snorton (Editor), Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner (Editor)

While there are many similarities among women's experiences, there are undeniable and important differences as well. Assembling a leading group of theologians,...

Frontiers in Catholic Feminist Theology: Shoulder to Shoulder

Susan Abraham (Editor), Elena Procario-Foley (Editor), LaReine-Marie Mosely (Contributor)

What does it mean to be a Catholic woman with feminist commitments today, and what insights can be garnered from that context? In this first attempt in a...

The Nature of Our Humanity: Ethical Issues in Genetics and Biotechnology

Paul Jersild (Author)

This book addresses a current, frontline issue in the perennial exchange between science and religion. Jersild surveys the contemporary scene in genetic...

Living Christianity: A Pastoral Theology for Today

Shannon Craigo-Snell (Author), Shawnthea Monroe (Author)

This thoughtful, uniquely formatted volume takes a serious look at the need for accessible, pastorally relevant theological reflection on the chief mysteries...

Jesus and Creativity

Gordon D. Kaufman (Author)

The lively interest today in the historical figure of Jesus is rarely matched by theological advances in understanding his person and significance for our own...

Holy Ground: A Liturgical Cosmology

Gordon W. Lathrop (Author)

Now available in paperback, Holy Ground illumines how the central symbols and interactions of Christian liturgy yield a new understanding and experience of the...

The Green Psalter: Resources for an Ecological Spirituality

Arthur Walker-Jones (Author)

Concern for the earth and biblical faith have had an uneasy relationship: ecological theologians have often cited biblical themes of dominion or...