Fortress Press

God and Mediation: A Retrospective Appraisal of Luther the Reformer

Paul O'Callaghan (Author)

Martin Luther’s effort to put God at the very center of human life hinged on five principles: sola gratia, sola fide, sola Scriptura, solus Christus, and ecclesia...

Introduction to the History of Christianity: Third Edition

Tim Dowley (Editor)

Now in its third edition, Tim Dowley’s masterful one-volume survey of church history has an updated design and new content...

Faith in a Hidden God: Luther, Kierkegaard, and the Binding of Isaac

Elizabeth Palmer (Author)

The story of the binding of Isaac presents problems and opportunities for people who seek to live faithfully in relationship with a God who surpasses...

A People's History of Christianity, Student Edition: From the Early Church to the Reformation, Volume 1

Denis R. Janz (General Editor)

The essential material from A People's History of Christianity is available for classroom use covering topics from the Early Church to the Reformation.

A Short Introduction to the History of Christianity

Tim Dowley (Editor)

Tim Dowley's masterful one-volume survey of church history is now available in a new concise format designed with today's student in mind. Each section of...

No Greater Jewel: Thinking about Baptism with Luther

Kirsi I. Stjerna (Author)

Luther writes in his Large Catechism: "No greater jewel, therefore, can adorn our body and soul than baptism, for through it we become completely holy and...

Luther's Rome, Rome's Luther: How the City Shaped the Reformer

Carl P. E. Springer (Author)

This book offers a fresh reevaluation of Martin Luther's tempestuous relationship with Rome, the city he visited as a young Augustinian friar and never thereafter forgot. Luther's Rome, Rome's Luther will help readers see the ancient city, the long-lived empire, and the sacred home of the papacy from Luther's complicated perspective.

Luther the Reformer: The Story of the Man and His Career, Second Edition

James M. Kittelson (Author), Hans H. Wiersma (Author)

For nearly thirty years, Luther the Reformer has been the standard Luther biography. Fair, insightful, and detailed without being overwhelming, Kittelson was able to negotiate a “middle way” that presented a more complete chronological picture of Luther than many had yet portrayed. For this revised edition, Hans H. Wiersma has made an outstanding text even better. The research is updated, and the text is revised throughout, with images, bibliographies, and timelines to enhance the experience. It’s a great volume, greatly improved.

A Widower's Lament: The Pious Meditations of Johann Christoph Oelhafen

Ronald K. Rittgers (Author)

This book deals with Christian lament in the late Reformation by exploring the efforts of a talented yet little-known layman to cope with the death of his beloved wife. It provides full access to the remarkable work of private devotion that he authored to express his lament.

A work of haunting candor and searching faith, The Pious Meditations furnishes insight into life in the past as well as resources for life in the present.

The Annotated Luther, Volume 6: The Interpretation of Scripture

Euan K. Cameron (Editor)

This volume features Martin Luther the exegete and Bible teacher. His vast exegetical writings and lectures on Scripture are introduced through important examples from both...

Signs of Belonging: Luther's Marks of the Church and the Christian Life

Mary Hinkle Shore (Author)

Signs of Belonging: Luther's Marks of the Church and the Christian Life explores Luther's teaching on the seven marks of the church: possession of the Word,...

Luther: Out of the Storm

Derek Wilson (Author)

The first major biography of Martin Luther in English in many years, Luther: Out of the Storm responds to recent Reformation scholarship to assess Luther's...

Martin Luther and the Called Life

Mark D. Tranvik (Author)

In this refreshing book, Mark D. Tranvik turns attention to the importance of vocation in Luther’s life and in doing so discovers renewed insights into this important doctrine. Drawing from the rich experience of twenty years of teaching undergraduates, Tranvik balances the historical roots of Luther’s thought and contemporary relevance with skill and vigor.

Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses: With Introduction, Commentary, and Study Guide

Timothy J. Wengert (Author)

By almost any reckoning, the Ninety-Five Theses ranks as the most important text of the Reformation, if not in substance at least in impact. 

Resilient Reformer: The Life and Thought of Martin Luther

Timothy F. Lull (Author), Derek R. Nelson (Author)

In this telling, Luther is an energetic, resilient actor, driven by very human strengths and failings, always wishing to do right by his understanding of God and the witness of the Scriptures.

Martin Luther: A Life

James A. Nestingen (Author)

Martin Luther: A Life tells the dramatic story of the renegade monk whose heroic personal struggle ignited a revolution and shook Christendom to its...

Living in the Kingdom: Reflections on Luther's Catechism, Revised Edition

Alvin N. Rogness (Author), Peter Rogness (Foreword by)

This revised and updated classic by beloved theologian Alvin N. Rogness explores questions like, "What does it mean to be a responsible citizen of God's...