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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....

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...

The Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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

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...

Christ Present in Faith: Luther's View of Justification

Tuomo Mannermaa (Author), Kirsi I. Stjerna (Translator)

Mannermaa's revisionist work on justification in Luther's theology — a notable contribution from one of the most influential Finnish scholars of Luther...

Printing, Propaganda, and Martin Luther

Mark U. Edwards Jr. (Author)

Mark Edwards's pioneering work on the Reformation as a "print event" traces how Martin Luther, the first Protestant, became the central figure in the...

Zephaniah: A Commentary

Marvin A. Sweeney (Author), Paul D. Hanson (Editor)

The Book of Zephaniah poses a full range of interpretive and hermenutical issues for the modern reader. Sweeney's keen reading of this small, prophetic book...

Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way

Walter Wink (Author)

More than ever, Walter Wink believes, the Christian tradition of nonviolence is needed as an alternative to the dominant and death-dealing "powers"...

Luther the Reformer: The Story of the Man and His Career

James M. Kittelson (Author)

Engaging and authoritative, Kittleson's important and popular biography is here — represented with a new cover and new preface by the author. His...

Documents from the History of Lutheranism, 1517-1750

Eric Lund (Editor)

A unique resource: from the Reformation to Pietism. This unique collection of excerpts from Lutheran historical and theological documents - many...

Luther's Works: Digital Download

Martin Luther (Author), Jaroslav Pelikan (Editor), Helmut T. Lehmann (General Editor)

The 55-volume set of Luther's Works, a monumental translation project published jointly by Fortress Press and Concordia Publishing House in 1957, is singular...

The Imaginative World of the Reformation

Peter Matheson (Author)

In this small gem of Reformation research, Peter Matheson offers a rich view of the Reformation as it appeared in pamphlets and sermons, woodcuts and...

Nature, Reality, and the Sacred: The Nexus of Science and Religion

Langdon Gilkey (Author)

Two partial apprehensions of nature vied for dominance the past century: religious (void of any influence from science) and scientific (unable to admit any...

Karl Barth: Theologian of Freedom

Clifford J. Green (Editor)

Ranked by many among the great theologians of church history, Karl Barth was the leading European theologian in the first half of this century. His 1919 ...

Fourth Ezra: A Commentary on the Books of Fourth Ezra

Michael E. Stone (Author), Frank Moore Cross (Editor)

Fourth Ezra is a magnificent commentary, the definitive and standard work for generations to come.

Colossians and Philemon: A Commentary on the Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon

Eduard Lohse (Author), Helmut Koester (Editor), Robert J. Karris (Translator), William R. Poehlmann (Translator)

Lohse gives the reader solid interpretation and access to other scholars' efforts.

Acts of the Apostles

Hans Conzelmann (Author), Eldon Jay Epp (Editor), A Thomas Kraabel (Translator), James Limburg (Translator)

Filled with compact, almost aphoristic observations about the text, its background, and its theology. Its insight should sustain its value for a full generation.

Sin in Cultural Context: Understanding the Old Testament notion of ‘sin’ among the Kongo people of Brazzaville

Sabine Müri (Author)

This book examines the notion of "sin" in the Kongo culture through the lens of the Old Testament understanding of sin. It argues that the rich Old Testament imagery for sin is not captured by the Kongo word disumu; a wider vocabulary must be developed.

Microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Responding to the Voices of Poor People

Irene Banda Mutalima (Author)

The book offers lessons for microfinance practitioners from poor people in Zimbabwe and Zambia. It suggests that the church may provide a credible community leader for dialogue regarding poverty causes and solutions.

Slavs to Slavs in Mission: Identity of Czech Missionaries in Former Yugoslavia Countries

David Symon (Author)

This book explores Czech missionaries in the countries of the former Yugoslavia, with a focus on the national identity of the missionaries. The volume provides insight into mission dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe, with implications for other contexts as well.