Fortress Press

Waiting for Good News: Living with Chronic and Serious Illness

Sally Wilke (Author)

Sally Wilke has lived with and through the serious chronic illness of someone she cared deeply about. And she has provided pastoral care to individuals and families in similar situations. Waiting for Good News captures her hard-won, helpful, and hope-filled wisdom. Wilke also offers tools, tips, ideas, and resources for obtaining or providing additional support.

The Bible: An Introduction, Third Edition

Jerry L. Sumney (Author)

Without presuming either prior knowledge of the Bible or a particular attitude toward it, Jerry L. Sumney uses straightforward language to lead the reader on an exploration of the Bible, showing how critical methods help readers understand the text and history. Filled with maps, charts, illustrations, and four-color photographs to enhance the student's experience with the text. This third edition offers a number of revisions and a new section on the deuterocanonical books.

A Short Introduction to World Religions

Tim Dowley (Editor), Christopher Partridge (General Editor)

This leading textbook for world religions is now available in a more concise version. Many of the features of Introduction to World Religions are retained...

A New Song We Now Begin: Celebrating the Half Millennium of Lutheran Hymnals 1524-2024

Robin A. Leaver (Editor), Paul J. Grime (Contributor), Markus Rathey (Contributor), Joseph Herl (Contributor), Dianne M. McMullen (Contributor), Jon D. Vieker (Contributor), Paul Westermeyer (Contributor), Mark A. Granquist (Contributor), Daniel Zager (Contributor), Gracia Grindal (Contributor)

We tend to remember hymns one at a time. We forget that the reason we can do so is because they have been made available throughout the centuries in hymnals. This edited collection explores the 500-year tradition of Lutheran hymnal production, illustrating how these books have influenced Lutheran faith and worship practice over time.

Sanctorum Communio: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 1

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author), Clifford J. Green (Editor), Reinhard Krauss (Translator), Nancy Lukens (Translator)

Sanctorum Communio was Bonhoeffer's dissertation, completed in 1927 and first published in 1930. In it he attempts to work out a theology of the person in...

Fiction from Tegel Prison: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 7

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author), Clifford J. Green (Editor), Nancy Lukens (Translator)

Writing fiction, letters to his family, fiancée, and friends and contending with his interrogator occupied Bonhoeffer during his first year in Tegel Prison.

The Odes of Solomon

Michael Lattke (Author), Marianne Ehrhardt (Translator)

Known until the 18th century only from fragmentary quotations and references in patristic literature, more recent discoveries of Greek, Coptic, and Syriac...

Creation and Fall: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 3

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author), John W. de Gruchy (Editor), Douglas Stephen Bax (Translator)

Creation and Fall originated in lectures given by Dietrich Bonhoeffer at the University of Berlin in the winter semester of 1932--33 during the demise of the...

The Collected Sermons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author), Isabel Best (Editor)

Preaching, according to Bonhoeffer, is like offering an apple to a child. The gospel is proclaimed, but for it to be received as gift depends on whether or not the hearer is in a position to do so...

Blessed Are the Consumers: Climate Change and the Practice of Restraint

Sallie McFague (Author)

In this timely book, Sallie McFague recalls her readers to the practices of restraint.

Integral Mission: A New Paradigm for Latin American Pentecostals

Miguel Alvarez (Author)

Integral Mission explains how Pentecostals in Latin America connect to the topic of God's mission in the world today. From the colours, societies, politics and contexts that shape its collective face, this book portrays a Pentecostalism that is diverse and multifaceted, situated in a constantly changing reality.

The Call to Discipleship

Karl Barth (Author)

In this brief essay, drawn from Church Dogmatics, Barth articulates what it means to follow Jesus in faith. He emphasizes that discipleship involves a...

Discipleship: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 4

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author), John D. Godsey (Editor), Geffrey B. Kelly (Editor), Barbara Green (Translator), Reinhard Krauss (Translator)

"Cheap grace is the mortal enemy of our church. Our struggle today is for costly grace." And with that sharp warning to his own church, which was engaged in...

Preaching the Gospel of Justice: Good News in Community

Jennifer L. Ackerman (Author)

The call to holistic preaching has many dimensions. Are we called to preach the good news of God's grace? Advocate for justice? Is preaching worship? A prophetic act? "Yes," Ackerman answers--to all of the above. Through personal stories, biblical examples, and concrete advice, readers will learn how to join gospel and justice in community.

In the Midst of Chaos: Caring for Children as Spiritual Practice

Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore (Author)

In the Midst of Chaos, by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, explores parenting as spiritual practice.

Both honest about the difficulties and attentive to the blessings present in everyday life, it explores how parents might use seven daily practices, such as play, reading, chores, and saying goodbye or goodnight, as rich opportunities to shape both parent and child morally and spiritually.

A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, Third Edition

John J. Collins (Author)

John J. Collins's A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible has become a popular option for college and seminary classrooms. Enriched by decades of classroom teaching, it is aimed explicitly at motivated students, regardless of their previous exposure to the Bible. This more compact version of Collins's renowned Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is combined with even more student-friendly features.

The third edition is presented in a new and engaging format with new maps and images. An index has been added to the volume for the first time.

Preaching Jeremiah: Announcing God's Restorative Passion

Walter Brueggemann (Author), Carolyn J Sharp (Foreword by)

In this book, Walter Brueggemann conducts in an experiment in homiletics. He wants us to wrestle with the question: What if we allow the canonical shape of the book of Jeremiah to instruct us concerning the shape and trajectory of the sermon? The preaching task requires honesty about what God requires and a clear proclamation of what God has done and will yet do.

Introduction to World Religions, Third Edition

Tim Dowley (Editor), Christopher Partridge (General Editor)

Exploring the world's religions This leading textbook for world religion is designed to help students in their study and research of the world's religious traditions....

Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The New Testament

Margaret Aymer (Editor), Cynthia Briggs Kittredge (Editor), David A. Sánchez (Editor)

This commentary on the New Testament presents a balanced synthesis of current scholarship, enabling readers to interpret Scripture for a complex and pluralistic world. The result is a commentary that is comprehensive and useful for preaching, teaching, and research.

The Gospel People Don't Want to Hear: Preaching Challenging Messages

Lisa Cressman (Author)

Lisa Cressman, founder of Backstory Preaching, provides tools to craft difficult sermon messages that can be heard. Part 1 focuses on the preacher's preparation, the building of mutual trust with listeners, and the authority needed to proclaim the gospel with empathy, compassion, and skill. Part 2 focuses on the sermon itself with practical suggestions on what to say and how to say it.