Fortress Press imprint: 773 books
Christ Is King
Paul's Royal Ideology
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Until recently, many scholars have read Paul’s use of the word Christos as more of a proper name (“Jesus Christ”) than a title, Jesus the Messiah. One result, Joshua W. Jipp argues, is that important aspects of Paul’s thinking about Jesus’ messiahship have gone unrecognized. Jipp argues...
Fat and Faithful
Learning to Love Our Bodies, Our Neighbors, and Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
You are already enough, and you are not too much.
J. Nicole Morgan grew up fat and loving Jesus. But she was forever burdened by what she saw as her biggest spiritual flaw: her weight. In Fat and Faithful, she shares her journey from body shame to fat acceptance and shows us how to care for...
Preaching Must Die!
Troubling Homiletical Theology
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
The real question for homiletics in our increasingly postmodern, post-Christian contexts is not how we are going to prevent preaching from dying, but how we are going to help it die a good death. Preaching was not made to live. At most, preaching is a witness, a sign, a crimson X marking a demolition...
Holy Grounds
The Surprising Connection between Coffee and Faith—From Dancing Goats to Satan's Drink
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
If you're religious about your coffee, you're in holy company.
If you like your coffee with a bit of inspiration, a hint of humor, and a dose of insight, you'll enjoy pouring a mug full of java and curling up with Holy Grounds. Popular author and avid coffee drinker Tim Schenck brews just the...
Christianity in India
Conversion, Community Development, and Religious Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2018
Christianity has been present in India since at least the third century, but the faith remains a small minority. Even so, Christianity is growing rapidly in parts of the subcontinent, and has made an impact far beyond its numbers. Yet Indian Christianity remains highly controversial, and it has suffered...
by Paul Rorem
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The Dionysian Mystical Theology introduces the Pseudo-Dionysian “mystical theology,” with glimpses at key stages in its interpretation and critical reception through the centuries. In part one, the elusive Areopagite’s own miniature essay, The Mystical Theology, is quoted in its entirety, sentence...
Recalling Our Own Stories
Spiritual Renewal for Religious Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
How religious caregivers can find spiritual renewal in their own story
Recalling Our Own Stories, which author Edward P. Wimberly describes as "a spiritual retreat in book form," is designed to help clergy and religious caregivers face the challenges of ministry. It is also a valuable...
Trauma and Transformation at Ground Zero
A Pastoral Theology
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
From personal interviews with chaplains at the temporary mortuary at Ground Zero and her own experiences as an Episcopal priest, psychotherapist, and chaplain, Storm Swain offers a new model of pastoral care grounded in theology and practice, which enables wholeness and healing for caregivers and those for whom they care.
Presumed Guilty
Why We Shouldn't Ask Muslims to Condemn Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
All of us should condemn terrorism--whether the perpetrators are Muslim extremists, white supremacists, Marxist revolutionaries, or our own government. But it's time for us to stop asking Muslims to condemn terrorism under the assumption they are guilty of harboring terrorist sympathies or promoting...
by C. Clifton Black, D. Moody Smith, Robert A. Spivey
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019
Now in its 8th edition, Anatomy of the New Testament is one of the most trust-worthy and enduring introductory textbooks of its kind. Its authors bring literary and historical approaches to the New Testament together, offering a comprehensive and accessible approach that appeals to students at all...
by Cornelis Bennema
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2014
In this study in three-dimensional character reconstruction, Cornelis Bennema presents a new theory of character in the New Testament literature. Although character has been the subject of focused literary-critical study of the New Testament since the 1970s, Bennema observes that there is still no...
by Richard J. Perhai
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Biblical scholars have often contrasted the exegesis of the early church fathers from the eastern region and “school” of Syrian Antioch against that of the school of Alexandria. The Antiochenes have often been described as strictly historical-literal exegetes in contrast to the allegorical exegesis...
Moving Beyond the Impasse
Reorienting Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Interfaith dialogue in a plural world.
This volume is based on the belief that both the ecumenical and interfaith movements are looking for new orientations for their future. The forces of globalization, communications revolution, and massive population movements challenge some of the theological...
The Tenderness of God
Reclaiming Our Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
At moments in history, individuals have embodied the gospel message with creativity and passion. One such moment began when a returned veteran named Francis Bernardone found a whole new world in a desolate space just outside Assisi: a leper colony. Drawn to discover the incarnate God, and joined by...