Fortress Press: 773 books
The Bondage of the Will, 1525
The Annotated Luther
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
In autumn 1525, Luther wrote The Bondage of the Will as a response to humanist and theologian Erasmus of Rotterdam’s On Free Will.
Luther’s treatise is important on four accounts: First, Luther wanted to show his own humanist education. Second, against Erasmus, who had maintained that the...
The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, 1520
The Annotated Luther
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
In his The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, Martin Luther set forth a reconsideration of the sacramental Christian life that centered on the word. His thesis is that the papacy had distorted the sacraments with its own traditions and regulations, transforming them into a system of control and coercion....
Treatise on Good Works, 1520
The Annotated Luther
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
In sermons and pamphlets, Luther and his colleagues claimed that salvation came by faith alone and not by works. Although the better-known pamphlets of 1520—To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation Concerning the Improvement of the Christian Estate, The Babylonian Captivity of the Church,...
Life Together and Prayerbook of the Bible
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Vol. 5
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2004
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the most influential Christian martyrs in history, bequeathed to humanity a legacy of theological creativity and spirituality that continues to intrigue people from a variety of backgrounds. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, a sixteen volume series, offers a fresh, critical translation...
by William G. Rusch
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1980
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1980
This volume explores the development of the doctrine of the Trinity in the patristic church as a result of the Arian controversy.
Unmasking the Powers
The Invisible Forces That Determine Human Existence
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1993
Angels, Spirits, principalities, powers, gods, Satanthese, along with all other spiritual realities, are the unmentionables of our culture. The dominant materialistic worldview has absolutely no place for them. But materialism itself is terminally ill, and, let us hope, in process of replacement by...
by Daniel Eppley
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Many of the divisions facing Christians today include disagreements over the interpretation of Scripture. These disagreements arise not only regarding the meaning of particular biblical passages, but also involve different approaches to determining how the meaning of Scripture is discerned. Such disagreement...
Joy Unspeakable
Contemplative Practices of the Black Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Joy Unspeakable focuses on the aspects of the black church that point beyond particular congregational gatherings toward a mystical and communal spirituality not within the exclusive domain of any denomination. This mystical aspect of the black church is deeply implicated in the well-being of African...
Stars Beneath Us
Finding God in the Evolving Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
In ways both confident and gentle, Stars Beneath Us brilliantly shows God’s presence in the ever-evolving cosmos. Relying on his upbringing as a Baptist, his doctoral work in experimental nuclear physics and gamma-ray astronomy, and his ordination to the gospel ministry in the Cooperative Baptist...
Foundational Theology
A New Approach to Catholic Fundamental Theology
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Fundamental theology is traditionally viewed as the starting point for the various disciplines within Catholic theology; it is the place where solid foundations are established for the further research and engagement with the vast terrain of historical, systematic, philosophical, and sacramental/liturgical...
Jesus' Abba
The God Who Has Not Failed
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
The church has emphasized ideas about God that have marginalized Jesus’ understanding of his spiritual Father, his Abba. We commonly think of God as a demanding lawgiver and judge, an omnipotent ruler, or an ultimate philosophical principle. None of these works well today.
In contrast, Jesus’...
What is African American Religion?
Facets Series
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Sketching the religious landscape of African American communities today, the volume makes explicit the tension in traditional conversations about black religion that privilege either Christianity in particular or simply organizations (with doctrines and creeds) in general. Discussing the misunderstandings...
A Church Undone
Documents from the German Christian Faith Movement, 1932-1940
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Decades after the Holocaust, many assume that the churches in Germany resisted the Nazi regime. In fact, resistance was exceptional. Almost all Germans were Christians, and almost all Christians in Germany stood by, becoming intentionally or unintentionally complicit in Nazi policies and practices.
In...
The Violence of Scripture
Overcoming the Old Testament's Troubling Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
No one can read far in the Hebrew Bible without encountering depictions of violence carried out by human beings, sometimes in the name of God, or indeed violence carried out or commanded by God–from Cain’s murder of Abel to the slaughter of Canaanite populations and much. For those who read the...