Fortress Press: 773 books
by Ronald J. Allen
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Acts of the Apostles helps the preacher identify possibilities for sermons based on texts and themes in the book of Acts. While offering a basic exegetical framework for interpreting passages in Acts in their historical, literary, rhetorical, and theological contexts, this volume also suggests ways...
Pathways in Theodicy
An Introduction to the Problem of Evil
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
The problem of evil perennially vexes theology, but many theologians have abandoned the project of theodicy, or the theological explanation of evil, as either fruitless or hopeless. Academic studies on theodicy, moreover, typically succumb to theological deficiency and abstraction, often devoid of...
Who Is the Church?
An Ecclesiology for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Many congregations today are beset by fears, whether over loss of members and money, or of irrelevancy in an increasingly pluralistic society. To counter this, many congregations focus on strategy and purpose—what churches “do”—but Cheryl Peterson submits that mainline churches need to focus...
An Unsettling God
The Heart Of The Hebrew Bible
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
In the pages of the Hebrew Bible, ancient Israel gave witness to its encounter with a profound and uncontrollable reality experienced through relationship. This book, drawn from the heart of foremost Old Testament theologian Walter Brueggemann’s Theology of the Old Testament, distills a career’s...
by David P. Melvin
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Melvin traces the emergence and development of the motif of angelic interpretation of visions from late prophetic literature (Ezekiel 40–48; Zechariah 1–6) into early apocalyptic literature (1 Enoch 17–36; 72–82; Daniel 7–8). Examining how the historical and socio-political context of exilic...
Mansions of the Heart
Exploring the Seven Stages of Spiritual Growth
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
A roadmap for spiritual formation
In Mansions of the Heart, author R. Thomas Ashbrook begins with his personal story of frustration and confusion while serving as a pastor of the church. He tells of discovering a new path of spiritual transformation and offers seekers a way to move forward...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Reading is one of the basic skills a student needs. But reading is not just an activity of the eyes and the brain. Reading Theologically, edited by Eric D. Barreto, brings together eight seminary educators from a variety of backgrounds to explore what it means to be a reader in a seminary context—to...
by Eric D. Barreto
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
We are constantly engaged in processing data and sensory inputs all around us, even when we are not conscious of the many neural pathways our minds are traveling. So taking a step back to ponder the dimensions and practices of a particular way of thinking is a challenge. Even more important,...
Our God Loves Justice
An Introduction to Helmut Gollwitzer
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Helmut Gollwitzer was a direct heir of the theological legacy of the great Protestant theologian Karl Barth. Yet, Gollwitzer‘s work is perhaps least appreciated and studied, especially in English, of all of Barth‘s immediate "descendants." A Protestant theologian and member of the Confessing...
Shepherds of the Empire
Germany's Conservative Protestant Leadership--1888-1919
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
The accomplishments of the 20th Century’s most-discussed literary superstars entered the canon of theatrical classics during the heyday of Broadway and sexual censorship in Hollywood. But the inside spin on the conflicts that pumped testosterone and venom into the collective conscious of the Entertainment...
A Theology of the Old Testament
Cultural Memory, Communication, And Being Human
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
The remarkable thing about the Old Testament is the persistence of its visions of a better humanity and a better world.” Rather than seek to establish “what people may or may not once have believed in ancient Israel,” John W. Rogerson addresses “the human condition in today’s world,”...
Playing
Christian Explorations Of Daily Living
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Playing often connotes frivolity. But James Evans, in this insightful study, offers another view: playing lies at the heart of Christian faith in the triune God. Through a close examination of African-American literature and experience, and a re-examination of basic doctrinal affirmations, Evans recovers...
The Four Gospels on Sunday
The New Testament and the Reform of Christian Worship
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Premier liturgical theologian Gordon Lathrop argues that far too often liturgy, preaching, and liturgical theology are informed by naive and outdated exegesis. In another fully original and deeply reflective work, Lathrop partners with newer biblical studies to see the Gospels anew. He treats...
Ethics That Matter
African, Caribbean, And African American Sources
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
In light of globalization, ongoing issues of race, gender, and class, and the rapidly changing roles of institutions, this volume asserts that Christian social ethics must be reframed completely. Three questions are at the heart of this vital inquiry: How can moral community flourish in a global context?...