Fortress Press: 773 books
On the Road to Vatican II
German Catholic Enlightenment and Reform of the Church
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
In the present day, there is widespread confusion regarding the theological achievements of the Catholic Enlightenment. This book outlines such contributions in the fields of biblical exegesis, church reform, liturgical renewal, and the move toward a more tolerant view of other churches and religions....
Douglas John Hall
Collected Readings
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Hall's work takes the measure of Christian belief and doctrine explicitly in light of North American cultural and historical experience. Hall's theological insights challenge churches to embrace change and develop genuine community, uncompromised theology, and honest engagement with the larger culture....
Systematic Theology
Roman Catholic Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Unique among contemporary resources, the landmark Systematic Theology and its distinguished contributors present the major areas or loci of Roman Catholic theology in light of contemporary developments—especially the sea-change since Vatican II thought, the best new historical studies of traditional...
Journey Through Christian Theology
With Texts From The First To The Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2010
Highly accessible introductions to five periods precede brief introductions to and texts from more than fifty key thinkers. The texts highlight perennial themes and questions in Christian tradition, especially the meaning and importance of Jesus, challenges to the institutional church, tensions...
The Trinity
The Central Mystery of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
In the last thirty years, books on the Trinity have abounded. There seems to be a fascination with this mysterious topic, especially among systematic theologians. The topic has been mined for many different interests, from liberation theology to feminist interpretations of the Christian heritage and...
Embodied Words, Spoken Signs
Sacramentality and the Word in Rahner and Chauvet
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
The twentieth century witnessed renewed interest in a Roman Catholic theology of the word. The contributions of Karl Rahner and sacramental theologian Louis-Marie Chauvet demonstrate the Roman Catholic conviction that the word is fundamentally sacramental: it has the capacity to bear God’s presence...
Recent Developments in Trinitarian Theology
An International Symposium
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Recent Developments in Trinitarian Theology explores the major renaissance that Trinitarian theology has undergone in recent decades. Remarkably, all the main Christian denominations have participated in this, and contemporary Trinitarian theology is a discussion that often crosses over confessional...
Two Kingdoms & Two Cities
Mapping Theological Traditions of Church, Culture, and Civil Order
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
The recent emergence of “two kingdoms” and “two cities” approaches to Christian social thinking are shown to have a key—and often unacknowledged—connection to Luther's reshaping of the Augustinian paradigm. The project works for a better understanding of Luther's own thought to help understand...
by Carl Braaten
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1983
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1983
Christian Dogmatics is a two-volume survey of loci of Christian doctrine, each treated extensively in terms of its biblical foundations, historical tradition, and contemporary significance. Volume 1 discusses dogmatics, the Trinity, the identity of God, creation, sin, and Christology. Volume...
Luther Refracted
The Reformer's Ecumenical Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Luther Refracted speaks to the currency that Luther’s life and thought continue to enjoy in today’s Christian reflection. The contributors, representing a variety of Christian denominations, demonstrate Luther’s lasting impact on their own traditions and, together with the Lutheran respondents,...
Jesus and Nonviolence
A Third Way
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
More than ever, Walter Wink believes, the Christian tradition of nonviolence is needed as an alternative to the dominant and death-dealing "powers" of our consumerist culture and fractured world. In this small book Wink offers a precis of his whole thinking about this issue, including the...
Many Forms of Madness
A Family's Struggle With Mental Illness And The Mental Health System
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009
In telling the story of her son’s thirty-year struggle with schizophrenia, Ruether lays bare the inhumane treatment throughout history of people with mental illness. Despite countless reforms by “idealistic reformers” and an enlightened understanding that mental illness is a physical disease...
by Cynthia Crysdale, Neil Ormerod
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Cynthia Crysdale and Neil Ormerod present a robust theology of God in light of supposed tensions between Christian belief and evolutionary science. Those who pit faith in an almighty and unchanging God over against a world in which chance is operative have it wrong on several accounts, they insist....
Soundings in the Theology of Psalms
Perspectives And Methods In Contemporary Scholarship
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
The many introductions to the psalms available to readers tend to focus on various types and forms of psalms but overlook different theological approaches to the Psalter. This volume brings together leading psalms scholars from Catholic and Protestant traditions and takes into account recent scholarship...