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Our Shared Witness: A Voice for Justice and Reconciliation

Munib A. Younan (Author)

This collection of Munib A. Younan's writings, speeches, and sermons reveals his context, his perspective, and his hope. Readers will find his theology to be contextual deeply rooted in his daily reality as a Palestinian Christian while at the same time being universal, offering insights and principles that apply to other situations in vastly different parts of the world.

Kierkegaard: A Brief Overview of the Life and Writings of Soren Kierkegaard

Albert Anderson (Author)

The Danish philosopher wrote for that solitary individual, for every thoughtful reader everywhere, in every time. Kierkegaard indirectly offers three principal options that pervade the human condition. The human condition is a disability healed only by divine intervention based on one's eternal link to God. Albert Anderson provides substance to make the readier sit up and think, yet he does it with language that can easily be handled.

The Quest for the Historical Satan

Miguel A. De La Torre (Author), Albert Hernández (Author)

The figure of Satan has for centuries embodied or incarnated absolute evil. Existing alongside more intellectualist interpretations of evil, Satan has figured...

Christian Dogmatics: Volume 2

Carl E. Braaten (Editor), Robert W. Jenson (Editor)

Christian Dogmatics is a two-volume survey of the twelve major loci of Christian doctrine, each treated extensively in terms of its biblical foundations,...

Liberating Lutheran Theology: Freedom for Justice and Solidarity in a Global Context

Paul S. Chung (Author), Ulrich Duchrow (Author), Craig L. Nessan (Author), Karen L. Bloomquist (Foreword by)

Spanning the continents, three internationally respected theologians demonstrate how the thought and legacy of Martin Luther can serve in an ecumenical and...

Performing the Gospel: Orality, Memory, and Mark

Jonathan A. Draper (Editor), John Miles Foley (Editor), Richard A. Horsley (Editor)

This ground-breaking volume gathers the best new work in Gospels criticism centered on how the Gospels actually came to be: through oral tradition, story...

Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflection on the Christian Bible

Brevard S. Childs (Author)

This monumental work is the first comprehensive biblical theology to appear in many years and is the culmination of Brevard Child's lifelong commitment to...

Jesus and the Powers: Conflict, Covenant, and the Hope of the Poor

Richard A. Horsley (Author)

Refusing a false dichotomy between "politics" and "religion" in Jesus' world (and our own), Jesus and the Powers rediscovers Jesus' response to the imperial...

The Emergence of Christianity: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective

Cynthia White (Author)

This brief survey text tells the story of early Christianity. Cynthia White explores the emergence of Christianity in Rome during the first four centuries of...

The Emergence of Buddhism: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective

Jacob N. Kinnard (Author)

This brief survey text tells the story of Buddhism as it unfolds through the narrative of the Brahmanical cosmology from which Buddhism emerged, the stories and...

A Journey through Christian Theology: With Texts from the First to the Twenty-first Century

William P. Anderson (Editor), Richard L. Diesslin (Illustrator)

Watch Bill Anderson discuss his new book, A Journey through Christian Theology. Find more videos like this on Fortress Forum. The history of...

Sacred Witness: Rape in the Hebrew Bible

Susanne Scholz (Author)

In Sacred Witness, Susanne Scholz discusses the wide range of rape texts in biblical literature-some that long have troubled readers, others that should have...

Preaching Doctrine: For the Twenty-First Century

Robert G. Hughes (Author), Robert Kysar (Author)

Fewer people today are familiar with the vital theological ideas from the Christian tradition. Preaching about the continuing relevance and richness of this...

No Rising Tide: Theology, Economics, and the Future

Joerg Rieger (Author)

Even though economic downturns are still followed by upturns, fewer people benefit from them.

Revolt of the Scribes: Resistance and Apocalyptic Origins

Richard A. Horsley (Author)

In previous studies, Richard A. Horsley has set Jesus in the context of Jewish prophetic and social banditry movements and has elaborated the imperial context...

Pastoral Care of Alcohol Abusers

Harold G. Koenig (Author), Andrew J. Weaver (Author)

Over 120 million American teens and adults use alcohol at one time or another. While in most situations these individuals are able to use it responsibly and...

Cómo estudiar la Biblia: How to Study the Bible

Alicia Vargas (Author), Justo L. Gonzalez (General Editor)

Conozca su Biblia, developed in partnership with the Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana and the Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission unit...

The Green Psalter: Resources for an Ecological Spirituality

Arthur Walker-Jones (Author)

Concern for the earth and biblical faith have had an uneasy relationship: ecological theologians have often cited biblical themes of dominion or...

On Human Being: Christian Anthropology in the Conflicts of the Present

Jürgen Moltmann (Author)

Crisis Counseling: Third Edition

Howard W. Stone (Author)

Crisis Counseling unites the historic skills of pastoral care and counseling with current methods of crisis intervention from the fields of psychology and...