Fortress Press

Injustice and the Care of Souls, Second Edition: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care

Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook (Editor), Karen B. Montagno (Editor)

Injustice and the Care of Souls, Second Edition, explores injustices in church and society and their impact on pastoral caregiving. The book offers pastoral and spiritual caregivers broader contexts, knowledge, and skills to respond effectively to marginalized people and to reflect on how their own social locations affect their work.

Jesus the Refugee: Ancient Injustice and Modern Solidarity

D. Glenn Butner Jr. (Author)

The book argues that the holy family has a limited set of legal options for protection, but under current law is unlikely to receive any. Along with the basics of modern refugee law and processes, Butner raises ethical challenges to the refugee system, indicting our moral failures and daring us to make amends.

Irrevocable: The Name of God and the Unity of the Christian Bible

R. Kendall Soulen (Author)

Irrevocable focuses attention upon a crucial but often misunderstood feature of the Bible--God's personal proper name. Author R. Kendall Soulen explores the implications of God's proper name for Christian faith and for Christianity's relationship to Judaism and Islam.

Miracle in Isaiah: Divine Marvel and Prophetic World

John Goldingay (Author)

Isaiah is a miracle. Divine wonder can be found in its testimonies to God's communication with people, in reminders of God's acts long ago, in reports of God's acts of rescue of his people, in God's promised acts of restoration in the future, and in God's extraordinary acts toward other peoples. The extraordinary binds the prophecy together.

The Primacy of Love

Ilia Delio (Author)

In an age of anxiety where reason is deified, what is the role of love? From the cosmological to the theological dimensions of existence, love is the irresistible force of attraction to the heart of God. The book is divided based on a metaphysics of love: we are born out of divine love, exist in love, and are oriented toward love.

Who Rules the World: Divine Providence and the Existence of Evil

Hans Schwarz (Author)

How is it possible to reconcile the manifest evil and pain in the world with the biblical promise of hope and redemption?

To this question, Schwarz brings both pastoral sensitivity and scholarly acumen. Informed by decades in the classroom, Schwarz offers a sweeping survey across the broad span of Christian history.

The book aims to help readers understand the broad sweep of human thought and make informed assessments of the issue for themselves.

A Nonviolent Theology of Love: Peacefully Confessing the Apostles Creed

Sharon L. Baker Putt (Author)

Putt's book argues for a "systematic" theology of a nonviolent God. Chapters follow the structure of the Apostles' Creed--God, Trinity, the Person and Work of Jesus, Holy Spirit, Creation, Church, the Human Person, and the Last Days, making it an ideal teaching text. Each chapter lays out a brief summary of traditional beliefs and then explores these theological topics in light of a nonviolent, redemptive God.

Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church (Second Edition)

Barbara A. Holmes (Author)

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. Holmes's research--through oral histories, church records, and written accounts--details not only ways in which contemplative experience is built into African American collective worship but also the legacy of African monasticism, a history of spiritual exemplars, and unique meditative worship practices.

Writing Theologically

Eric D. Barreto (Editor)

In a collection of brief, readable essays, this volume emphasizes the vital skills, practices, and values involved in writing theologically. That is, how might students prepare themselves to communicate effectively, creatively, and beautifully, the insights they gather during their time in seminary?

Exploring Practices of Ministry

Pamela Cooper-White (Author), Michael Cooper-White (Author)

The authors share their wisdom with seminarians and other readers seeking to deepen theological reflection and expand skills as ministry practitioners. This book is a companion journal for pilgrims on the way to becoming confident practitioners of ministry.

Uncovering Spiritual Narratives: Using Story in Pastoral Care and Ministry

Suzanne M. Coyle (Author)

Drawing on both theological approaches and real life experiences, Coyle creates a contextual pastoral theology that helps caregivers find the power of God in people's stories.

Ain't I a Womanist, Too?: Third Wave Womanist Religious Thought

Layli Maparyan (Foreword by), Monica A. Coleman (Editor)

This volume gathers essays from established and emerging scholars whose work is among the most lively and innovative scholarship today.

Creator God, Evolving World

Cynthia Crysdale (Author), Neil Ormerod (Author)

Cynthia Crysdale and Neil Ormerod here present a robust theology of God in light of supposed tensions between Christian belief and evolutionary science.

Martin Luther, the Bible, and the Jewish People: A Reader

Brooks Schramm (Editor), Kirsi I. Stjerna (Editor)

The place and significance of Martin Luther in the long history of Christian anti-Jewish polemic has been and continues to be a contested issue. It is true that Luther's...

The Season of Creation: A Preaching Commentary

Norman C. Habel (Editor), David Rhoads (Editor), H. Paul Santmire (Editor)

As the global climate crisis worsens, many churches have sought to respond by instituting a movement to observe a liturgical season of creation. Scholars who...

Christian Dogmatics: Volume 1

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,...

Working: Compass: Christian Explorations

Darby Kathleen Ray (Author), David H. Jensen (Editor)

Working. We spend most of our waking hours doing it but rarely consider its theological meanings or implications. Is work a punishment or curse, an avenue to...

Transformative Lutheran Theologies: Feminist, Womanist, and Mujerista Perspectives

Mary J. Streufert (Editor)

The first of its kind, this book is a systematic representation of Lutheran feminist, womanist, and mujerista theologies: systematic, in that it addresses...

Finding Language and Imagery: Words for Holy Speech

Jennifer L. Lord (Author)

Sermons use words. And though it appears obvious that preachers should be careful and exacting in word choice, novice preachers often set aside this aspect of...

Serving the Word: Preaching in Worship

Melinda A. Quivik (Author)

This book invites the reader to see how God's word can become the crux not only of the sermon but of the worship service as a whole. Over the past half-century,...