Fortress Press

When Women Speak...

Moyra Dale (Editor), Cathy Hine (Editor), Carol Walker (Editor)

The twentieth century should be remembered in missions as the time when women got lost, all too often excluded from missiological discourse and strategic mission discussion. When Women Speak signals a revival in the contribution of women to mission in a way that values what they have to offer.

A Documentary History of Lutheranism: Volumes 1 and 2

Mark A. Granquist (Editor), Eric Lund (Editor)

This unique collection of excerpts from Lutheran historical and theological documents—many translated here for the first time—presents readers with a full picture of how the...

The Collected Sermons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Volume 2

Victoria J. Barnett (Author), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author)

In his preaching, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's strong, personal faith—the foundation for everything he did—shines in the darkness of Hitler's Third Reich and in the church struggle against it. Though not overtly political, Bonhoeffer's deep concern for the developments in his world is revealed in his sermons as he seeks to draw the listener into conversation with the promises and claims of the gospel—a conversation readers today are invited to join.

Faithful Economics: 25 Short Insights

Daniel K. Finn (Author)

Careful moral reflection and action are important across all of modern life, but they are especially critical in matters of economics. Faithful Economics is the ideal guide for navigating this complex arena and coming to a deeper understanding of how our faith and our economic lives intersect. The book is organized in twenty-five short lessons, each of which illuminates the issues, explains the questions, and leaves the reader with clarity and understanding.

The Hindu Traditions: A Concise Introduction

Mark W. Muesse (Author)

Renowned lecturer Mark W. Muesse brings readers into an encounter with the world's oldest living religious tradition, known as Hinduism. Muesse's brief survey...

Naming Neoliberalism: Exposing the Spirit of Our Age

Rodney Clapp (Author)

Neoliberalism is the spirit of our age. It consists of a panoply of cultural, political, and economic practices that set marketized competition at the center of social life. Though regnant, neoliberalism likes to hide. Naming Neoliberalism aims to expose the order to a wider range of readers--pastors, thoughtful laypersons, and students. It lays out what neoliberalism is, where it has come from, and how it can be confronted through and in the church.

Israel: A Christian Grammar

Paul J. Griffiths (Author)

Israel: A Christian Grammar proposes and defends the theses that the church and the synagogue together constitute Israel; that each is irrevocably promised intimacy with the same God; and that the synagogue should be understood by the church to be more intimate with that God than she is herself.

Lutherans in America: A New History

Mark A. Granquist (Author)

In this lively and engaging new history, Granquist brings to light not only the institutions that Lutherans founded and sustained but the people that lived within them. This shows the complete story—not only the policies and the politics, but the piety and the practical experiences of the Lutheran men and women who lived and worked in the American context.

Understanding World Christianity: Russia

Scott M. Kenworthy (Author), Alexander S. Agadjanian (Author), Dyron B. Daughrity (Series Editor)

In a world where Christianity is growing everywhere but the West, the Understanding World Christianity series offers a fresh, readable orientation to Christianity around the world. Understanding World Christianity: Russia offers a compelling glimpse into the vibrant and complex picture of Christianity in the Russian context. It is ideal for students, mission leaders, and any others who wish to understand Christianity in the Russian context.

Pathways to Hindu-Christian Dialogue

Anantanand Rambachan (Author)

Drawing from the author's experience of long involvement in Hindu-Christian dialogue, Anantanand Rambachan focuses on dialogue and relationships between these two traditions. This book discusses issues of deep controversy, such as conversion and caste, and explores possible areas for mutual learning and enrichment for Hindus and Christians.

Faith-Based Health Justice: Transforming Agendas of Faith Communities

Ville Päivänsalo (Editor), Ayesha Ahmad (Editor), George Zachariah (Editor), Mari Stenlund (Editor)

In Faith-Based Health Justice, scholars mine critical insights into the promotion of health justice across Christian and Islamic faith traditions and beyond. Contributors consider what health justice might mean today, if developed in accordance with faith traditions whose commandment to care for the poor, ill, and marginalized lies at the core of their theology. And what kind of transformation would be needed in the face of the health justice challenges today?

Atlas of Christian History

Tim Dowley (Author)

Consciously written for students at any level, the volume is perfect for independent students, as well as those in structured courses.

A Brief Introduction to Buddhism

Tim Dowley (Editor), Christopher Partridge (General Editor)

This brief introduction to Buddhism is designed to help readers understand this important religious tradition. With both nuance and balance, this text provides broad coverage...

Passion for Nothing: Kierkegaard’s Apophatic Theology

Peter Kline (Author)

The main contention of this book is that Kierkegaard’s apophaticism is an ethical-religious difficulty, concerning itself with the "whylessness" of existence. This is a theme that Kierkegaard inherits from the philosophical and theological traditions stemming from Meister Eckhart. The book examines Kierkegaard’s apophaticism with reference to five themes: indirect communication, God, faith, hope, and love. Across these themes, the aim is to lend voice to "the unruly energy of the unsayable" and, in doing so, let Kierkegaard’s theological, spiritual, and philosophical provocation remain a living one for us today.

Divine Simplicity: A Biblical and Trinitarian Account

Jordan P. Barrett (Author)

The Christian church has consistently confessed that the triune God of the gospel is simple and therefore beyond composition. The various divine attributes do not...

Obstacles to Stillness: Thoughts, Hindrances, and Self-Surrender in Evagrius and the Buddha

Shodhin K. Geiman (Author)

This book compares the "obstacles" to prayer discussed by the 4th-century monk Evagrius of Pontus with similar "hindrances" found in the scriptures of Buddhist tradition. Offering a fresh approach to Buddhist-Christian dialogue, Geiman focuses on the difficulties faced, and tools used, by both communities in their forms of contemplative practice.

Everyday Wisdom: Interreligious Studies in a Pluralistic World

Hans Gustafson (Author)

Everyday Wisdom is an introduction for lived religion, interreligious studies, and interfaith engagement and leadership. Tying together the aims and learning objectives of interreligious-studies courses, the book proposes a framework for interreligious studies and interfaith leadership, aiming to be a core text in undergraduate and graduate study.

Tao te Ching: Power for the Peaceful

Lao Tzu (Author), Marc Mullinax (Translator)

Marc Mullinax's new translation combines a deep understanding of the Tao te Ching's context with a two-part application to contemporary life.

Each of the eighty-one verses is joined by an array of quotes, poems, and stories. With quotes ranging from Emerson to Pink Floyd, the Tao's meaning comes alive in conversation with others.

A brief reflection highlights the transformative power of Wu-Wei--"non-interfering action, perfectly timed," to bring joy and justice to the world.

A Brief Introduction to Islam

Tim Dowley (Editor), Christopher Partridge (General Editor)

This brief introduction to Islam is designed to help readers understand this important religious tradition.  With both nuance and balance, this text provides broad coverage...

Atlas of World Religions

Tim Dowley (Author)

Understanding the where of the world's religious traditions is an important component of understanding the what. Now, as part of a brand-new series of atlas...