Fortress Press

2 Chronicles: A Commentary

Ralph W. Klein (Author), Paul D. Hanson (Editor)

Ralph W. Klein's magisterial commentary on 1 and 2 Chronicles is now complete. Klein brings to lively expression the unique theological voice of the Chronicler...

Experiencing Gospel: The History and Creativity of Martin Luther's 1534 Bible Project

Gordon A. Jensen (Author), Robert Kolb (Foreword by)

Jensen's analysis of the 1534 Luther Bible uncovers a central truth of Luther's translation: his commitment to producing this object was founded in his desire that receiving the gospel might become a lived experience. Jensen demonstrates how the seven words and phrases Luther highlighted in his edition summarize his entire theological message.

Judith

Lawrence M. Wills (Author), Sidnie White Crawford (Volume Editor)

Judith is an ancient Jewish novella about a woman who saves Jerusalem by killing an invading general. Included in some early Christian versions of the Old Testament, its imagery and use of biblical motifs have played an important role in the Western tradition ever since. This commentary provides a detailed analysis of the text's composition and its meaning in its original historical context. It thoroughly surveys the history of Judith scholarship and the book's history of interpretation in paintings, sculpture, music, drama, and literature.

The Odes of Solomon

Michael Lattke (Author), Marianne Ehrhardt (Translator)

Known until the 18th century only from fragmentary quotations and references in patristic literature, more recent discoveries of Greek, Coptic, and Syriac...

Erotic Defiance: Womanism, Freedom, and Resistance

Courtney Bryant (Author)

Erotic Defiance considers the sacred and transformative power of the flesh, investigating the ethical and theological dimensions of the erotic experiences of Black women and performances of Black womanhood. Bryant approaches the erotic as a divine energy that manifests love through the flesh and makes healing, resistance, and self-making possible.

bell hooks' Spiritual Vision: Buddhist, Christian, and Feminist

Nadra Nittle (Author)

Widely heralded as a leading feminist scholar, bell hooks also identified as a Buddhist Christian who believed that love was the antidote to oppression. In bell hooks' Spiritual Vision, Nadra Nittle traces the spirituality in hooks' writings. The book shows hooks as a feminist and a believer who knit together her political and spiritual practices.

Luther's Outlaw God, Volume 2: Hidden in the Cross

Steven D. Paulson (Author)

In this second of three volumes addressing Luther's outlaw God, Steven D. Paulson uses several biblical figures to illustrate Luther's understanding of law and gospel and what this means for preaching. With remarkable depth and clarity Paulson explores the question: Where do we find a gracious God? Luther's answer was: not in the law! Where then? Only in the publicly executed and hated God, Jesus Christ, hidden in the cross.

Luther's Outlaw God Volume 3: Sacraments and God's Attack on the Promise

Steven D. Paulson (Author)

In this third of three volumes addressing Luther's outlaw God, Steven D. Paulson invites readers to embark on the deepest, hardest, most glorious of all God's ways of hiding: God hiding a third time in the preached word or sacraments. Paulson's grasp of historical, theological, and hermeneutical scholarship is on full display in this volume, but always in service of proclamation of the gospel. Readers and proclaimers: prepare to be provoked, enlightened, and inspired.

The Augsburg Confession: Renewing Lutheran Faith and Practice

Timothy J. Wengert (Author)

The Augsburg Confession is the single most-important confession of faith among Lutherans today. However, it is often taught either from a historical perspective or from a dogmatic one. Timothy J. Wengert situates the history and the theology of this document within the practice and life of faith and so shows just how relevant the Confession's witness is for today's Lutheran parishes and their leaders.

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, Third Edition

John J. Collins (Author)

A Leading Introduction to the Hebrew Bible John J. Collins's Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is one of the most reliable and widely adopted critical...

Introduction to World Religions, Third Edition

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

Exploring the world's religions This leading textbook for world religion is designed to help students in their study and research of the world's religious traditions....

Sin in Cultural Context: Understanding the Old Testament notion of ‘sin’ among the Kongo people of Brazzaville

Sabine Müri (Author)

This book examines the notion of "sin" in the Kongo culture through the lens of the Old Testament understanding of sin. It argues that the rich Old Testament imagery for sin is not captured by the Kongo word disumu; a wider vocabulary must be developed.

Microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Responding to the Voices of Poor People

Irene Banda Mutalima (Author)

The book offers lessons for microfinance practitioners from poor people in Zimbabwe and Zambia. It suggests that the church may provide a credible community leader for dialogue regarding poverty causes and solutions.

Slavs to Slavs in Mission: Identity of Czech Missionaries in Former Yugoslavia Countries

David Symon (Author)

This book explores Czech missionaries in the countries of the former Yugoslavia, with a focus on the national identity of the missionaries. The volume provides insight into mission dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe, with implications for other contexts as well.

In the Midst of Chaos: Caring for Children as Spiritual Practice

Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore (Author)

In the Midst of Chaos, by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, explores parenting as spiritual practice.

Both honest about the difficulties and attentive to the blessings present in everyday life, it explores how parents might use seven daily practices, such as play, reading, chores, and saying goodbye or goodnight, as rich opportunities to shape both parent and child morally and spiritually.

Understanding World Christianity: Mexico

Todd Hartch (Author)

Understanding World Christianity is a series devoted to exploring lived Christianity in diverse global contexts and regions. Noted experts present a balanced history of Christianity and a detailed discussion of the six key 'intersections' of Christianity in a given context including the historical, denominational, socio-political, geographical, biographical, and theological settings. Understanding World Christianity: Mexico is an ideal introduction for anyone who wishes to know how Christianity is lived in the Mexican context.

Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology

Oliver D. Crisp (Author)

Deviant Calvinism This book contributes to theological retrieval within the Reformed theology, and establishes a wider path to thinking Calvinism differently. It seeks to show that the Reformed tradition is much broader and more variegated than is often thought.

Daniel: A Commentary on the Book of Daniel

John J. Collins (Author)

The most comprehensive English-language commentary on Daniel in 65 years. Collins situates the Old Testament in its historical context and offers a full...

1 Enoch 2: A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch, Chapters 37-82

George W. E. Nickelsburg (Author), James C. VanderKam (Author)

1 Enoch presents interpreters with a complex knot of interrelated puzzles concerning the history of early Judaism, the trajectories of wisdom and apocalyptic...

Indexes and Supplementary Materials: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 17

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author), Victoria J. Barnett (Editor), Barbara Wojhoski (Editor), Mark Brocker (Editor)

The completion of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, the definitive English translation of the Critical Edition, represents a milestone in theological scholarship. Now, the editorial team has offered an essential companion to the entire series in the form of an index volume.