Fortress Press

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.

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.

Stories from Global Lutheranism: A Historical Timeline

Martin J. Lohrmann (Author)

In an engaging and accessible style, Matrtin J. Lohrmann introduces readers to fascinating glimpses of faith, courage, and love in action within the global Lutheran community that now numbers over 70 million members in churches worldwide. This growth matches the expansive view of the church universal that the Reformers held when they presented the Augsburg Confession in 1530.

Teaching Reformation: Essays in Honor of Timothy J. Wengert

Luka Ilić (Editor), Martin J. Lohrmann (Editor), Amy Nelson Burnett (Contributor), Ulrich Bubenheimer (Contributor), Derek Cooper (Contributor), Mary Jane Haemig (Contributor), Scott Hendrix (Contributor), Erik H. Herrmann (Contributor), Robert Kolb (Contributor), Gordon W. Lathrop (Contributor), Mickey L. Mattox (Contributor), Richard A. Muller (Contributor), Paul Rorem (Contributor), Kirsi I. Stjerna (Contributor), Volker Leppin (Contributor), Stefan Rhein (Contributor), Theodore Dieter (Contributor), Irene Dingel (Contributor), Hans H. Wiersma (Contributor), Mark D. Tranvik (Contributor)

Presented on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, this collection of essays honors the life and work of Dr. Timothy J. Wengert, a pastor and noted Reformation historian who brings to scholarship a deep sense of its practical dimensions in the life of the church.

In these essays, Wengert's students, colleagues, and peers follow in their honoree's footsteps by highlighting the implications of a rich tapestry of Reformation topics.

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.

Sola: Christ, Grace, Faith, and Scripture Alone in Martin Luther's Theology

Volker Leppin (Author)

Leppin explores the four "solas" of the Reformation -- Christ, grace, faith, and scripture -- as both anchored in the culture of late-medieval devotion and representing new, firmly demarcated formulae. Leppin helps readers understand that in the journey toward new theological understandings, continuity and discontinuity were inextricably linked.

A New Song We Now Begin: Celebrating the Half Millennium of Lutheran Hymnals 1524-2024

Robin A. Leaver (Editor), Paul J. Grime (Contributor), Markus Rathey (Contributor), Joseph Herl (Contributor), Dianne M. McMullen (Contributor), Jon D. Vieker (Contributor), Paul Westermeyer (Contributor), Mark A. Granquist (Contributor), Daniel Zager (Contributor), Gracia Grindal (Contributor)

We tend to remember hymns one at a time. We forget that the reason we can do so is because they have been made available throughout the centuries in hymnals. This edited collection explores the 500-year tradition of Lutheran hymnal production, illustrating how these books have influenced Lutheran faith and worship practice over time.

Face to Face: Martin Luther's View of Reality

Robert Kolb (Author)

Kolb explores Luther's use of the Latin preposition coram - "face-to-face" - to demonstrate the foundational role of relationships in Luther's thought. For Luther, believers, fundamentally rooted in their relationship with the Creator of every person and thing, experience all of life's realities in relationship: with God, self, and others.