Fortress Press

Faith and Human Rights: Christianity and the Global Struggle for Human Dignity

Richard Amesbury (Author), George M. Newlands (Author)

The UN's 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights stands as a highpoint of twentieth-century moral deliberation, yet sixty years later human rights are widely...

Faithful yet Changing: The Church in Challenging Times

Mark S. Hanson (Author)

"I have a passion for the gospel of Jesus Christ, a love for the people of God, and an ache for the brokenness of the world," declares Mark S. Hanson, newly...

From The Parish For The Life Of The World

Stephen P. Bouman (Author), Martin E. Marty (Foreword by)

This is a book about the parish, written from the heart of parish life. Its heart is an edited collection of Lutheran Forum articles, with other published work...

Future Faith: Ten Challenges Reshaping Christianity in the 21st Century

Wesley Granberg-Michaelson (Author)

In Future Faith: Ten Challenges Reshaping Christianity in the 21st Century author Wesley Granberg-Michaelson provides a lucid view of how the top ten winds of change blowing through...

Godly Play: An Imaginative Approach to Religious Education

Jerome W. Berryman (Author)

A practical yet innovative approach to religious education -- becoming childlike in order to teach children. Godly Play invites us to consider spiritual...

Healing Bodies and Souls: A Practical Guide for Congregations

W. Daniel Hale (Author), Harold G. Koenig (Author)

As healthcare leaders widely recognize, churches are second homes to their members and ideally situated—indeed called—to serve their communities...

Lives Entrusted: An Ethic of Trust for Ministry

Barbara J. Blodgett (Author)

Behind all the issues of ministerial conduct and character lies a simple reality. The heart of ministerial ethics and integrity, argues Barbara Blodgett, is...

Living Lutheran: Renewing Your Congregation

Dave Daubert (Author)

Kelly Fryer's book Reclaiming the L Word introduced one congregation's journey through renewal. Now Dave Daubert provides a practical how-to guide that will...

Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families

Robert H. Albers (Editor), William H. Meller (Editor), Steven D. Thurber (Editor)

Those who are afflicted as well as those who are adversely affected by mental illness often live lives of "quiet desperation" without recourse to appropriate assistance...

Power Surge: Six Marks of Discipleship for a Changing Church

Michael W. Foss (Author)

A powerful plan to transform church members into impassioned disciples. Drawing on his experience at Prince of Peace, Foss makes the case for transforming...

Practicing Care in Rural Congregations and Communities

Jeanne Hoeft (Author), L. Shannon Jung (Author), Joretta L. Marshall (Author)

Small towns and rural areas have particular challenges, and in seeking to live out the Christian life in the midst of those, local churches have unique and useful insights into what it means to care for one another.

Premarital Guidance

Charles W. Taylor (Author)

Deeply rooted in the traditions of the church, Charles Taylor brings both the resources of faith and the skills of contemporary psychology to bear in the...

Professional Sexual Ethics: A Holistic Ministry Approach

Patricia Beattie Jung (Editor), Darryl W. Stephens (Editor)

Sexual health is an essential part of maintaining professional relationships in ministry.

Teaching the Bible: The Discourses and Politics of Biblical Pedagogy

Fernando F. Segovia (Editor), Mary Ann Tolbert (Editor)

The Evangelizing Church: A Lutheran Contribution

Richard H. Bliese (Editor), Craig Van Gelder (Editor)

In a series of engaging essays and responses, the book explores how evangelism has functioned within Lutheranism...

The Pastor: Readings From the Patristic Period

Philip L Culbertson (Author), Bradford Shippee (Author)

Transforming Leadership: New Vision for a Church in Mission

Norma Cook Everist (Author), Craig L. Nessan (Author)

Transforming Leadership sets forth the core values and leadership practices that can bring fundamental transformation to the life of the local church. Based on...

Visible Words: The Interpretation and Practice of Christian Sacraments

Robert W. Jenson (Author)

Robert W. Jenson is a leading American Lutheran theologian. He has taught at many institutions, including Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, the Lutheran Seminary...

Who Is the Church? An Ecclesiology for the Twenty-First Century

Cheryl M. Peterson (Author)

Peterson places the questions of the church's identity and mission into a conversation with the primary ecclesiological paradigms of the past century.

Wide Welcome: How the Unsettling Presence of Newcomers Can Save the Church

Jessicah Krey Duckworth (Author)

Jessicah Krey Duckworth presents the stark differences between the established congregation and the disestablished one, intentionally equipped to facilitate the encounter between new and established members.