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Worldwide leader in biblical and theological studies. Fortress Press publishes resources intended to stimulate discussion of religious questions of significance to Christians and others and to provide useful resources for students and scholars, professionals in ministry, and general readers.
A History of Lutheranism
A unique and ambitious enterprise, Gritsch s A History of Lutheranism is the first-ever attempt at a history of global Lutheranism.
Documents from the History of Lutheranism, 1517 1750
edited by Eric Lund
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 Lutheran movement developed in its thought and practice. The volume proceeds chronologically from Luther's lifetime to the beginnings of the Enlightenment.
Luther the Reformer: The Story of the Man and His Career
by James M. Kittelson
Engaging and authoritative, Kittleson's important and popular biography is here represented with a new cover and new preface by the author. His single-volume biography has become a standard resource for those who wish to delve into the depths of the Reformer without drowning in a sea of scholarly concerns.
Who Is Christ for Us?
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
In the summer of 1933, Dietrich Bonhoeffer delivered powerful lectures that insisted Christians encounter Jesus Christ as a living person today, as well as in history and church life. Formulated in the face of the new Nazi regime, a decisive moment in Bonhoeffer s own commitment to the Confessing Church, his words drew attention to the living Christ as always the humiliated "man for others," the lodestar of Christian commitment and service.
On Christian Liberty
by Martin Luther
This timeless little classic communicates essential teachings of Martin Luther. The subject of Freedom is both timely and poignantly relevant today. For the Christian, this freedom is liberty from sin and death, and the opportunity to serve one s neighbor.
Church and State: Lutheran Perspectives
edited by by John R. Stumme & Robert W. Tuttle
In an age marked by controversy over public support of religious schools, federal encouragement of religious providers of social services, and sexuality education, the whole arena of church-state relations appears in flux.
The Difficult But Indispensable Church
edited by Norma Cook Everist
In this volume of fresh thinking about life in Christian community, twenty-one theologians from Wartburg Seminary strongly attest to Christ-centered community, offering new views of church as the indispensable site of radical Christian commitment and an essential healer for a hurting world.