SPRING 2021 ACADEMIC CATALOG Contents

In the academy. Theology & Ethics 1 In the classroom. Biblical Studies 8 In the church.

Christian History 12 From its origins in the early 1960s, Fortress Press has established an enviable position as a premier World Religions 14 publisher of compelling theological, biblical, and ethical engagements for the church and the world in which it lives. Our books lead global conversations Textbook Chart 20 among scholars, teachers, leaders, and learners.

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Emma Schlabach, Marketing Coordinator THEOLOGY / ETHICS Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology JOHN B. COBB JR.

In the academy. In the fifty years since its initial publication,Is It Too Late? has proven its prescience in ways both significant and dire. As the first book-length philosophical In the classroom. and theological analysis of the environmental crisis, this work introduced a generation to the key elements of crisis while suggesting ways that religion can be a force for hope rather than an instrument of despair. Covering an ambitious range In the church. of issues--from deforestation to abortion, from religious views of the natural world to the need for technological innovation to avoid nature's destruction--John Cobb moves deftly from philosophical to theological to scientific learning and integrates these interdisciplinary insights into a compelling vision for what he calls "a new Christianity." Comprehensive in scope, non-technical in expression, and concise in length, Is It Too Late? provides the scholar and the student alike with a readable and compelling orientation to the philosophical and theological stakes of ecology. $24.00 This Fortress edition includes a new preface in which Cobb reflects on the current 9781506471235 situation, the specific promises and perils we now face, and how his own thinking Paperback on matters theological and ecological has evolved in the last half century. 04/20/2021

Resurrected to Eternal Life On Dying and Rising JÜRGEN MOLTMANN

In this deeply personal and daring meditation, eminent theologian Jürgen Moltmann challenges many closely held beliefs about the experience of dying, the nature of death, and the hope of eternal life. Moving deftly between biblical, theological, and existential domains, Moltmann argues that while we know intimately the experience of dying--both our loved ones' dying and, ultimately, our own--death itself is a mystery. Are those who have died in fact dead? If the dead are alive, how or in what respect? When the dead awaken to eternal life, who wakes? Moltmann's interrogations yield surprising and beautiful fruits. The living soul that awakens to eternal life is not a ghost in a machine, but the Lebensgestalt, the shape and story of a life, its human and divine contexts, its "whole." $24.99 Drawing on themes from his oeuvre's entire arc,Resurrected to Eternal Life 9781506469393 testifies to the inner unity of Moltmann's theology: the cross, the Spirit, Hardcover the kingdom, the end, and the hope that makes the end present here and 04/13/2021 now. Seasoned readers of Moltmann will find in these pages a capstone of a lifetime of theological exploration, while those new to his complex thought will find a concise and elegant entry point into his voluminous work.

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Pilgrim Letters Instruction in the Basic Teaching of Christ CURTIS W. FREEMAN

In Pilgrim Letters, Curtis Freeman takes disciples on a contemporary journey into an ancient faith. The book is a series of letters written by "Interpreter" to "Pilgrim" that provide "instruction in the basic teaching of Christ" for candidates preparing to be baptized. The letters are framed by a short catechism based on the six principles enumerated in Hebrews 6:1-2--repentance, faith, baptism, laying on of hands, resurrection, and eternal judgment. The letters lead Pilgrim (the disciple/catechumen/baptismal candidate) step by step through the basics of Christian faith. Each letter explores one of the principles by providing a simple explanation and setting the practice within a broad biblical, historical, and theological context. The theological tenor of the letters is evangelical-catholic, free church-ecumenical, and ancient-future. A set of discussion questions follows each letter as does a short bibliography for further $22.00 reading. Each letter begins with an image from William Blake's illustrations of John 9781506470504 Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress and exemplifying the subject of the letter, followed Hardcover by an epigraph from the story that fits into the themes of the catechism. 03/09/2021

Elements of Christian Thought A Basic Course in Christianese EUGENE F. ROGERS JR.

In the spring of 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted classrooms around the world, teachers scrambled to convert their lectures and presentations into a format more conducive to online and distance learning. For Eugene Rogers, this meant transcribing as closely as possible the spoken lectures that have made his Introduction to Christian Thought course at UNC Greensboro, a course he has taught some forty times, justly famous.The result is this book: an insightful, winsome, and engaging introduction to the history of Christian thought by a teacher at the height of his craft. For Rogers, the history of Christian thought is the story of a language--it's "Christianese," if you will--that participants use to frame their agreements $24.99 and their disagreements alike. From Anselm to Wyschogrod, Rogers 9781506473833 introduces us to the most interesting speakers of Christianese and their Hardcover importance, enabling us to both listen in on and take part in the living 05/25/2021 conversation about God's activity in and for our world.

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Black Power and the American Myth 50th Anniversary Edition C. T. VIVIAN

In 1970, C. T. Vivian, a close colleague of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a member of his executive staff, sat down to take stock of the civil rights movement and the progress it had made. His assessment was that it failed, and that the blame lay in the existence of myths about America. As prophetic today as it was 50 years ago, Vivian's voice rings out as a critique and a call to action for a society in deep need of justice and peace. The civil rights struggle that began when Rosa Parks, a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, decided to sit in the front of a bus has deeply altered American society and the American conscience. Yet from several perspectives, that movement has resulted in failure. The Black struggle for independence is more of an uphill climb than ever.

$21.95 C. T. Vivian asserts that the civil rights movement failed because it was built on 9781506478999 certain myths about America: The myth that Americans will do what is right as Hardcover soon as they know what is right, the myth that legislation leads to justice, the myth that America is an open society where any minority group can advance, and the 02/02/2021 myth that an ethic of love forms the core of the American conscience.

Open Wounds A Story of Racial Tragedy, Trauma, and Redemption PHIL ALLEN JR.

On December 10, 1953, tragedy was visited on a family when Nathaniel Allen was murdered on the Sampit River by his white employer, who lured him into the meeting under the false promise of reconciliation. Allen's death was recorded as an accidental drowning, a deliberate cover-up of the bullet hole seen by more than one witness. Three generations later, Phil Allen Jr. revisits this harrowing story and recounts the "baton of bitterness" that this murder passed down in his family. Through interviews, difficult conversations, and deep theological reflection, Allen takes up the challenge of racism today, naming it for what it is and $24.00 working to chart a path toward reconciliation. 9781506469331 Open Wounds, and the documentary that accompanies it, is a Paperback transformative experience of listening and learning as a grandson looks, 02/09/2021 laments, an ultimately leads his family and his society forward toward a just and reconciled future. It's an essential part of our national reckoning with racism and injustice.

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A Nonviolent Theology of Love Peacefully Confessing the Apostles Creed SHARON L. BAKER PUTT

The impetus behind the ease with which the church has periodically justified violent behavior lies in its conceptual image of God as a violent deity. This book emerges out of a passion to think differently--albeit biblically--about the character of God and articulates a theological construction of a nonviolent God--an alternative to any image of God that seems to condone human violence. It calls the church to rethink theology as something other than what might be termed "redemptive violence" and encourages Christians to reinterpret Scripture and traditional theological beliefs in ways that are more faithful to the God disclosed in Jesus of Nazareth. $26.00 Students of theology need a fresh glimpse of the love, mercy, and redemptive power of God 9781506424934 through Jesus. As it follows the structure of the Apostles' Creed through the various theological Paperback topics, this book reminds Christians to share in God's desires for peace and love and to recommit 02/02/2021 themselves to the call of God to be "ministers of reconciliation" and lovers of both neighbors and enemies even while, at times, responding to violence with nonviolent resistance.

The Art of Living for A Technological Age ASHLEY JOHN MOYSE AND SCOTT A. KIRKLAND (editors)

The Art of Living for A Technological Age sketches the crisis of our late modern age, where persons are enamored by the promises of progress and disciplined to form by the power of technology-- the ontology of our age. Yet, it also offers a response, attending to those performative activities, educative and transformative social practices that might allow us to live humanly and bear witness to human being (becoming) for a technological age.

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Who Rules the World Divine Providence and the Existence of Evil HANS SCHWARZ

Over a career spanning more than fifty years, Hans Schwarz has grappled with nearly all of Christianity's major theological questions. In this latest volume, Schwarz tackles the perennial problem of evil. How is it possible to reconcile the manifest evil and pain in the world with the biblical promise of hope and redemption? Are we, in fact, "lonely wanderers in the immensity of the universe about whom nobody cares," or is there something above and beyond us in which we can trust? To this perennial question Schwarz brings his signature blend of pastoral sensitivity and scholarly acumen. Informed by decades in the classroom, Schwarz offers a sweeping survey of views of the problem of evil, beginning with the world's major religious traditions before focusing on the major views across the broad span of Christian history. $29.00 9781506469263 The book aims to help readers interested in the problem of evil understand the broad sweep of human thought about the problem, and make informed Paperback assessments of the issue for themselves. 03/30/2021

A Future without Walls Confronting Our Divisions T. RICHARD SNYDER

A Future without Walls offers a comprehensive and complex analysis of Othering, while unveiling the connections between our divisions and the roots, forms, and consequences of the walls that have been erected. It also offers concrete steps forward to help us dismantle these walls.

In A Future without Walls, T. Richard Snyder draws upon his half-century of activism in the struggle for justice and weaves analysis, prescription, and personal story throughout. Racism, extreme nationalism, xenophobia, gender abuse, bullying, and religious intolerance are all on the rise globally. Walls that many thought had been torn down are now being rebuilt. Those people who are different, and even those who differ, are treated as Other.A Future without Walls is a lamentation for the tragedy of Othering and a clarion call for justice. The dividing walls are more than a problem calling for a quick fix. They are embedded in both $24.99 our history and our current culture and demand fundamental transformation. 9781506466033 Paperback Snyder analyzes the entangled fabric of Othering: its history, roots, various forms, 01/19/2021 and inevitable violent consequences. Countering this tragedy are the voices of activists, mystics, scientists, philosophers, and theologians--black and white, indigenous and cosmopolitan, Christian, Jew, and Buddhist, female and male- -each of whom urges us to embrace rather than exclude. This universal moral imperative is a call to action.

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6 | Questions for our textbook adoption consultant? [email protected] Racism, Religion, and Responsibility Murders and marches. Voter suppression and disenfranchisement. Public health crises and economic precarity. The events of the past year have exposed yet again the depth and durability of American racism. America’s hands remain unclean. As teachers and researchers, leaders and scholars, we have a professional and moral obligation to commit our time, attention, and resources to understanding racist systems and their histories and to forging solidarity with those suffering in them. We must take responsibility for ourselves and those in our care. To that end, Fortress Press highlights these books by influential Black theologians and thinkers. It isn’t a comprehensive bibliography. But it is a place to begin.

Black Power and the American Open Wounds Black Suffering Myth A Story of Racial Tragedy, Trauma, Silent Pain, Hidden Hope 50th Anniversary Edition and Redemption James Henry Harris C. T. Vivian Phil Allen Jr. $24.99 | 9781506464381 $21.95 | 9781506478999 $24.00 | 9781506469331 10/06/2020 02/02/21 02/09/2021

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See more A critical and historical volumes commentary on the Bible online

The Hermeneia commentary series seeks to offer authoritative interpretation of the earliest texts of the biblical books and other literature closely related to the Bible. Hermeneia is designed to be a critical and historical commentary to the Bible without arbitrary limits in size or scope.

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The Bible An Introduction, Third Edition JERRY L. SUMNEY

What is the Bible? How did it get to us? Why are translations so different? And what influence has the Bible had on culture? From its very first pages,The Bible: An Introduction, Third Edition, offers clear answers to the most basic questions that first-time students and curious inquirers bring to the Bible. Without presuming either prior knowledge of the Bible or a particular attitude toward it, Jerry L. Sumney uses straightforward language to lead the reader on an exploration of the Bible's contents and the history of its writings, showing how critical methods help readers understand what they find in the Bible. Filled with maps, charts, illustrations, and color photographs to enhance the student's $59.00 experience with the text. 9781506466781 This third edition offers a number of revisions and a new section on the Paperback deuterocanonical books. Neither polemical nor apologetic, The Bible presents the 01/05/2021 ▴ biblical writings as the efforts of men and women in the past to understand their ▴ Denotes short discount lives and their world in light of the ways they understood the divine.

How to Read Paul A Brief Introduction to His Theology, Writings, and World YUNG SUK KIM

How to Read Paul provides an incisive, yet brief, examination of Paul as a writer and theologian steeped in the cultural, intellectual, and religious crossroads of the ancient world. Through an analysis of Paul's undisputed letters, Yung Suk Kim explores and explains Paul's key theological concepts and situates them in their proper cultural context. By placing Paul in the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman worlds that informed his thinking, this book reexamines familiar themes in his letters, such as gospel, righteousness, and faith. In so doing, How to Read Paul provides teachers, students, and interested lay readers with a clear, user-friendly portrait of the apostle, informed by a critical, yet appreciative, integration of the new perspective on Paul, emphasizing the faithfulness of Christ as well as believers' participation in Christ. The first few chapters give an overview of $32.00 Paul and his letters, while the remaining chapters deal with key theological 9781506471440 concepts and their cultural contexts. Discussion questions at the end of Paperback each chapter help students focus their reading and reflection on central 04/13/2021 elements, features, and themes. How to Read Paul is an ideal textbook for both undergraduate and seminary classrooms and a helpful guide for professors, clergy, and lay readers.

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Introduction to the Hebrew Bible Third Edition JOHN J. COLLINS

John J. Collins's Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is one of the most reliable and widely adopted critical textbooks at undergraduate and graduate levels alike, and for good reason. Enriched by decades of classroom teaching, it is aimed explicitly at motivated students, regardless of their previous exposure to the Bible or faith commitments. The third edition is presented in a new and engaging format with new maps and images. An index has been added to the volume for the first time. $69.00 | 9781506469249 | Paperback | 04/01/2018 ▴

A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible Third Edition JOHN J. COLLINS

John J. Collins's A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible has become a popular option for college and seminary classrooms. Enriched by decades of classroom teaching, it is aimed explicitly at motivated students, regardless of their previous exposure to the Bible. This more compact version of Collins's renowned Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is combined with even more student- friendly features. The third edition is presented in a new and engaging format with new maps and images. An index has been added to the volume for the first time. $49.00 | 9781506445991 | Paperback | 04/01/2018 ▴

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Luther’s Outlaw God Volume 3: Sacraments and God’s Attack on the Promise STEVEN D. PAULSON

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. $34.00 | 9781506469249 | Paperback | 02/16/2021

Stories from Global Lutheranism A Historical Timeline MARTIN J. LOHRMANN In an engaging and accessible style, Martin 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. $29.00 | 9781506464572 | Paperback | 01/12/2021

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Tao te Ching Power for the Peaceful LAO TZU, MARC MULLINAX (translator)

Although translations and interpretations of the Tao te Ching abound and new editions are released yearly, few accomplish the hard work of linking and bridging the Tao's profound message to the needs of modern readers. There may be a profusion of versions, but our lives and our world reflect little of the deep, transformative potential of this important text.

Marc S. Mullinax's new translation grows from extensive teaching experience Tao Te Ching and combines a deep understanding of the Tao's fourth-century BCE Chinese Power for the Peaceful context with an exciting two-part application of that text to contemporary life. A new translation by Marc Mullinax First, each of the eighty-one verses is joined by a richly curated array of quotes, sayings, poems, and stories from wisdom traditions around the globe. With quotes ranging from Emerson to Pink Floyd, and from the apostle Paul to Margaret Atwood, the Tao's meaning comes alive in conversation with others. $16.99 Second, a brief reflection puts the verse in historical context and highlights 9781506469867 the transformative power of Wu-Wei, the "non-interfering action, perfectly Paperback timed, to promote peace and prevent injury," to bring joy and justice to a 04/06/2021 hurting world.

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Liberating Luther A Lutheran Theology from Latin America VITOR WESTHELLE, ROBERT A. BUTTERFIELD (translator)

Until his untimely death in 2018, Vitor Westhelle's incisive and probing thought on the church, Luther, and theology shaped a generation. As a continuation of that rich legacy, presented here for the first time in English, is a collection of Westhelle's finest Portuguese-language essays. As a dedicated theologian of the cross, he was committed to saying things as they are, and that meant fearlessly cutting to the heart of complex matters. In this collection, Westhelle addresses important issues such as the cross of Jesus and its relation to death today; the difficulty (even impossibility) of human communication; the ecological crisis as a fundamentally religious problem; the ecumenical movement and its complicity with class interests; the church's misuse of mission and power; Lutheranism's misunderstanding of Luther’s law-gospel dialectic; and the role of European theology in making the conquest of the $29.00 Americas such a disaster. 9781506469621 Paperback 04/27/2021

Making Sense of the Sacred The Meaning of World Religions JAMES L. ROWELL What is the overarching meaning of the world's religions? Textbooks relay what the religions believe and leave it at that. But the more puzzling questions—Which of them is true? How do all viewpoints fit together or challenge one another?--are left unaddressed. Like an unfinished puzzle, the myriad religions present themselves to us as countless pieces, but their relationship to each other and ultimate importance escape us. Can the religions of the world really agree on anything or fit into a common narrative or singular image? This work argues that despite the disagreements and contradictions among world religions, a universal message can be found by studying them with care. It offers a comprehensive examination of religions and their meaning, uniquely bound by the hope and affirmation that $34.00 in some way they are universally connected. It affirms universalisma 9781506468082 by wisdom, which contends that a moral and spiritual wisdom can be Paperback found in many of the world's religions. Understood and interpreted 05/18/2021 properly, religions can help all people lead good and meaningful lives.

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The Spirit Shaped Church A Spirit Ecclesiology in India SWARUP BÅR

In The Spirit Shaped Church, Swarup Bår argues that the church is defined by its relationship with others. A relational church depends on the porousness of its borders, which means that, while a church has its distinctiveness, it ought to be open to negotiate relational engagements with the world around it. This sort of relationally distinct, permeable church is found to be possible through the leading of the Spirit and the work of Christ. Such engagement is found to be relevant in a plural, religio-cultural context and in situations of marginalization in India.

The Spirit Shaped Church reflects an ongoing commitment on the part of Fortress Press to engage $26.00 the needs of Christian communities around the world. The book is aimed at teachers, clergy, 9781506466897 students, and anyone with an interest in the lived experience of Christians in India. Paperback 02/23/2021

Understanding World Christianity Russia

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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. $29.00 | 9781451472509 | Paperback | 02/23/2021

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Faith-Based Health Justice Transforming Agendas of Faith Communities VILLE PÄIVÄNSALO, AYESHA AHMAD, GEORGE ZACHARIAH, MARI STENLUND

In Faith-Based Health Justice, a stellar assembly of scholars mines critical insights into the promotion of health justice across Christian and Islamic faith traditions and beyond. Contributors to the volume 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 of both faith traditions and public policies would be needed in the face of the health justice challenges in our turbulent time? $34.00 Contributors to the volume come from a wide range of backgrounds, and the result will be 9781506465425 of interest to scholars and students in social ethics, development studies, global theology, Paperback interreligious studies, and global health as well as experts, practitioners, and policy-makers in 02/16/2021 health and development work.

World Christianity, Urbanization and Identity MOSES O. BINEY, KENNETH N. NGWA, RAIMUNDO C. BARRETO JR. (editors)

World Christianity, Urbanization and Identity argues that urban centers do not only offer places for persons to live, shop, and seek entertainment, but deeply shape people's ethics, behavior, sense of justice, and how they learn to become human. Given that religious participation and institutions are vital to individual and communal life, particularly in urban centers, this interdisciplinary volume provides insights into the interaction between urban change and religious formation in the word today. $29.00 | 9781506448473 | Paperback | 02/09/2021

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Introduction to World Religions Third Edition CHRISTOPHER PARTRIDGE and TIM DOWLEY

This leading textbook for world religion is designed to help students in their study and research of the world's religious traditions. Introductory sections on understanding religion and the religions of antiquity lay the foundation for the study of the numerous religious traditions highlighted in the volume, including indigenous religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, and Chinese, Korean, and Japanese religions. This third edition has several updates, including a new design, a new section on women and religion, and a newly revised section on religions in today's world.

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A Short Introduction to World Religions Third Edition CHRISTOPHER PARTRIDGE and TIM DOWLEY

This leading textbook for world religions is now available in a more concise version. Many of the features of Introduction to World Religions are retained in this volume but with focus on the religious traditions themselves. Also retained are the user-friendly charts of religious festivals, historic timelines, updated maps of the world's religions, and a useful glossary.

$49.00 | 9781506445953 | Paperback | 05/01/2018 ▴

A Brief Introduction to Christianity A Brief Introduction to Islam $19.00 | 9781506450322 | 140 pages ▴ $19.00 | 9781506450360 | 124 pages ▴

A Brief Introduction to Judaism A Brief Introduction to Buddhism $19.00 | 9781506450407 | 140 pages ▴ $19.00 | 9781506450308 | 108 pages ▴

A Brief Introduction to Hinduism A Brief Introduction to Jainism and Sikhism $19.00 | 9781506450346 | 104 pages ▴ $19.00 | 9781506450384 | 132 pages ▴

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World Religions

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