Augsburg Fortress

Proclamation and Celebration: Preaching on Christmas, Easter, and Other Festivals

Proclamation and Celebration focuses homiletically on the six principal festivals of the church year: Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, and Holy Trinity...

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Becoming an Anti-Racist Church: Journeying toward Wholeness

Martin Luther King's observation that 11 a.m. on Sunday is the most segregated hour of the week remains all too true. Christians addressing racism in American...

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Year of Plenty: One Suburban Family. . .in Pursuit of Christian Living

In 2008, Pastor Craig Goodwin and his young family embarked on a year-long experiment to consume only what was local, used, homegrown, or homemade. In...

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The Pastor: A Spirituality

Renowned liturgical theologian Gordon Lathrop has composed a rich, meditative, and explicitly ecumenical spirituality for working pastors - whatever and...

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Beyond Maintenance to Mission: A Theology of the Congregation

Here, in a newly revised edition, is a powerful and pertinent guide for congregations wanting to move away from 'maintenance thinking' to powerful, creative...

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Luther: Out of the Storm

The first major biography of Martin Luther in English in many years, Luther: Out of the Storm responds to recent Reformation scholarship to assess Luther's...

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Cómo estudiar la Biblia: How to Study the Bible

Conozca su Biblia, developed in partnership with the Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana and the Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission unit...

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Looking Anxiety in the Face: Wisdom for All Who Worry

In this simple book Herb Brokering comes face-to-face with many of his own anxieties and in the process teaches readers to quiet the noisy worries they confront...

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La Biblia en español: Cómo nos llegó: The Spanish Bible: How It Came to Be

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Crisis Counseling: Third Edition

Crisis Counseling unites the historic skills of pastoral care and counseling with current methods of crisis intervention from the fields of psychology and...

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Determining the Form

This fifth title in the Elements of Preaching series offers preaching students and clergy an overview of some of the most common sermonic forms and provides...

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Priesthood, Pastors, Bishops: Public Ministry for the Reformation & Today

Today's Protestant churches are often rent by disagreement and dissent over the office of bishop, the roles of the ordained, and myriad forms of lay ministry. ...

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Knowing the Context: Frames, Tools, and Signs for Preaching

While everyone might affirm that preaching needs to engage its listeners deeply, the initial move for novice preachers is to think this can be attained by...

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Understanding and Dismantling Racism: The Twenty-First Century Challenge to White America

More than 15 years have passed since Joe Barndt wrote his influential and widely acclaimed Dismantling Racism (1991, Augsburg Books). He has now written a...

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Christian Education as Evangelism

Christian Education as Evangelism provides skills and tools for evangelical outreach. Each chapter includes stories, questions for reflection, and practical...

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In Over Our Heads: Meditations on Grace

Crafted as an engaging resource for readers on their own journey of faith, In Over Our Heads, focuses on themes of grace and discipleship. Included are...

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What Can I Do?: Ideas to Help Those Who Have Experienced Loss

Barbara A. Glanz knows grief from personal experience. Her son died at a very young age and her husband of many years died recently. Although the ideas in the...

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The Unfolding Drama of the Bible: Fourth Edition

In this concise and accessible volume, newly revised, one of the most revered contemporary biblical theologians introduces the first-time reader to the dramatic...

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Cómo se formó la Biblia: How the Bible Was Formed

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The Jonah Factor: Thirteen Spiritual Steps to Finding the Job of a Lifetime

Extensively researched, The Jonah Factor provides a step-by-step approach to helping Christians discern what jobs, careers, and volunteer activities will...

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