Augsburg Fortress

Pastoral Care and the Means of Grace

The emphasis on pastoral freedom is nearly spent—and found wanting. Many caregivers today are seeking to balance such freedom with a sense of God's...

Liberating Youth from Adolescence

Liberating youth through theological reflection on vocation Jeremy Paul Myers, a seasoned expert in youth and family ministry, calls the church to challenge the dominant...

Reviving the Congregation: Pastoral Leadership in a Changing Context

Dr. Foss here offers a compelling introduction to the new context in which we lead our congregations and the personal and congregational strategies that will offer a way forward.

They Are Us: Lutherans and Immigration

By virtue of Lutheranism's spiritual heritage and identity in America as an immigrant church, Lutherans are specially placed to give hopeful leadership about...

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Transforming Leadership: New Vision for a Church in Mission

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

Ending Poverty: A 20/20 Vision: A Guide for Individuals and Congregations

Ending Poverty invites people from varied faith backgrounds to commit themselves to the study of poverty issues and to just action on behalf of those who...

Chasing Down a Rumor: The Death of Mainline Denominations

Bacher and Inskeep believe that mainline denominations serve as caretakers of the important American expressions of Christianity, and if they are weak or lost,...

Executive Values: A Christian Approach to Organizational Leadership

What does it really take to add lasting value to your organization today? In Executive Values, Kurt Senske demonstrates how Christian values support long term...

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Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing

Doing Justice is an introductory theology of congregation-based community organizing rooted in the day-to-day struggles and hopes of urban ministry and in...

Holy Things: A Liturgical Theology

Cyril of Jerusalem wrote about "holy things." He thereby reflected the communion invitation used in his fourth-century liturgy to call...

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The Lord's Supper

This new release of Martin E. Marty's classic book on Holy Communion features a new study guide to help individual readers and study groups ponder the...

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The Preached God: Proclamation in Word and Sacrament

The Preached God speaks directly to preachers, calling them to deliver the truths of forgiveness, life, and salvation through both word and sacrament to all who listen.

Exploring Theology

Elaine A. Robinson introduces readers to the study of theology as a central task of all Christians and one that deserves careful and consistent attention. Following a lively examination of what theology is and how we do it, Robinson provides a basic map of the major doctrines of the faith and asks readers to consider their own beliefs at this important point in their journey.

Mediating Faith: Faith Formation in a Trans-media Era

The church struggles with media. Whether it is a denomination negotiating the 24-hour news cycle or a church evaluating how online games influence the youth group, the role of media in the church, and the importance of understanding media for the church, has never been greater.

Practicing Care in Rural Congregations and Communities

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.

Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families

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...

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...

Proclaiming the Gospel

This volume captures central emphases of the Lutheran tradition for use in preaching, especially its distinctive use of the Bible, its Archimedean theological...

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...