Augsburg Fortress

The Dialogue Comes of Age: Christian Encounters with Other Traditions

Increasingly world religious traditions present not just an intellectual or apologetic challenge to Christians but a daily encounter, a source of religious...

Occupied with Nonviolence: A Palestinian Woman Speaks

Jean Zaru, the longtime activist and Quaker leader from Ramallah, here brings home the pain and central convictions that animate Christian nonviolence and...

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Finding God in the Singing River: Christianity, Spirit, Nature

We live in an age of vast and rapid destruction of habitats and species. Yet Christianity holds great potential for healing this situation. Indeed, the Bible...

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In the End -- The Beginning: The Life of Hope

''In my end is my beginning,'' wrote T. S. Eliot, and Jürgen Moltmann's new book is a powerful testament to personal hope in chaotic, even catastrophic times. ...

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Homosexuality and the Bible: Two Views

Few recent issues have sparked such debate in the churches as homosexuality, same-sex unions, and ordination of gays and lesbians. A key point of contention is...

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The Cross in Our Context: Jesus and the Suffering World

In this small gem of theological reflection, North America's foremost "theologian of the cross" offers a profound and compelling contemplation on the...

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Church and State: Lutheran Perspectives

In an age marked by controversy over public support of religious schools, federal encouragement of religious providers of social services, and sexuality...

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Earth Habitat: Eco-Injustice and the Church's Response

This single volume gathers theologians from around the world to address three pressing questions: How can Christianity and Christian churches rethink...

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Soul in Society: The Making and Renewal of Social Christianity

Gary Dorrien's major work addresses the roots of and remedy to the current crisis in American Christian social ethics. Focusing on the story of American...

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Saving Images: The Presence of the Bible in Christian Liturgy

The Protestant Reformation emphasized the centrality of Scripture to Christian life; the twentieth-century liturgical movement emphasized the Bible's place at the heart of liturgy. But...

The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Jesus: Lord, Liar, Lunatic . . . Or Awesome?

Recognizing that the battle over Jesus is no longer a public debate between the skeptic and believer but an internal struggle in the heart of many disciples, Tripp Fuller argues that we continue to make christological claims about more than an ?event? or simply the ?Jesus of history.? 

The Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West

A fascinating introduction to the historical roots and contemporary forms of anxiety regarding Islam within the Western world.

The Four Gospels on Sunday: The New Testament and the Reform of Christian Worship

Premier liturgical theologian Gordon Lathrop argues that far too often liturgy, preaching, and liturgical theology are informed by naïve and outdated exegesis. In another fully original...

Bethlehem Besieged: Stories of Hope in Times of Trouble

The pastor of Christmas Church, a Palestinian Lutheran congregation, Mitri Raheb here presents a powerful collection of compelling personal stories of...

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Families of Faith: An Introduction to World Religions for Christians

The major world religions once seemed far away, but now are in our neighborhoods. How can Christians understand them? How can we respond in a way that is...

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The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Holy Spirit: Hand-Raisers, Han, and the Holy Ghost

It is time for the Holy Spirit to get its own street cred! There shall be no more third-wheeling the ever-present, life-sustaining, and empowering member...

The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Being Human: Becoming the Best Bag of Bones You Can Be

This Homebrewed Christianity Guide explores how Christian theology can address our rapidly changing paradigms of human existence. Donna Bowman argues that theology can contribute to our knowledge of the human self, gained through the sciences, that a theological perspective on humanity is useful in contemporary pluralistic and global settings, and that there?s theological significance to work and play. She also tackles issues of gender, sexuality, creativity, and human expression ? with jokes!

A Complicated Pregnancy: Whether Mary Was a Virgin and Why It Matters

The virgin birth is a much-loved story in the Christian tradition, but many theologians dispute the tradition of the virginal conception on both historical and scientific grounds. A Protestant theologian, husband, and father, Kyle Roberts was growing unsure of his belief in Mary's virginity. So he set out to investigate the virgin birth from every angle. A Complicated Pregnancy records his fascinating journey through the evidence and the myth, through history, biblical interpretation, and church politics. His conclusion surprised him, and it will surprise you, too.

Refocusing My Family: Coming Out, Being Cast Out, and Discovering the True Love of God

In 2012, at the age of twenty-seven, Amber Cantorna came out to her family as gay. As the daughter of a Focus on the Family...

Eucharistic Body

Building on his previous work, Frank C. Senn explores the relationship between the sacramental body and blood of Christ, the ecclesial body of Christ, and...