Augsburg Fortress

God and Human Suffering: An Exercise in the Theology of the Cross

Professor Hall has written a major work on an agonizing subject, at once brilliant, comprehensive, and thought provoking. In contrast to many writers who...

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The Collected Sermons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Volume 2

In his preaching, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's strong, personal faith—the foundation for everything he did—shines in the darkness of Hitler's Third Reich and in the church struggle against it. Though not overtly political, Bonhoeffer's deep concern for the developments in his world is revealed in his sermons as he seeks to draw the listener into conversation with the promises and claims of the gospel—a conversation readers today are invited to join.

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...

The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the End Times: Theology after You've Been Left Behind

People still believe that Jesus is returning to earth . . . and soon! Just like the first followers of Jesus, millions of Christians hold fast to the idea that they are living in the last days, yet here we are, two thousand years later, still waiting. In The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the End Times Jeffrey C. Pugh recounts his own brief sojourn in an apocalyptic cult. He goes on to show where the current church has gone wrong, and he explains how to fix it.

Sin Boldly!: Justifying Faith for Fragile and Broken Souls

Can faith as trusting God make a difference? This book provides much-needed experiential analysis of the contrast between self-justification and justification by God.

Jürgen Moltmann: Collected Readings

Jürgen Moltmann's life and work have marked the history of theology after the Second World War in Europe and North America like no other.

Solidarity Ethics: Transformation in a Globalized World

Rebecca Todd Peters argues for an ethic of solidarity as a new model for how people of faith in the first world can live with integrity in the midst of global injustice and shape a more just future.

Interpreting Bonhoeffer: Historical Perspectives, Emerging Issues

Interpreting Bonhoeffer explores the many questions surrounding the complexities of Bonhoeffer's life, work, and historical context and what they might mean for how we understand and interpret Bonhoeffer now and in the future.

Blessed Are the Consumers: Climate Change and the Practice of Restraint

In this timely book, Sallie McFague recalls her readers to the practices of restraint.

Comparative Religious Ethics: Everyday Decisions for Our Everyday Lives

Gudorf's work focuses on everyday issues while drawing out ethical implications of each and demonstrating how different religious traditions prescribe rules for action.

Moral Issues and Christian Responses: Eighth Edition

This popular anthology for the study of Christian ethics, now in its eighth edition, has been a mainstay of undergraduate courses for nearly thirty years...

The Emergence of Islam: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective

Gabriel Said Reynolds tells the story of Islam in this brief illustrated survey, beginning with Muhammad's early life and rise to power, then tracing the origins and development...

Plantations and Death Camps: Religion, Ideology, and Human Dignity

Historical theologian Beverly Mitchell probes some of the most egregious assaults on humans in the modern era to divine not only the root of racial and ethnic...

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Storms over Genesis: Biblical Battleground in America's Wars of Religion

In one of history's discouraging ironies, just as the academic study of the Pentateuch revealed the multilayered composition of Genesis and separated it from...

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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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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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The Spirit of Life: A Universal Affirmation

Moltmann, "the foremost Protestant theologian in the world" ( Church Times ), brings his characteristic and audacity to this traditional topic and cuts to the...

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The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance

Exploring the religious impulse known as mysticism — the "silent cry" at the heart of all the world's religions. Mysticism, in the sense of a "longing...

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The Mystical Mind: Probing the Biology of Religious Experience

How does the mind experience the sacred? What biological mechanisms are involved in mystical states and trances? Is there a neurological basis for patterns...

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Jesus Christ for Today's World

Jürgen Moltmann formulates necessary questions about the significance of Jesus the Christ for persons today. He offers a compelling portrait of the earthly...

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