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Fortress Forum Snakes and Scorpions, or Fish and Eggs? Race and the Obama Administration in the Media

Snakes and Scorpions, or Fish and Eggs?
—By David Lott, author of
New Proclamation: Year A, 2011, Easter through Christ the King


Almost exactly one year after the media storm over the misguided arrest of African American scholar Henry Louis Gates in his Cambridge home by a white police officer—which prompted President Obama to decla… Continue

Added by Fortress Forum on July 26, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Fortress Forum Glenn Beck is WRONG on Liberation Theology!

A Brief Response to Glenn Beck on "Liberation Theology"
—By William Anderson, editor of
Journey through Christian Theology

After reviewing Glenn Beck’s program and notes regarding "Liberation theology," a simple response would be: "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing." In Mr. Beck's case this is apparent on two fronts: (1) his… Continue

Added by Fortress Forum on July 22, 2010 at 2:38pm — No Comments

Fortress Forum Climate change: a theological issue

Check out this IBTS blog about A New Climate for Theology: God, the World, and Global Warming A New Climate for Theology
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Added by Fortress Forum on May 28, 2010 at 10:01am — No Comments

Fortress Forum Jürgen Moltmann's Theology of Hope

A fan of Moltmann? Check out this blog post about his book, Theology of Hope. God To The Future: A personal theological reflection on Jürgen Moltmann's Theology of Hope: On the Ground and Implications of A Christian Eschatology
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Added by Fortress Forum on May 28, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Fortress Forum The Buddha and Jesus

Check out this Huffington Post article about the Buddha, Jesus, and "the hard work of integrating multiple religious wisdoms." What Does The Buddha Have To Do With Jesus?
Fortress related reading: The Immanent Divine,… Continue

Added by Fortress Forum on April 13, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Fortress Forum Living Emergence

Check out Scot McKnight's blog post, The Living Emerging Movement, about the emergent church and Philip Clayton's new book, Transforming Christian Theology: For Church and Society.
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Added by Fortress Forum on April 7, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Fortress Forum An interview with William Anderson

Fortress Press: In what way is your new book—A Journey through Christian Theology—a “journey”? In what way does your text help a novice theologian understand and appreciate the meaning and value of theology?

William Anderson: The first edition of this book was originally titled A Cartoon History of Theology. Somewhere in the process, however, the title changed to A Journey through Christian Theology. This is a more accurate title, indicative of what we are doing in this w… Continue

Added by Fortress Forum on March 29, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Fortress Forum An interview with Athalya Brenner

Fortress Press: What’s the most exciting thing about the contextual readings of the Bible that are featured in the Texts@Contexts series?

Athalya Brenner: For me the most interesting thing is the variety. For example, look at Hagar. When you read the relevant biblical texts (Genesis 16 and 21) anywhere in the world the text is basically the same, taking into account small modifications caused by translation. But your perspective, when you read it in Africa or in Finland, i… Continue

Added by Fortress Forum on March 24, 2010 at 9:08am — No Comments

Fortress Forum Fortress Press author Christopher Stanley on The Hebrew Bible

Christopher Stanley discusses his Fortress Press introductory textbook The Hebrew Bible: A Comparative Approach. Click below to watch the video.

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Added by Fortress Forum on March 15, 2010 at 9:34am — No Comments

Vicki Gaylord Jesus, Justice and Fox

CNN is running a story titled "Evangelical leader calls for boycott of Fox personality Glenn Beck". The article is at http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/12/beck.boycott/ and the theological issues discussed in it are to me really interesting. A wide range of views ranging from Jim Wallis to Jerry Falwell JR, all in response to Glenn Beck's apparent call for Christians to leave churches that preach economic and social justice (I have… Continue

Added by Vicki Gaylord on March 12, 2010 at 3:13pm — No Comments

Fortress Forum Religious Freedom and American Foreign Policy

From PBS: Thomas Farr: Obama Must Appoint Religious Freedom Ambassador. Fortress related reading: Faith's Freedom: A Classic Spirituality for Contemporary Christians,… Continue

Added by Fortress Forum on March 12, 2010 at 11:34am — No Comments

Fortress Forum Philip Clayton on Transforming Christian Theology

Watch Fortress Press author Philip Clayton discuss his latest book Transforming Christian Theology: For Church and Society.

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Added by Fortress Forum on March 10, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Fortress Forum Religion among the Millennials

From Pew Forum: Religion Among the Millennials. Fortress related reading: Coming of Age: Exploring the Spirituality and Identity of Younger Men, Martinson;… Continue

Added by Fortress Forum on March 9, 2010 at 5:31pm — No Comments

Fortress Forum Interested in $372.98 worth of books---for free?

We thought you might be, which is why we're giving you the chance to win ten Fortress Press books! The Fortress Forum member who recruits the most new members between today, March 5, 2010, and Friday, March 19, 2010 will receive a free copy of:
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Fortress Forum An Interview with Daniel Maguire

Fortress Press: Is the study of ethics more crucial now than at other times in history?

Dan Maguire: Humanity--along with the planet we now dominate--is caught in the crosshairs of twinned threats: ecocide and militaristic binging. We are double-basting the planet in carbon dioxide, killing off other species at a pell-mell pace, reproducing beyond the limits of the earth’s resources, all this while armed to the teeth with more kill-power than there are people to kill.
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Added by Fortress Forum on March 4, 2010 at 11:10am — No Comments

Fortress Forum Rosemary Radford Ruether on Many Forms of Madness

Rosemary Radford Ruether sat down to discuss her latest book with Fortress Press, Many Forms of Madness: A Family's Struggle with Mental Illness and the Mental Health System. Watch the video below.

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Added by Fortress Forum on March 2, 2010 at 4:12pm — No Comments

Fortress Forum Religious Violence in Egypt

From PBS: Egypt's Coptic Tensions.
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Added by Fortress Forum on March 2, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Fortress Forum An Interview with James Dunn

Fortress Press: Your latest book with us, a new edition of The Living Word, still presents a vital and relevant argument today. What is the future of New Testament theology as a discipline? Some say the discipline is a thing of the past.

James Dunn: New Testament theology will have a vigorous life as long as people ask theological questions. Ch… Continue

Added by Fortress Forum on February 25, 2010 at 9:43am — No Comments

Fortress Forum An Interview with Christopher Stanley

Fortress Press: Your new textbook--The Hebrew Bible: A Comparative Approach--is aimed at college students in a religious-studies curriculum such as is offered in many state universities. In what ways do you seek in this book to reach students that might be underserved by other textbooks? Chris Stanley: Most of the introductory textbooks currently on the market were written for students who have at least a general familiarity with the content and stories of the Bible.… Continue

Added by Fortress Forum on February 23, 2010 at 9:33am — No Comments

Fortress Forum An interview with Christine Helmer

Fortress Press: Your recent project with Fortress Press--The Global Luther--offers many new perspectives on Martin Luther. What in your mind are the freshest and most promising features of Luther scholarsh

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Added by Fortress Forum on February 18, 2010 at 3:45pm — No Comments

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