Augsburg Fortress

Worth It: Overcome Your Fears and Embrace the Life You Were Made For

Brit Barron grew up in an Evangelical megachurch in the '90s, boxed in by her fears, unable to realize her full potential. All that changed when she fell in love with a girl named Sami.

Worth It shares her story to inspire us to overcome our own fears--the fears that keep us from evolving beyond the narratives that have been defined by others. When we do, we'll find out it was so worth it!

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Sex, God, and Rock 'n' Roll: Catastrophes, Epiphanies, and Sacred Anarchies

In Sex, God, and Rock 'n' Roll, Barry Taylor weaves together the threads of his life--from life on the road with a world-famous rock band, to theologian, priest, teacher, and a theist-non-theist-post-theist. Taylor reflects on several of the most significant moments in his life to show just how poignantly the sacred moves in all of our lives.

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Superheroes Don't Babysit

In an epic battle of sibling rivalry, will this superhero finally meet her match?

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The Long Night: Readings and Stories to Help You through Depression

When you're in the midst of terrible depression, the days and weeks can feel like an eternity. Drawing on the wisdom of spiritual figures from the past and present--including Henri Nouwen, Thomas Merton, and many others--The Long Night is a comforting and inspirational companion. Writer, editor, and minister Jessica Kantrowitz has been where you are. As a mentor and friend, she will walk with you on this journey toward life and light.

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Hemingway and Ho Chi Minh in Paris: The Art of Resistance

Two of the twentieth century's most fascinating figures, grappling with a world in which Western culture and their respective governments were failing them, came to Paris at the same time in the 1920s. Hemingway and Ho Chi Minh in Paris tells the untold, engrossing story of these two young men and their journey into the heart of resistance in 1920s Paris.

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Using Our Outside Voice: Public Biblical Interpretation

In Using Our Outside Voice, Greg Carey contends that responsible public biblical interpretation requires the ability to enter a conversation about the Bible, understand the various arguments in play, and offer informed opinions that others can understand. This role demands not only basic knowledge but also identifiable skills, habits, and dispositions. This book is ideal for students in biblical studies and those who teach, preach, and interpret the Bible.

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Tough Questions, Honest Answers: Faith and Religion for 21st-Century Explorers

In Tough Questions, Honest Answers, Christian theologian Cameron Harder explores pressing contemporary challenges to religion--from religion itself to modern "big ideas" that often confound thoughtful seekers. Issues addressed include religion and violence, religion and child sexual abuse, mystery and miracle, the compatibility of science and faith, and God's role when bad things happen. Tough Questions, Honest Answers is an excellent conversation starter for inquirers, skeptics, and faithful doubt

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Between the Sea and the Sky: Lived Religion on the Seashore

Between the Sea and the Sky is an inquiry into the religious world of a traditional fishing community on the Southwest coast of India. It explores the vital role religious and spiritual beliefs play in sustaining people in such a precarious, even deadly occupation. Using the concept of 'lived religion,' Mathew explores the theological, religious, and spiritual contours of this remarkable community, and draws from them broader insights into the nature of belief.

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The Athlete Inside: The Transforming Power of Hope, Tenacity, and Faith

Four years ago, Sue Reynolds was morbidly obese. Now, she's a 135-pound triathlete who competes at world championships. The Athlete Inside follows her journey from her first walk to the neighbor's mailbox to finishing sixth at the World Triathlon Championship. A world-class athlete and grandmother, Reynolds is proof that it's never too late to transform your life. Her story is one of hope, tenacity, and faith, and how we each can discover amazing potential inside.

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The Shift: Surviving and Thriving after Moving from Conservative to Progressive Christianity

When Christians are kicked out of their conservative churches or leave because they no longer feel at home, they undertake a serious shift. Colby Martin has traversed this treacherous territory, survived its hardships, and is now sharing what he's learned. This friendly survival guide will prepare readers for the pitfalls awaiting them as they shift out of their conservative world, and it will equip them for a more abundant, thriving, and peace-filled spiritual life.

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Someday We Will: A Book for Grandparents and Grandchildren

In Someday We Will, kids and grandparents separated by many miles dream of all the wonderful things they'll do together someday, from bicycling down a hill to whiling away the hours on a beach. Before they know it, someday is here!

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Public Theology: Indian Concerns, Perspectives, and Themes

This book situates public theology within the genre of political theology. Gnana Patrick treats public theology as the form of political theology for our contemporary era and takes special care to relate these strands of political theologies to the Indian context, thereby opening up the theological horizon for Indian public theology.

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Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus: Exploring the World and Wisdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In Keys to Bonhoeffer's Haus, Laura M. Fabrycky takes readers on a tour of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's home, city, and world. Under her expert guidance, we experience his story in new ways and are led to think beyond him into our own lives and civic responsibilities. Ultimately, her transformative tour of Bonhoeffer's Berlin inspires us to discover and embrace what befriending Bonhoeffer means for how we live as citizens of the world today.

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After the Rain

A rainy-day picture book about sharing and learning to work together.

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Touched: For Survivors of Sexual Assault Like Me Who Have Been Hurt by Church Folk and for Those Who Will Care

Touched, by Shanell T. Smith, makes visible the often silenced or ignored narratives of survivors of sexual violence. It tells the author's story of her personal traumatic experience with sexual violence by a church leader and focuses on the responses that she received from people in the church (clergy and lay folk) once she "sounded the alarm."Touched helps readers learn how to respond to those who seek refuge and care.

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Longing for an Absent God: Faith and Doubt in Great American Fiction

Longing for an Absent God unveils the powerful role of faith and doubt in the American literary tradition. Nick Ripatrazone explores how prominent American writers--including Flannery O'Connor, Don DeLillo, Toni Morrison, Cormac McCarthy, Thomas Pynchon, and Louise Erdrich--diverge into two major strands of Catholic writers--practicing and cultural--but when taken together form a rich and unique literary canon immersed in the full spectrum of doubt and faith in contemporary America.

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And Grace Will Lead Me Home: Images of the Parable of the Prodigal Son from the Jerry Evenrud Collection

The Jerry Evenrud collection of images of the parable of the Prodigal Son is the largest known such collection in the world. The collection reveals the desire of the artists to delve into the meaning of the parable and to convey that meaning to others. Some artists depict the entire narrative in a series of works. Others focus on one aspect, such as the pig pen or the return of the prodigal.

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Alleluia!: A Gedenkschaft in Thanksgiving for the Life of Walter R. Bouman

In this volume, readers are invited to enter into conversation with theologians whose work represents the dynamic search for truth that Walter Bouman once shared, and who continue in the enterprise to which he gave his life. These essays represent the rigorous thinking that Bouman would likely have enjoyed--whether or not he would have agreed, as the authors in this book often indicate.

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The Choir and the Organ in Early Lutheranism

The organ and the choir play a significant role in the ministry of most Lutheran churches today. But this has not always been the case. These essays paint the picture of the role of the organ and the choir in early Lutheran worship, dispelling a number of myths and assumptions and offering some useful reflections on what this all means for the faithful practice of church music in our own time.

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Where the Best Stories Hide

Nicholas has a big imagination and an even bigger box of crayons! Challenged to explain his stories, Nicholas takes a dash of creativity and a dab of courage to wow his whole class and prove that the best stories sometimes hide outside the lines.

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