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@fortresspress.bsky.social“Well, this book is driven by a simple wager: Camp, with little more than a feather boa and clever quip, offers us a better strategy for transforming the world.”
— Brandon Ambrosino, author of "Laughing in a Tomb"
@fortresspress.bsky.socialReview Alert! “Doing Well by Doing Good” is reviewed in The Living Church. Reviewer James Stambaugh offers a thoughtful review: “It speaks to the need for congregations to engage in prayerful, practical discernment about the realities and needs of the ecosystems they inhabit.”
@fortresspress.bsky.social"Putin’s Altar Boy” is reviewed on Bill Tammeus’ Substack. Tammeus sums up the book succinctly as “the story of a religious leader who pledges allegiance not to the faith tradition he leads but to the vile and vicious regime in which Putin serves as chief puppeteer.”
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@fortresspress.bsky.socialStill trying to decide if “What Are Drugs For?” needs a home on your shelf? Check out this excerpt in The Pittsburgh Review of Books!
@fortresspress.bsky.social“Putin’s Altar Boy” is featured in Baptist News Global! Reporter Rodney Kennedy’s thoughtful analysis states, “Perhaps ‘Putin’s Altar Boy’ will serve as a wake-up call for America."
@fortresspress.bsky.social“Putin’s Altar Boy” by Juha Meriläinen, a Lauri Jäntti Prize winner in 2024, is now available wherever you buy books! This Fortress edition, a sweeping historical account of the Russo-Ukrainian war, has been updated with recent events in the conflict.
@fortresspress.bsky.socialReview Alert! Books at a Glance reviews A History of Christian Psalmody. Reviewer Michael D. Mock shares his thoughts on Cosgrove’s work: “a book that takes us into the Christian gatherings of the first centuries to hear the voices of our brothers and sisters devoted to psalms.
@fortresspress.bsky.socialReview Alert! The Living Church reviews That Divine and Most Excellent Gift by Mark P. Bangert. Markus Rathey shares a thoughtful review that “invites the reader to hear music as the very breath of the Spirit”
@fortresspress.bsky.socialMark Your Calendars! Benjamin J. Hohman, editor of Interpreting the Self, will be giving a book talk on his recent publication. Monsignor Liddy will moderate the conversation.
When: 9/28 @2:00pm - 3:15pm ET
Where: Bishop Dougherty University Center, Chancellor’s Suite
@fortresspress.bsky.socialWe’ve got not one, not two, but three titles featured in The Englewood Review of Books' “Top Ten Theology Books to Watch For” in September!
1. The Art of the Creaturely Life by Derek W. Taylor
2. Willing to Die by Jennifer Otto
3. Discontented Belief by Margaret D. Kamitsuka
@debrakrienstra.bsky.socialReposted by @fortresspress.bsky.socialOMG the final cover design is ready and it's.... gorgeous! Many thanks to @fortresspress.bsky.social for creating this perfect invitation to *Refugia Church*, forthcoming in the spring. Calling all churches who want to do more for the earth: this book is for you!
@christiancentury.bsky.socialReposted by @fortresspress.bsky.social“Claudia Setzer profiles numerous figures who argued from scripture to support social justice causes, including abolition, women’s rights, temperance, and civil rights.”
– Zen Hess reviews The Progressives’ Bible: www.christiancentury.org/books/unders...
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@fortresspress.bsky.socialNow that “What Are Drugs For?” has officially hit store shelves, we wanted to highlight this lovely review from Library Journal. “A thought-provoking examination of the contradictions in drug use and legal policy.”
@fortresspress.bsky.socialToday’s Listen: Shively T. J. Smith, author of “Reading Howard Thurman,” is a guest on the Bible Divas podcast, presented by Baptist New Global.
@fortresspress.bsky.socialToday’s the Day! “What Are Drugs For?” by Timothy McMahan King is now available wherever you buy books. Add this compelling exploration of humanity’s relationship with drugs across political, social, and religious spheres to your #TBR today!
@fortresspress.bsky.socialReview Alert! “Too Sick to Pray” by C. M. Howell is reviewed as part of The Banner's "Mixed Media Round Up." Reviewer Robert J. Keeley praises Howell's work as "a valuable resource for any country music fan who wants to explore the music more deeply."
@fortresspress.bsky.social“Lived Vocation,” by Timothy K. Snyder, and “Eighth-Day Discipleship,” by Richard H. Bliese, are reviewed in the Hearts & Minds BookNotes column.
@fortresspress.bsky.social“I would recommend this book to Friends who are hungry for a long, deep, and serious exploration of theology...”
—Pamela Haines' review of Divine Ecosystem
@fortresspress.bsky.socialReview Alert! “What Are Drugs For?” by Timothy McMahan King is reviewed in Spirituality & Practice. Reviewer Jon M. Sweeney states, “I appreciated the author’s balanced, ethical, and reasoned approach when making judgments about the good and bad use of drugs of all kinds.”
@fortresspress.bsky.socialA Jewish Trinity by Alan Brill is reviewed in The Christian Century. Jason Byassee concludes his review on a hopeful note: “I hope this book reminds us all that we are siblings, with both more overlap and more contention than any of us tends to grant.”
