Fortress Press

An Imprint of 1517 Media

For over 50 years, Fortress Press has been a pioneer in religious scholarship. Our commitment to publishing timely, relevant, and transformative books in biblical studies, theology, and Christian history has led to a global reputation. Fortress Press publishes in three main areas; education, academic, and reference. In 2015 we launched Theology for the People, a popular theology publishing program. See the appropriate section below to learn more!

30 Publications Found

Walking with Our Ancestors: Contemplation and Activism
Walking with Our Ancestors
Barbara A. Holmes
Feb 2024
Bell Hooks’ Spiritual Vision: Buddhist, Christian, and Feminist
Bell Hooks’ Spiritual Vision
Nadra Nittle
Nov 2023
Trauma and Race: A Path to Wellbeing
Trauma and Race
Micah L. McCreary
Sep 2023
Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, and Being: Second Edition
Enfleshing Freedom
M. Shawn Copeland
Jun 2023
Beauty Is a Basic Service: Theology and Hospitality in the Work of Theaster Gates
Beauty Is a Basic Service
Maria Fee
Apr 2023
Open: Unorthodox Thoughts on God and Community
Open
Brad R. Braxton
Apr 2023
Liberation and the Cosmos: Conversations with the Elders, Revised Edition
Liberation and the Cosmos
Barbara A. Holmes
Feb 2023
The Arc of Truth: The Thinking of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Arc of Truth
Lewis V. Baldwin
Oct 2022
The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency from MLK to Darnella Frazier
The Prophetic Lens
Phil Allen Jr.
Sep 2022
Batman is Jesus
Batman is Jesus
Siku
Aug 2022
Black Hands White House: Slave Labor and the Making of America
Black Hands White House
Renee K. Harrison
Nov 2021
Toni Morrison’s Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature
Toni Morrison’s Spiritual Vision
Nadra Nittle
Oct 2021
Open Wounds: A Story of Racial Tragedy, Trauma, and Redemption
Open Wounds
Phil Allen Jr.
Feb 2021
Black Power and the American Myth: 50th Anniversary Edition
Black Power and the American Myth
C.T. Vivian
Feb 2021
Parable of the Brown Girl: The Sacred Lives of Girls of Color
Parable of the Brown Girl
Khristi Lauren Adams
Feb 2020
Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US
Dear Church
Lenny Duncan
Jul 2019
Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church (2nd Edition)
Joy Unspeakable
Barbara A. Holmes
Oct 2017
Bipolar Faith: A Black Woman’s Journey with Depression and Faith
Bipolar Faith
Monica A. Coleman
Jul 2016
Behind the Public Veil: The Humanness of Martin Luther King Jr.
Behind the Public Veil
Lewis V. Baldwin
May 2016
Ain’t I a Womanist, Too?: Third Wave Womanist Religious Thought
Ain’t I a Womanist, Too?
Monica A. Coleman
May 2013
Never to Leave Us Alone: The Prayer Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
Never to Leave Us Alone
Lewis V. Baldwin
Sep 2010
Strength to Love
Strength to Love
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jan 2010
Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, and Being
Enfleshing Freedom
M. Shawn Copeland
Dec 2009
Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology
Making a Way Out of No Way
Monica A. Coleman
Sep 2008
Witnessing and Testifying
Witnessing and Testifying
Rosetta E. Ross
Jan 2003
Race, Racism, and the Biblical Narratives (Facets)
The Measure of a Man (paperback)
The Measure of a Man (paperback)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Oct 2001
Refiner’s Fire
Refiner’s Fire
Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan
Nov 2000
Battered Love
Battered Love
Renita J. Weems
Nov 1995
Stony the Road We Trod: African American Biblical Interpretation
Stony the Road We Trod
Cain Hope Felder
Jun 1991

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