Fortress Press

13/08/2025

Big news from our publishing family! We’re thrilled to share that Andrew DeYoung has been named the next President & CEO of Augsburg Fortress Publishers, effective Sept 1, 2026. Please join us in celebrating Andrew—and in thanking Tim Blevins for more than two decades of faithful leadership. Here’s to a new chapter in our publishing journey!

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Augsburg Fortress, the Minneapolis-based publisher of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has appointed Andrew DeYoung as its president and CEO, effective September 1, 2026. He succeeds Tim Blevins, who is retiring after 20 years.

30/07/2025

Do you like our ? Then you might like working with us! We’re a Sales Specialist at our Minneapolis office.

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Do you love books that change the world? Would you thrive as part of a team that is collaborative, innovative, and flexible in its sales and marketing of books that better people’s lives? Are you passionate about books that inspire and empower others? Augsburg Fortress Publishers is seeking a...

29/07/2025

Augsburg Fortress Publishers is seeking a collaborative Sales Specialist to help support and grow our imprints. If you enjoy our books, you might also enjoy working with us! We’re hiring at our Minneapolis office.

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Do you love books that change the world? Would you thrive as part of a team that is collaborative, innovative, and flexible in its sales and marketing of books that better people’s lives? Are you passionate about books that inspire and empower others? Augsburg Fortress Publishers is seeking a...

18/06/2025

It has been quite some time since we've had the pleasure of introducing a new team member. Meet Kathleen Gallagher Elkins, the latest member of the Fortress Press team!

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Meet Kathleen Gallagher Elkins, a new Fortress Press acquisitions editor, as she discusses her academic journey, book acquisition focus, and personal theological perspective.

06/06/2025

Reflections from Brent A. Strawn on the life and legacy of Walter Brueggemann, a towering figure in Old Testament scholarship and a great friend to many.

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Reflecting on the life and legacy of Walter Brueggemann, a towering figure in Old Testament scholarship known for his prolific and impactful literary contributions.

05/06/2025

For over five decades the work of Walter Brueggemann has been the metronome for Old Testament studies, Old Testament theology, Biblical theology, and theological ethics. His passing today equally marks the passing of an era, an era of the Bible’s role in the church and in society, but also an era when one person could speak and scholars of every stripe and flavor would listen, clergy of every stripe and flavor would listen, and Christians of every stripe and flavor would listen. Brueggemann’s ability to speak was born of his discipline of reading—yes, the Bible, but everything else. He read several books every week, and did so every week for decades.

Joyous and serious, affirming yet prophetic, brilliant yet lucid—Brueggemann was generous. He shared his ideas with all faiths, and he published those ideas with many publishers, Fortress fortunate enough to be numbered among them. His Prophetic Imagination, now in its 40th Anniversary edition, is not only the book that changed the arc of Brueggemann’s career and was a harbinger of what was yet to come, but it has been a book that defined a press.

We join with our many colleagues in academe and in publishing in mourning his loss. We will continue to share remembrances and reflections from those who knew and loved Walter over the next few days.

17/05/2025

Your Weekend Watch: Catch up on Episodes 1 and 2 of our webinar series "Where Do We Go From Here?" before the final episode airs on 5/20.

As headlines change on a daily basis, we wonder what our collective future looks like as we also harbor anxieties about our well-being. This series will help you support yourself and communities as we fight for a better future.

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As headlines change on a daily – if not hourly – basis, we wonder what our collective future looks like as we also harbor anxieties about our own individual ...

16/05/2025

‼️ Review Alert: "End Time Politics" by Keri L. Ladner is featured in Reading Religion! Colleen Prior praises the book as, "a readable, helpful narrative about the role premillennial dispensationalism played in Falwell’s political rhetoric.”

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From the 1970s until his death in 2007, Jerry Falwell merged American nationalism with an end-times approach to the Bible known as dispensationalism. In the ...

14/05/2025

‼️ Review Alert: "Poverty in the Promised Land" by Walter Brueggemann is featured in the Englewood Review of Books. Reviewer Ryan Johnson states, “In the current political landscape, this book serves as a beacon for the church and a wake up call to resist those things that would oppress others”

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Theology News & Book Reviews for Christian Readers

13/05/2025

Today's Read: Amir Hussain, author of "One God and Two Religions," is featured in America Magazine discussing what Pope Francis meant to the Muslim world.

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I never met Pope Francis, but I was one of millions who admired his work.

02/05/2025

NEW WEBINAR SERIES! Where Do We Go From Here: Conversations About Community, Creativity, and Resistance.

As headlines change on a daily—if not hourly—basis, we wonder what our collective future looks like as we also harbor anxieties about our own individual well-being. Join our experts in these topics as they share ideas to help you support yourself, your families, and your greater communities as we fight for a better future than the one that’s promised today.

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As headlines change on a daily—if not hourly—basis, we wonder what our collective future looks like as we also harbor anxieties about our own individual well-being. This series will help you support yourself and also your families and greater communities as we fight for a better future than the ...

15/03/2025

Today’s Read: “Biblical Anthropology” is reviewed in Reading Religion! Reviewer Scott Ables discusses the strong aspects of the work and states, “I highly recommend this volume.”

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Biblical Anthropology stands at the crossroads of the body, the Greek Bible, ancient medicine, and ancient philosophy. The book naturally focuses on anthropo...