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Religious practice across religions is explored in this new anthology, Religion and Culture: Contemporary Practices and Perspectives edited by Richard D. Hecht and Vincent F. Biondo III.
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Congratulations to FP author Miguel A. De La Torre, recently elected as president of the Society of Christian Ethics!
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What is your favorite feast day on which to preach or to hear a sermon? Susan K. Hedahl helps readers craft biblical sermons on Christmas, Easter, and four other feast days in the new book, Proclamation and Celebration: Preaching on Christmas, Easter, and Other Festivals.

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What can you do to help someone with a mental illness? Physicians and pastoral counselors explore mental illness together in the book “Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families”, edited by Robert H. Albers, William H. Meller, and Steven D. Thurber.
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FP author Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb of Bethlehem is the 2011 winner of the international award "Deutscher Medienpreis"! Previous winners include Nelson Mandela, Kofi Anan, the Dalai Lama.
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Fortress Press author Lewis Baldwin will keynote the MLK Sunrise Celebration during ALA Midwinter Meeting on Jan 23rd!
"Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Honoring a Legacy that Still Inspires"
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Christian A. Eberhart's The Sacrifice of Jesus: Understanding Atonement Biblically has been nominated for the 2012 Frank W. Beare Book Award offered by the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies!

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Check out this great review of Studying the New Testament: A Fortress Introduction in Review of Biblical Literature!
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Congratulations to Fortress Press author Craig Goodwin, whose book Year of Plenty
was named one of Englewood Review of Books' "Best Books of 2011."
He also wrote a great piece for CNN’s Belief blog:
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Kenyatta Gilbert, author of The Journey and Promise of African American Preaching, just launched a new website: The Preaching Project--Restoring Communities through the Spoken Word. Check it out!
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A special Christmas gift: Walter Brueggemann makes an appearance on Krista Tippett's On Being radio program.
Listen to "The Prophetic Imagination of Walter Brueggemann" today!
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A great new review for Documents and Images in the Study of Paul in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society!
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Ready to do some Christmas shopping this weekend?
Don't forget, you and your students get 50% off your entire Fortress Press purchase through the month of December!
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A fascinating article on the book, "Was Jesus a Muslim?" and its author, Dr. Robert Shedinger in The Fiqh Council of North America!

As you're gearing up for holiday shopping, keep this in mind:
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Theological Education Underground: 1937-1940, Vol. 15 in the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works series covers a crucial time and an understudied period of Bonhoeffer’s life.
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Adriana Destro and Mauro Pesce’s new book, Encounters with Jesus: The Man in His Place and Time, explores a compelling portrait of Jesus of Nazareth through an anthropological perspective.
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Check out "Dumping Satan: It's Time to Let Go"--a fascinating interview with Miguel De La Torre, co-author of Quest for the Historical Satan in Religion Dispatches.
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Check out John Drane's new book, ‘Introducing the Bible, Second Edition’. It provides an engaging general introduction to the persons, events, and cultural contexts of the Bible.
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