Brian Matz

They Who Give from Evil

History & Biography

“They Who Give from Evil attempts something quite bold: to ask the modern world to rethink its passive acceptance of buying and selling interest-earning loans with the moral and ethical insights of two writers who died sixteen centuries ago. . . . By the end, readers will have enjoyed learning something about moneylending in late antiquity as much as they will have enjoyed Ihssen's subtle questioning of ourselves.”

unJoy

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“Dr. Lantz has provided in unJoy an incalculable resource. For those of us who teach university students who are struggling with depression, unJoy explains the complexities of this disease. Moreover, unJoy helpfully balances the value of Christians pursuing psychiatric care alongside the cultivation of a vibrant spiritual life. There is hope and help for us and our students.”

Wealth and Poverty in Early Christianity

History & Biography

“It will delight teachers of early Christian history that Fortress is updating its oft-used volumes in the Ad Fontes series. Helen Rhee’s update to the volume on ethics is excellent and will complement the series superbly. Rhee’s introduction provides readers with a thorough review of the historical context for early Christian social ethics that accounts for the advances in scholarship over the past three decades. Most helpful, Rhee has selected texts for the volume that explore divergent lines of thought in early Christian social ethics. Students and scholars alike will find this a uniquely helpful text for starting their own study of this neglected subject.”