Hanover Press publishes original Protestant academic theology and classic Baptist literature — with the quality of a university press and the ecclesial focus of an evangelical publisher.
In a shrinking and overcrowded market, is there really a need for yet another publisher? We think so.
Popular Protestant publishers often lack quality control and do not publish the sort of titles necessary for renewing and strengthening the Protestant tradition. University academic presses produce excellent content, but price it out of reach of the church and lack consistent orthodox content.
“We publish books that rival Oxford, Cambridge, Routledge, Baylor, Princeton, and Brill — at prices accessible to the church.”
Hanover Press fills this gap: peer-reviewed, theologically orthodox, academically rigorous, and priced for pastors and students, not just university libraries.
Every title receives expert review from our three perpetual editorial boards before a contract is issued.
All titles are consistent with the Second London Confession, the Westminster Confession, the Three Forms of Unity, and the Anglican Formularies.
Our titles are priced for pastors, students, and laymen — not just university libraries.
As an introductory member of the Association of University Presses, we uphold their standards of peer review and production.
We publish for the church, not just the academy. Every title is evaluated for its contribution to Protestant Christianity.
“If you want to make sure that healthy, wise ideas live beyond you, you have to write them down and publish them. That is the stewardship case for Hanover Press.”
We started Hanover Press because there is a genuine gap — and it is not a small one. Popular Protestant publishers are not publishing high-quality analytic or philosophical theology with any consistency. Academic presses publish excellent work but price it at $100 or $150, effectively reserving it for libraries. And almost no one in this space cares seriously about Baptist history. We think all three of those things are wrong, and we think the church is worse off for it.
We want you to pick up a Hanover Press book and think: this is on par with Baylor, with Princeton — and I can actually afford it. That is the press we are building.
Hanover Press was founded as an imprint of The London Lyceum, an organization dedicated to encouraging serious thinking for a serious church. The Lyceum was built on the conviction that analytic, Baptist, and confessional theology is urgently needed — and that the church deserves resources equal to that seriousness.
The press is not a vanity press. Not a popular-market publisher. It is an academic press with a confessional soul, committed to the long-term stewardship of Protestant theological literature.
Three perpetual editorial boards — Analytic & Systematic Theology, Baptist Theology, and Confessional & Historical Theology — represent over forty scholars, pastors, and educators drawn from institutions across the Protestant world. Their oversight ensures that every title published meets the standards that readers, authors, and the broader academy deserve.
Hanover Press is also the publishing home of the John Gill Project, a collaborative effort with The Andrew Fuller Center to republish the works of the eminent Baptist theologian John Gill (1697–1771) for a new generation — with modern typesetting, expert editorial introductions, and full scholarly apparatus.
The Association of University Presses sets the standards for peer review and editorial rigor in academic publishing. Our membership reflects our commitment to those standards — and our belief that the Protestant church deserves books that meet them.
Hanover Press maintains three perpetual editorial boards comprising over forty scholars and educators. View the full Editorial Board →
The London Lyceum exists to encourage serious thinking for a serious church by creating an intellectual culture of charity, curiosity, critical thinking, and cheerful confessionalism. Hanover Press is the publishing arm of that mission — producing the books that the Protestant tradition urgently needs.
Visit The London Lyceum →We welcome proposals for original single-authored volumes, edited volumes, and Baptist re-print editions from scholars with terminal degrees.