— Letter from the Editor —
Dear Reader, Christianity has been enriched by a long history of epistolary literature, the “open letter” format that can communicate so broadly but still feel somehow personal to each reader. The letters written by Paul and others may have originally been sent to specific individuals and churches, but the sense of immediacy they convey to a wider readership has helped make them speak powerfully right down to the present day. We’ve published our share of books that deploy the letter format, most recently the artist Bruce Herman’s Makers by Nature . There’s even a chapter of “letters to a young engineer” in our Christian Field Guide to Technology . This is to say nothing of our many, many books about the New Testament letters or books about the genre more broadly, like Randy Rich- ards’s 2004 classic, still in print, Paul and First-Century Letter Writing . What’s got me thinking about letter writing is the format of the welcome note you’re reading at the moment, the way we’ve been opening our seasonal catalog of new releas- es from IVP Academic for many years now. It’s true that they’re not actually a personal letter written just to you yourself (though I hope you get one of those in the mail once in a while), but I can testify that, as I’ve drafted these letters over the last decade or so, it has been a delight to picture you, our beloved IVP Academic readers, in my mind’s eye. The keen-eyed reader may have noticed that I just said it “has been” a delight, and that’s right! This installment is something of a send-off. I’m not going anywhere, but this sum- mer we’re transitioning leadership of the IVP Academic imprint to my colleague Rachel Hastings, our associate academic editorial director. So in our next catalog in the fall, you’ll be reading a note in this space from her to go with the season’s new titles. The next generation of scholarly publishing professionals is here, and with Rachel and all our IVP Academic colleagues we’re in great hands.
Happy reading,
Jon Boyd Vice President of Editorial & Associate Publisher
IVP ACADEMIC CATALOG
SPRING & SUMMER 2026
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