ivp publishing divisions

InterVarsity Press is a division of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a member of International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (hence, somehow FES and IVP are still related structurally). It is dedicated to serving the university, the church and the world, and its publishing divisions are as follow:

(anything in quote is taken from IVP website contents)

1. IVP Academic

“IVP Academic books aim to provide the university community with the very best of evangelical scholarship through books that start, shape, synthesize and summarize academic dialogue. These books are evangelical in heritage, biblical in allegiance, classical in orthodoxy and ecumenical in spirit. We publish over a wide array of academic disciplines, reaching readers ranging from professors and researchers to students and lifelong learners.”

Academic and reference brand from InterVarsity Press. (like!)

Series from IVP Academic:

• Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
• Ancient Christian Texts
• Ancient Christian Doctrine
• Apollos Old Testament Commentary
• The Bible Speak Today Commentary
• The Bible Speak Today Bible Themes
• The IVP New Testament Commentary
• Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries
• Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
• Reformation Commentary on Scripture
• IVP Bible Dictionaries
• Christian Doctrine in Global Perspective
• Christian Foundations (Donald Bloesch)
• Contours of Christian Philosophy
• Contours of Christian Theology
• Exploring the Bible
• New Studies in Biblical Theology
• IVP Histories
• IVP Pocket References

(personal dream: ACCS, ACT, ACD, IVP Bible Dictionaries, NSBT)

2. IVP Connect

“Discover for yourself. Explore ideas in community. Learn from multifaceted experiences. Resources from IVP Connect offer discovery experiences (conversation, prayer, reading, watching videos, and creative exercises) for groups and individuals. They emphasize helping people faithfully interpret and apply Scripture to their lived-out Christianity. With IVP Connect you’ll find Bible studies, books and curricula that are useful to believers and seekers, individuals and groups, participants and leaders.”

Series from IVP Connect:

• LifeGuide Bible Studies (the most popular of all, I guess)
• Intimate Marriage Curriculum Kit
• Jesus 101
• Bible 101
• Soul Care Resources
• Spiritual Discipline Bible Studies
• RZIM Critical Questions Discussion Guides
• Transformation of a Man’s Heart
• Christian Basics Bible Studies
• Groups Investigating God

3. IVP Books

‘General’ books from IVP, with two sub-divisions (anything that didn’t go under these sub-divisions would just be considered under IVP Books):

3a. Formatio

“Tradition. Experience. Transformation. Formatio is a line of spiritual formation books from InterVarsity Press. Formatio books take readers on a journey of transformation rooted in a deep desire to live in the presence of God.”

“InterVarsity Press uses the chambered nautilus for Formatio, a symbol of spiritual formation because of its continual spiral journey outward as it moves from its center.”

Remember one of our three core businesses, formación? Exactly.

You can download the formatio brochure here.

3b. Likewise

“We inherit culture. Pop culture, church culture—love or hate it, it’s there. But if you can find a way to think objectively about it, suddenly you have choices to make.

Likewise books are meant to help you make those choices. The good news is that culture adapts and changes. So we can shape what it will be. We can make culture, faithfully. That’s Likewise. Go and do.

The logo? Put simply, we want our books to remind you of Jesus and the stories he told. Having told a parable about a good Samaritan, for instance, Jesus said “go and do likewise.””

Go to likewisebooks.com for more details.