Call for Papers
The Hanover Review: The Journal of the London Lyceum is issuing a call for papers on topics related to theological and philosophical retrieval, especially in the Baptist tradition.
The Hanover Review is pleased to offer a $200 cash prize for the best essay submission from a current graduate student or recent post-graduate (within 5 years). The winner will also be published in the issue.
We are especially interested in submissions that address the following topics (though topics that deviate from the recommendations remain most welcome):
- What is retrieval theology?
- What does it look like to retrieve the past as a Baptist?
- Does retrieval look different for different traditions or for different subject matters?
- How did the 17th and/or 18th century Baptists understand the early church? Is their methodology consistent with contemporary retrieval theology?
- Specific areas of constructive contemporary doctrinal retrieval
Papers should be at least 3,000 words and typically should avoid exceeding 8,000 words but exceptions will be made for works of exceptional value (footnotes are excluded from word count total).
The deadline for submissions to our 2025 CFP is December 31, 2025.
Full papers may be submitted below.
Review Process: We follow a double-blind peer-review process and seek to provide initial decisions on submissions within 3 months of submission.
Formatting should be done in Chicago style. Several notes to emphasize:
- Please use headings throughout
- Footnotes instead of in-text citations should be used
- Do not use Ibid
- Publisher city is not required
- Please follow SBL style guide for biblical citations
The Hanover Review accepts general submissions on a rolling basis. They are not required to be related to the annual CFP theme.
Previous CFP’s
- The deadline for submissions on Nicene theology (2024), the theological interpretation of Scripture (2023), John Gill (2022), and Christian Liberty (2021) are now passed and closed.