ABOUT US
WHO WE ARE
Two Cities Press Inc. is an independant publishing company established in 2025. We publish books primary in Religious Studies and Theology, with particular interest in the complex intersections of religion and politics—those liminal spaces between the earthly city and the City of God.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is simple and clear: to collaborate with writers in bringing important books into the world—books that are exceptionally written, rigorously edited, elegantly designed, beautifully printed, fairly priced, and thoughtfully marketed to readers—while cultivating a vibrant community of scholars and readers.
COVENANT WITH AUTHORS
The editors and staff of Two Cities Press understands and appreciates the time, training, discipline, knowledge, creativity, talents, skills, and the many personal sacrifices involved in writing a book.
Two Cities Press provides its authors with:
a personal relationship.
collaborative decision making.
equitable royalties.
elegantly designed and meticulously edited books.
individualized custom marketing campaign.
sponsored book signing.
books priced reasonably.
Fast and efficient process from draft to print.
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OUR TEAM
Our team is made up of passionate creatives, editors, and storytellers dedicated to bringing meaningful ideas to life through thoughtful publishing.
INTERNS
Alexander HOSHINO
Graduate Intern
Luke
Varenne
Summer Intern
Varjak
Zeleniak
Summer Intern
ADVISORY BOARD
THE REV. JA'MEL ARMSTRONG
Senior Pastor
New Horizon Baptist Church, Louisville
STEVE COOK, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Development
Center for Women and Families, Louisville
THE REV. DR. DYRON DAUGHRITY
Divisional Dean (Religion and Philosophy) and William S. Banowsky Chair in Religion Religion and Philosophy Division, Seaver College
Pepperdine University
Dr. IDA DICKIE
Founder and Director
Transformative Justice Mental Health Clinic, Louisville
THE REV. DR. JAMES F. KAY
Joe R. Engle Professor of Homiletics and Liturgics Emeritus
Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs Emeritus
Princeton Theological Seminary
THE REV. DR. MARK C. LEE
President
Bexley Seabury Seminary, Chicago
Dean
Graduate School, U.S. Army Institute for Religious Leadership (Ret.)
THE REV. JOSEPH T. LIENHARD, S.J.
Professor Emeritus
Fordham University
Managing Editor
Traditio (Ret.)
ZORAN MATEVSKI, Ph.D.
UNESCO Chair in Intercultural Studies and Research, Professor of Sociology
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia
THE REV. DR. JOSEPH SMALL
Director
Office of Theology and Worship, PC(USA) (Ret.)
THE REV. DR. Teresa Smallwood
Dean and Vice President
for Academic Affairs and The James Franklin Kelly and Hope Eyster Kelly Associate Professor of Public Theology
United Lutheran Seminary
DAVID SON
Director of Corporate Development, Mergers & Acquisitions
DaVita Inc
JUSTIN SUNDBERG
Program Assistant, U.S. Program
Gates Foundation
KASIA TOCZkO
Director of Communications
Simplito
THE REV. DR. EMILIE M. TOWNES
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion and Black Studies
School of Theology
Boston University
IRENE YANG, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Emory University
EDITORIAL BOARD
MARTINA CARANDINO
Ph.D. Candidate
Worcester College, Oxford University
Late Antiquity, Ancient Christian Literature, Late Roman Gaul, Roman North Africa, Historiography, Pneumatology.
CRAIG DAVIS, Ph.D.
Professor of English Language & Literature
Smith College
Beowulf, Anglo-Saxon Studies
MATTHEW DREVER, Ph.D.
Associate Dean and Bell Professor in Anglican and Ecumenical Studies
University of Tulsa
Augustine, Christian Nationalism, Anglican Studies
PROF. DR. VOLKER HENNING DRECOLL, Ph.D.
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
DAVID BURKHART JANSSEN, Ph.D.
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
THE REV. DR. ALLEN G. JORGENSON, Ph.D.
William D. Huras Chair in Ecclesiology and Church History
Martin Luther University College at
Wilfrid Laurier University
YOUNG KIM, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Head of Classics and Mediterranean Studies
University of Illinois, Chicago
BRIAN MATZ, Ph.D., ST.D.
Associate Dean for Academic and Administrative Assessment
Professor of Historical Theology
Aquinas Institute of Theology,
St. Louis
JAMES MCBRIDE, Ph.D.
Clinical Full Professor of Liberal Studies
Chair of Law, Ethics, History, and Religion in Global Liberal Studies
New York University
MARC PUGLIESE, Ph.D.
Assoc. Dean, College of Arts, Sciences, and Allied Services
Professor of Theology and Religion
Saint Leo University
MARIE-ANGE RAKOTONIAINA, Ph.D.
Teacher, Theologian, Historian, Writer
GUY ROGERS, Ph.D.
Kemper Professor of Classics and History
Wellesley College
THE REV. DR. Glen Thompson
Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Historical Theology
Asia Lutheran Seminary (Hong Kong)
Visiting Professor of History
Wisconsin Lutheran College
Rafał TOczKO, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Nicholas Copernicus University