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Manual of Style
Submission
of Manuscripts
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Mission
Studies accepts unsolicited manuscripts, and particularly encourages articles
from IAMS members. |
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Manuscripts
should be sent to E-mail:
sb@ctu.edu |
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Manuscripts
should be approximately 20 - 30 pp. in length, double spaced typed pages. |
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Articles
can be submitted in English, Spanish, French or German; they will be
published in the language in which they are submitted unless previously
arranged otherwise with the editors. |
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Two
hard copies should be submitted; if possible, articles should also be
submitted on computer disk (Word Perfect or Word 6.0 or above) |
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A
300 word summary of the article should be included, as well as a 100 word
biographical statement. These will be translated into English if submitted in
another language. |
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Text
should be broken up with subtitles. |
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Manuscripts
become property of Mission Studies and may be edited as necessary. |
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Unaccepted
manuscripts will not be returned. |
Style
Requirements
Inclusive language should be used. Manuscripts will be
edited accordingly
Mission Studies follows the internationally recognized
"Anthropological Style," e.g. as followed by Missiology: An
International Review
Referees are placed in the text in parentheses, with
author's last name, year and page number(s) - e.g. (White 1973:1-42).
Bible citations are placed
in the text -- e.g. (Gal 3:10).- Lengthy notes are to be
avoided. However, necessary notes should be placed at the end of the text,
under the heading, "Notes."
At the end of the text,
references will be listed under "References Cited," according to the
following examples:
BOOK:
Toulmin, Stephen
1953
Philosophy
of Science. New York: Harper and Row.
BOOK IN TRANSLATION:
Weber, Max
1963 The
Sociology of Religion. Trans. By Ephraim Fischoff.
Boston: Beacon Press.
EDITED BOOK
Schreiter, Robert J., ed.
1991 Faces of Jesus in Africa.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.
BOOK WRITTEN OR EDITED BY
SEVERAL AUTHORS / EDITORS:
Pope-Levison, Priscilla and John R. Levison
1992 Jesus in Global Contexts.
Louisville, KY: Westminster / John Knox Press.
Scherer, James A. and Stephen B. Bevans, eds.
1992 New Directions
in Mission and Evangelization 1:
Basic
Statements 1974-1991. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Peacock, James
1996 "Anthropology and
Missionaries: A Commentary."
Missiology: An International Review XXIV, 2:163 -165.
ARTICLE IN A BOOK
Burrows, William R.
1996 "A
Seventh Paradigm? Catholics and Radical Inculturation."
In Willem Saayman and Klippes Kritzinger, eds. Mission in
Bold Humilitv. David Bosch's Work Considered. Maryknoll,
NY: Orbis Books: 121-138.
Other Points:
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For
matters not covered and for further information, see the latest edition of The
Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago: University of Chicago Press), or
consult with the editor of Mission Studies. |
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English
spelling follows the latest edition of Webster 's New Collegiate
Dictionary. Original spelling, however, should be retained in
quotations. |
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Foreign
words-except proper names and places-- in respective languages should be
underlined or italicized (e.g. in English, Sitz in Leben; in all
languages, Missio Dei). |
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Capitalization
of words should be done sparingly. |
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Do
NOT capitalize "church," "gospel," "mission." |
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DO
capitalize "Incarnation," "Catholic Church,"
"Lutheranism," etc. |
Payment
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As
with other scholarly journals, payment is made in copies of articles
published. Authors will receive two copies of the issue in which their
article appears. |
Book Reviews
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All
Book Reviews are solicited. |
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Book
Reviews are from 300 to 600 words, with everything double spaced, including
the bibliographical information at the beginning of the review. |
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Begin
with complete bibliographical information on the book: complete title
(italicized or underlined), author or editor, translator, edition, series,
place of publication, publisher, date, pages (Roman and Arabic), price. E.g: |
The New Catholicity: Theology
Between the Global and the Local. By Robert J. Schreiter. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books,
1997. xii + 140 pp. $18.95.
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Generally,
the review should include five elements: |
1. situation of the book
within the current literature on the subject
2.
identification
of the author or editor
3.
a
brief synopsis of the contents
4.
critique
of the organization, substance and style of the book
5.
identification
of the intended audience (if this is not already clear)
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At
the end of the review, the reviewer would use two lines for identification,
placed at the right margin: |
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the
reviewer's name
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the
institution with which the reviewer is associated, and / or the cirty and
country from which the person writes. e.g.