Style Guide for Mission Studies

Submission of Manuscripts

Mission Studies accepts unsolicited manuscripts, and particularly encourages articles from IAMS members.

Manuscripts should be sent to

Dr. Lalsangkima Pachuau

Associate Professor of History and Theology of Mission
Asbury Theological Seminary
204 N Lexington Avenue,
Wilmore
KY 40390, USA
Phone:+1 (859) 858 2262
Email:
editor@missionstudies.org
kimapachuau@yahoo.com
kima_pachuau@asburyseminary.edu

• Manuscripts should be approximately 20 - 30 pp. in length, double spaced typed pages.

• 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.

• Two hard copies should be submitted; if possible, articles should also be submitted on computer disk (Word Perfect or Word 6.0 or above)

• 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.

• Text should be broken up with subtitles.

• Manuscripts become property of Mission Studies and may be edited as necessary.

• 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

• References 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

• 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.

• English spelling follows the latest edition of Webster 's New Collegiate Dictionary. Original spelling, however, should be retained in quotations.

• 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).

• Capitalization of words should be done sparingly.

• Do NOT captitalize "church," "gospel," "mission."

• DO capitalize "Incarnation," "Catholic Church," "Lutheranism," etc.

Payment

As with other scholarly journals, payment is made in copies of articles published. Authors will received two copies of the issue in which their article appears.

Book Reviews

IAMS members and others are encouraged to contact the book review editor when they want to review a book, and books found on the list of books available will be sent to reviewers. Only solicited reviews appear in ­Mission Studies.  

1. Book reviews are usually from 500 to 600 words, with everything double spaced, including the bibliographic information at the beginning of the review.

 2. Begin with complete bibliographical information on the book: complete title (italicized), “by” or “edited by” then the name of the author(s) or editor(s), translator (if applicable), edition (if applicable), series (if applicable), place of publication, publisher, date, pages (Roman for front matter, then Arabic for the main contents), price. Please follow this format:

  The New Catholicity: Theology Between the Global and the Local. By Robert J. Schreiter. Maryknoll, New York, USA, Orbis Books 1997. Pp. xii + 140. $18.95.

 Please follow this format exactly and look up the price if necessary.

 3. Generally, the review should include five elements:

4. At the end of the review, the reviewer should use two lines for identification, placed at the right margin.  First the reviewer’s name should appear, then on the next line the institution with which the reviewer is associated, and/or the city and country from which the reviewer writes.

E.g.,

José de Mesa
East Asian Pastoral Institute, Manila, Philippines