NOTE FOR CONTRIBUTORS
MELITA THEOLOGICA welcomes the submission of unpublished papers of up to
10,000 words, including footnotes, on any branch of theological studies. Submissions
are considered for publication on the understanding that the author offers Melita
Theologica an exclusive option to publish, and the contribution is not currently under
consideration for publication elsewhere. It is the responsibility of the author to obtain
permission for using any previously published material.
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Manuscripts should be sent electronically, together with a brief bio-blurb, as a Word
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referenced by an asterisk after the article title; the text for this note should appear
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Note Style
Journal article
Author’s name; article title in quotation marks; journal title in full, volume number,
year of issue, inclusive page numbers of article, specific page(s) cited, if applicable.
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Example:
Hans Schilderman, “Liturgy as a Spiritual Practice,” Studies in Spirituality 20
(2010): 271-319, 306.
Book
Author’s name (or editor’s name, if no author), book title, city of publication, year
of publication, specific page(s) cited, if applicable. (Note: publishers’ name are not
included).
Examples:
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Catherine Mowry La Cugna, God for Us: The Trinity and Christian Life (London,
1992), 133.
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Dieter T. Hessel and Rosemary Radford Reuther, eds., Christianity and Ecology
(Harvard, 2000), 157-159.
Book in a series
Audrey R. Chapman, Unprecedented Choices: Religious Ethics at the Frontiers of
Genetic Science, Theology and the Sciences, ed. Kevin J. Sharpe (Minneapolis,
1999).
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Ian C. Werrett, Ritual Purity and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Studies on the Texts of the
Desert of Judah, ed. Florentino Garcia Martinez et al., vol. 72 (Leiden, 2007), 111112.
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Translated Book
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Edward Schillebeeckx, Jesus: An Experiment in Christology, trans. Hubert Hoskins
(London, 1979).
Multivolume work
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Giuseppe Alberigo, History of Vatican II, 4 vols. (New York, 1995), 3:166-167.
Chapter in an edited book
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Jeremy Johns, “Christianity and Islam,” in The Oxford Dictionary of Christianity,
ed. John McManners (Oxford, 1993), 167-2004.
Dissertation or thesis:
Suzanne L. Marchand, “The Paradigm of Discipleship in the Gospel of John”
(Ph.D.diss., Drake University, 2011).
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a note. If a more formal citation is desired, it may be styled as in the examples below.
Because such content is subject to change, include an access date or, if available, a date
that the site was last modified.
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“Apostolic Letter Porta Fidei for the Year of Faith.” Vatican: The Holy See, [Accessed
October 8, 2012].
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/bendict_xvi/apost_letters/indix_en.htm.
Google. “Google Privacy Policy.” Last modified March 11, 2009.
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