Thank you for your interest in The Journal of Pastoral Theology. Below you will find the style specifications for submissions. If you have further questions please contact the editors.
- Please submit the article or book review electronically via email to editors@spt-jpt.org
- Please use a minimum of formatting.
- PAGE LENGTH: Articles of 15 double-spaced pages are preferred. A length of more than 20 pages will not be accepted. Preferred font is Times New Roman 12.
- MARGINS: 1 inches on all sides.
- IN-TEXT NOTATION (APA style)
a. Graham writes, “. . . . .” (1992, p. 7).
b. If author’s name is not used to introduce quote: (Graham, 1992, p. 7).
c. Block quotation: no quotation marks, place period at the end of the sentence and have the parentheses follow the period. (1992, p. 7).
d. Two or more works within same parentheses, one author, earlier to later: (Graham, 1992, 1997); more than one author, alphabetically: (Graham, 1992; Ramsay, 1991).
e. One work, two authors: both names every time reference occurs (Gibbs & Huang, 1991).
f. One work, multiple authors: at first reference cite all authors (Bradley, Ramirez, and Soo, 1994); for subsequent references, include only surname of first author followed by “et al.” (Bradley et al., 1994).
g. Republished works (James, 1890/1983).
- HEADINGS are helpful for organization, formatted as follows:
Level 1: Bold, Centered, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading
Level 2: Flush left, Italicized, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading
- ENDNOTES (substantive notes only)
Please use endnotes, do not use footnotes, and use Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3).
- BIBLIOGRAPHY/REFERENCES (APA style)
a. Book, one author: Breuggemann, W. (1984). The message of the Psalms.
Minneapolis: Augsburg.
b. Edited book: Gibbs, J. T., & Huang, L. N. (Eds.). (1991). Children of color: Psychological interventions with minority youth. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
c. Article, one author: Hunter, R. J. (1995). Five questions and polemical suggestions for the future of pastoral theology. Journal of Pastoral Theology, 5, 8-20.
d. Article, one author, in edited collection: Taylor, S. (1995). Feminist classroom practice and cultural politics: “Girl number twenty,” and ideology. In J. Holland, M. Blair, & S. Sheldon (Eds.), Debates in feminist research and pedagogy (pp. 12-25). Clevedon, UK: The Open University.
- REFERENCE LIST follows endnotes.
- FOR MORE APA FORMATTING: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c09_o.html
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