GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS AND REVIEWERS
1. Articles
2. Research reports
3. Book reviews
1. Articles
• Length: 6000 to 8000 words (or otherwise if indicated by the editors), footnotes and literature reference list included;
• Language: French, German or English (if one of these is not your native language, please have your text translated and/or corrected by a native speaker);
• Title: Provide a short main title and a descriptive subtitle;
• Abstract: Start the article with an abstract of 400 words in another language than the article itself (French or German if the article is in English, and so on).
• Structure: Sections are numbered, subsections have letters: 1. a. b. c. 2. a. b. 3. a. etc. Avoid more than two section layers;
• Citations: If the language of the citation is not French, German or English, translate it into the language of your article. The original language can be put in a footnote. Put citations into single ‘brackets’.
• References: References are put in the main text (not in the footnotes) this way: Recent publications on the Second Vatican Council have underlined the
ecclesiological concerns of the Council (Dulles, 25).
• List of references: The full description of the reference should be put in an alphabetical list at the end of the article:
DULLES, A., 2008. Nature, Mission, and Structure of the Church, In Vatican II. Renewal Within Traditions, ed. M. Lamb; M. Levering, Oxford, 25-36.
HÜNERMANN, P. (Ed.), 22009. Exkommunikation oder Kommunikation? Der Weg der Kirche nach dem II. Vatikanum und die Pius-Brüder, Freiburg i. Br.
HABERMAS, J., 2008. Nach dem Bankrott. Der Privatisierungswahn ist an sein Ende gekommen, In Die Zeit, 6. November.
THEOBALD, C., 2007. Lire les signes des temps. Dimension sociale et politique de la foi, In Etudes. Revue de culture contemporaine 406/2, 197-212.
• Footnotes: Only use footnotes for extra remarks, extra literature references, citations in the original languages, etc.;
• Bio: Include a short biographical description containing the following elements: name, city and year of birth, function, university, research interests, two or three recent publications, postal address, e-mail address;
• N.B.: Send your article to the acting editor. Please contact the editor for an example of best practice or for any further questions.
2. Research reports
• Length: 4000 words, footnotes and literature reference list included
• Language: French, German or English (if one of these is not your native language, please have your text translated and/or corrected by a native speaker);
• Title: Provide a short main title and a descriptive subtitle;
• Style: Informative and descriptive. Choose either one or two research projects or publications that are innovative and excellent, or indicate certain research trends in a particular field or area.
• Structure: Sections are numbered, subsections have letters: 1. a. b. c. 2. a. b. 3. a. etc. Avoid more than two section layers;
• Citations: If the language of the citation is not French, German or English, translate it into the language of your article. The original language can be put in a footnote. Put citations into single ‘brackets’.
• References: see under 1. Articles
• List of references: see under 1. Articles
• Footnotes: Only use footnotes for extra remarks, extra literature references, citations in the original languages, full names of institutes and research projects, etc.;
• Bio: Include a short biographical description containing the following elements: name, city and year of birth, function, university, research interests, two or three recent publications, e-mail address and postal address;
• N.B.: Send your article to the acting editor. Please contact the editor for an example of best practice or for any further questions.
3. Book reviews
• Length: 1000 words
• Language: French, German or English (if one of these is not your native language, please have your text translated and/or corrected by a native speaker);
• Book description: Give a full book description, containing: author/editors, title, subtitle, publisher, city, year, number of pages, ISBN number;
• Style: Informative and descriptive. Put your questions and evaluations at the end of the review;
• Name reviewer: End the review with your title, full (first and last) name, institution/university and country;
N.B.: Send your book review to the acting editor.
Acting editors for volume 2011/1 and 2:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sigrid Müller
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Pierre Van Hecke Pierre.VanHecke@theo.kuleuven.be
