Dialog

Edited by:
The Rev. Dr. Kristin Johnston Largen

Print ISSN: 0012-2033
Online ISSN: 1540-6385
Frequency: Quarterly
Current Volume: 49 / 2010

TopAuthor Guidelines

Thank you for your contribution to Dialog! Please follow these simple procedures to ensure that we receive your document in a standard format that is easy to edit and process.

Electronic Submission for Articles

Articles must be typed for submission to the editor on standard 8-1/2 x 11-inch paper, double-spaced, one-inch margins around.

Notes should be placed at the end of the article.

The editors would appreciate receiving your article as a Microsoft Word attachment. We prefer Microsoft Word, but we can also accept texts in WordPerfect.

Where to Send the Article

Send a copy of the article, curriculum vitae (please include your most recent book or article), and a 75 word or less Abstract, 5 or 6 key terms, to the editor:

The Rev. Dr. Kristin Johnston Largen
Editor, Dialog: A Journal of Theology
Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
61 Seminary Ridge
Gettysburg, PA 17325
klargen@ltsg.edu

Each author of an original article will receive a PDF version of the issue in which his or her article appears, as well as one hard copy of the issue. No honoraria are available to contributing authors. Sorry.

Copyright Assignment

All Dialog authors are required to sign two copies of the 'Copyright Assignment Form' and return them to the editor. Please note that an article cannot and will not be published in the journal unless a signed copyright form is received by the due date. Also, please note that contributors will be able to republish Dialog articles in books of their own authorship without Wiley-Blackwell permission.

Abstracts and Key terms

Due to the growing number of people using the online version of Dialog, and due to the growing amount of Dialog articles available on-line, we ask that you write a 75 word Abstract for your article. Likewise, we ask that you create 5 or 6 key terms by which would-be interested readers can find your article by performing a web search. The abstract should appear before your article and key terms should follow. For Example:

Abstract: This document contains the information that Dialog contributors will need in order to prepare their articles in such a way as to minimize distress for the Managing Editor.

Key terms: Author Instructions; Length; Transliterations; Footnotes; Copyright; Formatting

Textual Matters

Transliterations must be used for Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, etc. Include accents only where absolutely necessary. Conform transliterations to the style used by the Journal of Biblical Literature or the SBL Member's Handbook. When any foreign language is used, provide English translation set within parentheses after the foreign word or clause, except for commonly known words. Italicize all foreign words or phrases.

Our editorial policy is to use minimal capitalization. A few paradigms follow:
Church, Christian church, Lutheran Church
Bible, biblical
Scripture(s), scriptural
Eucharist, Eucharistic, Eucharistic Prayer
Word of God, kingdom of God
Word and Sacrament, Word and sacraments, sacramental
Gospel of Matthew, gospel (as message)
Messiah, messianic

Use commas sparingly in general, but do use them throughout a series, e.g., 'faith, hope, and love.'

Documentation

Where abbreviation is appropriate, use the standard abbreviations for books of the Bible and other ancient documents as specified by SBL. If these are not available to you, write out full titles and the editors will abbreviate. Please do not abbreviate titles of journals or books in your text or notes; rather, provide full titles.

Endnote form follows Turabian of Chicago Manual of Style. It is not necessary to include words such as 'Press' or 'Publishing Company.' Please italicize book titles rather than underlining. Here are some samples:

Hans Conzelmannn, Jesus, trans, J. Raymond Lord (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1973), 36-50.

Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, Death, Sin and the Moral Life, No. 59 of American Academy of Religion Academy Series, ed. Susan Thistlewaite (Atlanta: Scholars, 1988), 129.

Duane A. Priebe, 'Theology and Hermeneutics,' Studies in Lutheran Hermeneutics, ed. John Reumann (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1979), 297-301.

George E. Mendenhall, 'Missions,' Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, ed. George A. Buttrick, 4 Vols. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1962), 2:241.

Edmund A Steimle, 'Preaching and the Bible Story of Good and Evil,' Union Seminary Quarterly Review 31:2 (Spring 1976), 198-211.

Luke T. Johnson, The Literary Function of Possessions in Luke-Acts (SBLDS 39; Missoula: Scholars, 1977).

For subsequent notes after first entry use-as appropriate-one of the following:

Ibid., 38. (Do not underscore the word Ibid.)

Priebe, 'Theology and Hermeneutics,' 299. (shortened title)

Length

Thematic and other major articles should be roughly 4,000 to 6,000 words. Other articles, such as those submitted to "Views and Counterviews," and "Dialogue in Dialog" should be roughly 2,000 words.

Book Reviews

Book reviews are limited to a maximum of 1,000 words. Please include the following in the title of the review: book title, author, publisher, year, and page count. Book reviews should be sent to:

Book Review Editor, Dialog
David Ratke
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Box 7210
Hickory, NC 28603
Email: ratked@lr.edu

References
We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting. EndNote reference styles can be searched for here: http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp

Reference Manager reference styles can be searched for here: http://www.refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp

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