Call for Papers: SST/IJST Colin Gunton Memorial Essay Prize 2008
Call for Papers: SST/IJST Colin Gunton Memorial Essay Prize 2008
What is theological interpretation?
Closing date: 31 October 2008
As the prize celebrates Colin Gunton’s contribution to constructive Christian theology, essays should work within that broad area. Entries will be judged on academic merit, and the winning essay will be awarded a prize of £200 and be published in IJST. Other essays may also be considered for publication.
Essays must follow the IJST ‘Submission Requirements for Journal Articles’. Consequently, they should not include the author’s name, be under consideration for publication elsewhere, or have been published previously.
The judges hope to make their decision in January 2009, and competing authors will be informed of the result shortly thereafter. The winning author will be invited to the SST annual conference in 2009, where a presentation of the prize will be made at the conference reception.
The SST may be able to provide some assistance with the costs of attending the conference.
Entries should be e-mailed to Dr. Oliver Crisp, Secretary of the SST, at oliver.crisp(-at-)bristol.ac.uk
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April 25th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Is there a website with information on word length, etc.? Can one access IJST’s ‘Submission Requirements for Journal Articles’ online? And does the essay have to be an answer to the question, “What is theological interpretation?” or can it be related (e.g. the theological exegesis of B.S. Childs, which is what I would do)?
April 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Not really sure, Phil. I’d contact Oliver Crisp if I were you. I’ll also ask around and see what I can find out.
April 26th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS
All submissions to the International Journal of Systematic Theology are made via the online editorial office at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijst, where full instructions and a help facility are available. All submissions must conform to the Submission Requirements below. Please note that if a submission does not conform, it will be unsubmitted for reformatting.
Submission Requirements for Journal Articles
1. Articles will not be considered for publication if they have been previously published in English or are currently being considered for publication elsewhere. Articles will be double blind-reviewed: therefore no material identifying the author should appear anywhere.
2. Articles should include at the start an abstract of around 100 words. Including this abstract (and all footnotes), articles should not normally be longer than 8000 words in length, although longer articles may occasionally be considered by the Editors.
3. Articles with text in Hebrew or Greek should either transliterate and italicize it or render it in the original script with full pointing / accents and breathings. Articles should be checked after uploading to Manuscript Central to ensure that any Hebrew or Greek text has not corrupted.
4. Articles may follow UK or US spelling conventions, provided they do so consistently, but should avoid any of the following abbreviations: ‘f.’, ‘ff.’, ‘op. cit.’, ‘ibid.’, and ‘idem’. Direct quotations should, however, follow the spelling, punctuation and capitalization of the original.
5. Articles should be formatted at line-and-a-half spacing and in 12-point font throughout (including all footnotes), and should incorporate a margin of at least 2.5 cm (1 inch) all round.
6. Footnotes should be numbered sequentially, and references should follow these formats:
1. Gerald O’Collins, Christology: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), p. 29.
2. John P. Galvin, ‘Before the Holy Mystery: Karl Rahner’s Thought on God’, Toronto Journal of Theology 9 (1993), pp. 201-3, 211-14 and 231-7.
3. Werner G. Jeanrond, ‘Hans Küng’, in David F. Ford, ed., The Modern Theologians, 2nd edn (Oxford: Blackwell, 1997), p. 162.
4. Galvin, ‘Before the Holy Mystery’, p. 230.