Length of article:
The length is determined in dialogue with the editor - the average is near to 5,000 words (endnotes not included in the count).
Reference system:
It is imperative to follow the instructions below:
- Endnotes: Notes should be numbered consecutively throughout the text. Please send your text with endnotes. In the Review, they will appear as footnotes, but this change is made at proof-reading stage by the printer.
- Bibliographical references should only be put into the endnotes and listed in the following sequence: author's first name and/or initials, author's surname, title (in italics), city of publication, publisher, year published, page number/s cited (all separated by commas only)
In case of a quote from a review or periodical, it's the following sequence: author's first name or initial, author's surname, title of article in quotation marks, name of journal or periodical in italics, vol./issue number, year of issue, page number/s cited.
A second reference may appear with the author's surname, an abbreviation of the title in italics and op.cit. (italics) plus the indication of the page. In case of repetition of the author's name, we use Id. (italics), in case of a repetition of the exact reference, we use Ibid. (italics).
Style:
- Avoid using capitals as much as possible.
- Avoid sexist language, e.g.: instead of man/men use person/s, people, human beings, individual/s, one, we;
instead of mankind: humankind, human beings, people, we.
(exception: quotations, which need to remain in their original formulation) - There is a detailed style guide which can be sent in paper form on request.
Publication:
In general, the International Review of Mission only publishes papers which have not yet been published in English elsewhere.
Abstract:
Please add to your paper an abstract (summary presentation of the content) of some 250 to 300 words.
Submission:
Thank you for sending your text in Word for Windows on a CD-Rom or as an e-mail attachment to
Ms Marlise Freidig and Rev. Dr Jooseop Keum
World Council of Churches
International Review of Mission
P.O. Box 2100
CH-1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland
Tel: +41-22 791 6301
Fax: +41-22 791 6122
Unfortunately, we cannot pay a fee to authors, however, they will receive complimentary copies of the issue.
We also need from you the following information:
- short bio data of one-to-two lines to introduce the author to the International Review of Mission readers (in case of publication, it will appear in a footnote on the first page of the article);
- your mailing address so that, if your paper is published, we can send complimentary copies of the International Review of Mission (usually three).
