Guidelines for Submissions

J.E.S. welcomes original manuscripts that focus on any dimension of dialogue or engagements within or among religious traditions. The editors prefer manuscripts of 15-35 pages in length, although shorter articles may also be considered. Articles must not have been published elsewhere and should differ substantially from any of the author’s previous publications.

Please submit your article by clicking on the blue “Submit via Scholastica” button below and follow the directions for quick and easy submission. Authors are asked to include four items: a cover letter, the manuscript, an abstract, and a current CV. Please do not submit a manuscript that is simultaneously under consideration by any other journal.

Formatting Requirements for Submission: 12 pt. Times New Roman font, double-spaced with 1" margins, and inclusion of footnotes formatted to Chicago Manual of Style. Please include an abstract in the manuscript text. Files must be submitted in Microsoft Word format (not in PDF).

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Review Process

If, after review by the editorial team, a manuscript is deemed appropriate for peer review, it will be read by 2-3 outside reviewers, selected for their qualifications to provide varying perspectives on a given article. Excerpts of the reviewers’ comments will be passed on anonymously to the author, whether or not the article is accepted. The review process generally takes 4–12 weeks. The editors will correspond with the author of an accepted article regarding any requested revisions. Once a manuscript is accepted for publication and is copy-edited, we will require a biographical paragraph and a signed author contract. We prefer to include the author’s religious affiliation, if possible.

Style Guidelines

If your manuscript is accepted for publication, it will be edited to conform to the journal’s house style, which generally follows The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition. J.E.S. style guidelines can be found HERE. The Scholastica submission page provides more details regarding citations, the use of inclusive language, and the use of non-English text. Please review the journal's back issues for examples of these and other stylistic conventions.

All correspondence should be directed to:

David M. Krueger, PhD, Editor
Journal of Ecumenical Studies

E-mail: dk@dialogueinstitute.org