Guidelines for Submissions

J.E.S. welcomes original manuscripts that focus on any dimension of dialogue or engagement within or among religious traditions. The editors prefer manuscripts of 15-35 pages (approximately 4000 to 9000 words). Articles must not have been published elsewhere and should differ substantially from the author’s previous publications. Please do not submit a manuscript that is simultaneously under consideration by any other journal.

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Submission Checklist

• Submissions must include five items:

  • Cover letter - briefly explaining the rationale for why this article is appropriate for consideration in J.E.S.

  • Manuscript - do not include the author’s name due to the peer review process

  • Abstract - this should be included in the manuscript text, approximately 75-125 words

  • Keywords - these will be used on Project Muse to help readers find relevant papers

  • Current CV - this will be used by an editor to compose a custom author bio (subject to author approval). We have traditionally included the author’s religious affiliation, but it is not required.

• Formatting Requirements:

  • 12 pt. Times New Roman black font, double-spaced, center justified, with 1" margins

  • Paragraphs: do not add additional spacing before or after paragraphs, and use the tab key to indent the first line.

  • Footnotes must be complete and formatted to the Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition, including author(s); full title; editor(s) and translator(s) if any; series and number if any; facts of publication in parentheses, including place, publisher, and year; and specific pages if appropriate. Discursive footnotes should be less than 200 words.

  • Headings: Titles and section headings are bolded, centered, and in title case.

  • Quotations: Quotes of more than five lines will be demarcated as a block quote after publication. For submissions, separate block quotes with extra lines, before and after. Quotes eliding part of the text should use an ellipsis printed as three periods (“. . .”) as opposed to a single symbol.

  • Format: Files must be submitted in Microsoft Word (not in PDF).

  • We strongly discourage images unless absolutely necessary.

  • Inclusive language: we avoid non-inclusive language about people and do not use masculine pronouns for God.

  • Non-English language: Extended quotations in languages other than English should not appear in the text. If necessary, include the original language, translate quotations into English, and include the original in footnotes. If a published English translation is available but your research has employed the foreign-language version, quote the English in the text and cite both the English translation and the foreign-language original in the footnote. Brief phrases or words in Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Cyrillic languages should be transliterated, and those in other languages should include all needed diacritical marks. If you quote from biblical or qur’ānic texts, include the translation used.

  • NOTE: Papers that do not meet this criterion may be returned to the author. A cleanly formatted and edited manuscript will help to expedite the review process.