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Style Guide for Research Papers: Citing Journals

This is the style guide for assignments in courses offered by the departments of Bible & Theology, Practical Theology, and Intercultural Studies

Citing Journal Articles

The examples below provide guidance for how to cite sources in footnotes (N), in shortened footnotes (SN), and in the bibliography (B). If you are using a program to help format your citations, set it to "Turabian" or "Chicago," "notes-bibliography," and then correct the result so that it follows the requirements in this guide.

Journal names can be spelled out in full or signified by their official abbreviation. See the "Journal Abbreviations" list in this guide for examples of common journals in our discipline.

Since some journals continue to paginate in sequence across issues in a volume while others do not, include the issue number in your citation when possible. For example, JBL volume 109 issue 1 should be cited as JBL 109.1. Do not include the abbreviation “no.” for the issue number, and do not include the month or season unless that is the only way the publisher distinguishes issues from each other.

Article in a Journal

Cite journals articles by including the author, article title in quotation marks, italicized journal name, volume number, issue number, year in parentheses, and page number.

N:                    1. Paul Achtemeier, “Omne Verbum Sonat: The New Testament and the Oral Environment of Late Western Antiquity,” JBL 109.1 (1990): 16.

SN:                  3. Achtemeier, “Omne Verbum,” 16.

B:        Achtemeier, Paul. “Omne Verbum Sonat: The New Testament and the Oral Environment of Late Western Antiquity.” Journal of Biblical Literature 109.1 (1990): 3–27.

 

N:                    1. Steven M. Fettke and Michael L. Dusing, “A Practical Pentecostal Theodicy?” Pneuma 38.2 (2016): 169.

SN:                  3. Fettke and Dusing, “Practical Pentecostal,” 169.

B:        Fettke, Steven M. and Michael L. Dusing. “A Practical Pentecostal Theodicy?” Pneuma 38.2 (2016): 160–179.

eJournals

For our purposes, electronic journals are journals that are read online in a browser or app, whether or not there is a print counterpart to that journal. Cite electronic journals like a print counterpart by including the author, article title, italicized journal name, volume, issue, year, and page number. The only difference from citing a print journal is the inclusion of a DOI or URL. If the article has a DOI or URL, do not include it in the footnotes but do include the DOI (preferred) or URL in the bibliography.

N:                    1. Beverly Roberts Gaventa, “Places of Power in Paul’s Letter to the Romans,” Interpretation 76.4 (2022): 294.

SN:                  3. Gaventa, "Power," 300.

B:        Gaventa, Beverly Roberts. “Places of Power in Paul’s Letter to the Romans.” Interpretation 76.4 (2022): 293-302. doi:10.1177/00209643221108179.

 

N:                    1. H. Wayne Johnson, “Practicing Theology on a Sunday Morning: Corporate Worship as Spiritual Formation, TrinJ 31.1 (2010): 28, Academia.

SN:                  3. Johnson, “Practicing Theology,” 28.

B:        Johnson, H. Wayne. “Practicing Theology on a Sunday Morning: Corporate Worship as Spiritual Formation.” Trinity Journal 31.1 (2010): 27–44. http://www.academia.edu/7444520.