Horizons
Members of the CTS receive Horizons, the Society's journal, published semiannually at the Villanova University. Horizons presents scholarly articles, editorials, a creative teaching section, and over 60 book reviews. A subscription to Horizons is included in the membership dues. The editor of Horizons is Anthony J. Godzieba (Villanova University).
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GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
PREPARING YOUR MANUSCRIPT
Manuscript submissions to the journal should be between 25 and 30 pages, not including notes. On rare occasions, the editors will give consideration to a lengthier submission of exceptional quality. The text and bibliographic documentation of the manuscript must conform to the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS), 16th edition. We require that authors use endnotes rather than footnotes and that they double-space the entire manuscript.
Manuscripts must have a separate title page that includes the author’s name, affiliation, e-mail address, postal address, an abstract of no more than 150 words, and an author vita of no more than 50 words. The author’s name should appear nowhere else in the manuscript. All references to the author’s work in the text or notes should be in the third person.
In the endnotes, full bibliographical documentation must be given in the first reference. For example:
Kevin J. Madigan and John D. Levenson, Resurrection: The Power of God for Christians and Jews (New
Haven: Yale University Press, 2008), 235–57.
Danièle Hervieu-Léger, Religion as a Chain of Memory, trans. Simon Lee (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers
University Press, 2000).
Gesa Thiessen, “Images of the Trinity in Visual Art,” in Trinity and Salvation: Theological, Spiritual and
Aesthetic Perspectives, ed. Declan Marmion and Gesa Thiessen, Studies in Theology, Society, and
Culture, vol. 2 (Bern: Peter Lang, 2009), 119–39, at 132.
Maura A. Ryan, “A New Shade of Green? Nature, Freedom, and Sexual Difference in Caritas in
veritate,” Theological Studies 71 (2010): 335–49.
In subsequent references use “ibid.” when the reference is clear; in other cases, use a shortened version of the main title. (The journal’s house style does not use “op. cit.”) For example:
Ibid., 65–66.
Thiessen, “Images of the Trinity,” 120.
In referencing recent Church documents, it is important that you follow Horizons’ house style. Be as consistent as you can with these citations. For example:
Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium) §1, in Norman P.
Tanner, ed., Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils, 2 vols. (Washington, DC: Georgetown University
Press, 1990), 2:849.
For spelling guidelines (e.g., church/Church, scripture/Scripture, etc.), use those provided by Theological Studies on its website (http://www.ts.mu.edu/contributors/index.html). Place all titles and other words that are usually underlined in italics; do not underline or use bold print. Within ranges of numbers, Horizons’ style, following CMOS, uses an en-dash rather than a hyphen. For example:
Mark 10:46–52
1999–2008
Ibid., 135–39.
SUBMITTING YOUR MANUSCRIPT
Our editorial office requires two copies, one digital and one hard copy. Send the digital copy of your manuscript to the journal’s e-mail address ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ). The preferred digital format is Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx), but the journal can also accept WordPerfect (.wpd) or Rich Text (.rtf) if necessary. Send the hard copy, along with a cover letter, to this address:
The Editor
Horizons
St. Mary’s Hall
Villanova University
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085
In the cover letter, the author should state that the manuscript will not be submitted to another journal until Horizons’ evaluation is completed.