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Philosophy of Pastoral Liturgy

For more information, please see Pastoral Liturgy Aims and Scope page.

Who Can Submit?

Anyone may submit an original article to be considered for publication in Pastoral Liturgy provided he or she owns the copyright to the work being submitted or is authorized by the copyright owner or owners to submit the article. Authors are the initial owners of the copyrights to their works (an exception in the non-academic world to this might exist if the authors have, as a condition of employment, agreed to transfer copyright to their employer).

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General Submission Rules

Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication. In addition, by submitting material to Pastoral Liturgy, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at Pastoral Liturgy. If you have concerns about the submission terms for Pastoral Liturgy, please contact the editors.

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Pastoral Liturgy Style Guide

Pastoral Liturgy uses Chicago 17 Style with only minor deviations. Authors need to prepare their texts according to this style. The Style Guide for Liturgical Press is also recommended as a resource for liturgical language.

Capitalization is used according to Chicago 17 and to the Style Guide for Liturgical Press with the following exceptions:

  • 1. For the use of the word “church” whenever it means the People of God in any context then it is capitalized. When it is a building, it is lowercase. It is capitalized when it refers to a particular community: e.g. St Thomas More Church.
  • 2. For the use of titles of hymns and psalms, sentence case is used.

Italicization and boldface

Italics are to be used for foreign language terms e.g. in toto

Chicago 17 promotes the following:

  • 7.50: Italics for emphasis
  • Chapter Contents / Italics, Capitals, and Quotation Marks / Emphasis
  • Use italics for emphasis only as an occasional adjunct to efficient sentence structure. Overused, italics quickly lose their force. Seldom should as much as a sentence be italicized for emphasis, and never a whole passage. In the first example below, the last three words, though clearly emphatic, do not require italics because of their dramatic position at the end of the sentence.
  • The damaging evidence was offered not by the arresting officer, not by the injured plaintiff, but by the boy’s own mother. On the other hand, the emphasis in the following example depends on the italics:
  • It was Leo!

Editorially, it is preferred that italics are minimised and efficient sentence structure is used to deliver the intent of the author. Boldface is not to be used within the text as it is only used for titles.

Scare quotes are to be avoided.

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Rights for Authors and ResearchOnline@ND

As further described in our submission agreement (the Submission Agreement), in consideration for publication of the article, the authors assign to ResearchOnline@ND all copyright in the article, subject to the expansive personal--use exceptions described below.

Attribution and Usage Policies

Reproduction, posting, transmission or other distribution or use of the article or any material therein, in any medium as permitted by a personal-use exemption or by written agreement of ResearchOnline@ND, requires credit to ResearchOnline@ND as copyright holder (e.g., ResearchOnline@ND © 2024).

Personal-use Exceptions

The following uses are always permitted to the author(s) and do not require further permission from ResearchOnline@ND provided the author does not alter the format or content of the articles, including the copyright notification:

  • Storage and back-up of the article on the author's computer(s) and digital media (e.g., diskettes, back-up servers, Zip disks, etc.), provided that the article stored on these computers and media is not readily accessible by persons other than the author(s);
  • Posting of the article on the author(s) personal website, provided that the website is non-commercial;
  • Posting of the article on the internet as part of a non-commercial open access institutional repository or other non-commercial open access publication site affiliated with the author(s)'s place of employment (e.g., a Phrenology professor at the University of Southern North Dakota can have her article appear in the University of Southern North Dakota's Department of Phrenology online publication series); and
  • Posting of the article on a non-commercial course website for a course being taught by the author at the university or college employing the author.

People seeking an exception, or who have questions about use, should contact the editors.

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General Terms and Conditions of Use

Users of the ResearchOnline@ND website and/or software agree not to misuse the ResearchOnline@ND service or software in any way.

The failure of ResearchOnline@ND to exercise or enforce any right or provision in the policies or the Submission Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term of the Submission Agreement or these policies is found to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Submission Agreement and these policies remain in full force and effect. These policies and the Submission Agreement constitute the entire agreement between ResearchOnline@ND and the Author(s) regarding submission of the Article.

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