Manuscript Editing for Journal of Church and State Articles
Established in 1958, the Journal of Church and State seeks to stimulate dialogue, research, and publication on religion and the state. It publishes constitutional, historical, philosophical, theological, and sociological studies of religion and government in the United States and other countries. Oxford University Press publishes it as the official journal of the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies. The institute is at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Articles run 6,000 to 8,000 words, counting text and footnotes. Prospective book reviewers contact the book review department first. Citations follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, in footnotes numbered consecutively at the bottom of each page. Names appear in full at first citation, and repeat citations take shortened forms. The journal disallows op. cit. and loc. cit. and discourages ibid. Latin terms such as et al., i.e., and e.g. stay in roman type. The abstract is in English. Review is double-anonymized. Manuscripts are double-spaced Word files with one-inch margins and every page numbered, footnote pages included. Each figure carries alt text below its caption, beginning with Alt text. The cover letter states that the work is original and under consideration nowhere else. Off the Grid Editing sets every footnote in Chicago notes style and converts repeat citations to shortened forms. Submissions go through ScholarOne.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Journal of Church and State. We work with you until it is ready or refund your payment in full. That commitment has held since 2002.
Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed. Your draft is secure until you decide to proceed.
Manuscript Editing and Proofreading for the Journal of Church and State
We offer three levels of manuscript editing depending on what your manuscript needs. Each is described below so you can choose the service that fits where your draft is right now.
Grammar and usage, awkward phrasing, repetition, and passive voice corrected, then clarity, concision, sentence structure, transitions, and tone, with your style manual applied throughout and a final proofread. For authors whose argument and structure are settled.
Clarity, emphasis, and paragraph structure: topic sentences, transitions, and sentences reordered within a paragraph, with every fact and claim kept as you wrote it. Includes copy editing and a final proofread.
Spelling, punctuation, typos, capitalization, grammar, and usage corrected with minimal wording changes, for manuscripts that have been edited and need a last check before submission to Journal of Church and State.
Oxford's instructions to authors cover length, footnotes, and manuscript format. If you have reviewer comments from an earlier submission, send them with your manuscript and we will address each one. If you have questions about which service is right for your manuscript, contact us directly. We respond to every inquiry the same day during business hours.
Academic proofreading is the final pass after journal article and essay editing, which covers scholarship on religion, law, and politics. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. We also prepare articles for the Journal of Religion & Society and Religion and American Culture.
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Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.
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Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your Journal of Church and State submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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