Manuscript Editing for Journal of Religion & Society Articles
The Journal of Religion & Society is a refereed electronic journal for the cross-disciplinary study of religion and its social dimensions. It gives particular attention to American and Western religious traditions. Alongside articles, it publishes essays, opinions, and review essays twice a year. The Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society at Creighton University in Omaha publishes it, and the journal is open access.
Submissions run under 10,000 words and use subheadings. Citations follow the Chicago Manual of Style author-date system, in parentheses with full page numbers, as in (Smith 1992a, 234-236). Content footnotes stay minimal, are numbered in sequence, and use the same citation form. The bibliography lists works cited compactly, dropping words such as Series, Press, and Verlag, and spells out journal and book titles in full. A DOI or URL is added where one applies. Spelling is American, with double quotation marks, commas and periods inside, and the serial comma. An abstract of 150 words or fewer opens the manuscript, followed by five keywords. The General Editor screens each submission for quality and fit. Articles then go to blind peer review, while essays, opinions, and review essays receive editorial review. Off the Grid Editing sets the parenthetical citations and trims the bibliography to the journal's compact form. Submissions go by email to the General Editor as Word attachments.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Journal of Religion & Society. 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 Religion & Society
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 Religion & Society.
The journal's submission guidelines cover length, citations, and the abstract. 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.
Our journal article and essay editing page explains how we edit scholarship on religion and society, and academic proofreading is the final pass. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. We also prepare articles for Religion & Education and the Journal of Church and State.
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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 Religion & Society submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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