Conference on Christianity, Culture and Diversity in America

Guidelines

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Papers are invited on the theme “Conversations About Diversity – A Kingdom Calling” exploring diversity issues ranging from ethnicity, race, gender, culture, age, and religion, to the physically challenged in America – all from the Christian worldview.

The Conference Chairs plan to edit a book-length manuscript featuring the best scholarship from the Conference; if a presenter would like his or her work to be considered, he or she should mail or submit electronically a version of the paper ranging from 20 to 25 pages, that conforms to the author guidelines below in Word (.doc) format. The easiest way to adhere to the guidelines will be to download and use the template above.

*PowerPoint presentations/outlines may be submitted in addition to manuscripts for possible posting on the conference website.

General Format, Page Layout, and Margins
Standard A4 portrait page set-up should be used. Do not use any headers or footers. No page numbers. Single column. All main text paragraphs must be fully (left and right) justified. All text, including title, authors, headings, captions and body, will be Times or Times New Roman font.

Title
The title of a paper consists of the title itself, capitalized (all words except for short connectives should start with a capital letter), unnumbered and centered between the margins. Please use Times or Times New Roman, 14-point, bold font for the title. There should be no title page. The body of the paper should begin immediately after the title and author text.

Headings
Please use Times or Times New Roman for all headings, 12-point bold for top level headings and 10-point bold for second level headings. Leave sufficient space for the title to stand out clearly. Leave two blank lines above and one blank line below the headings. All words in headings, except for short connectives, should have the first letter capitalized. The title should be centered between the margins; all lower level headings should be left-justified.

Running Text
Please use Times or New Times Roman for running text. Use 10-point type size and one line spacing for normal text and 9-point type size for small text (abstract, literature references and acknowledgements). Use italic print to emphasize words. Note: bold type and underlining should be avoided. The text should always be justified to occupy the full line width. All text should be 1.0 line-spaced.

References
To reference an author, use standard APA style. That is, insert the sequence “(Name year)” (without the quotes) into the running text for a citation to a literature reference. Name is the second name of the author and year is the year of printing. Also a citation to several authors is allowed. In this case the single authors must be delimited either by commas or the word “&”. The phrase “et al.” is also valid. The year can either be written in short form or in long form (i.e. 92 and 1992 are both valid entries).

Footnotes
Start the footnote with the sequence “[n]“, where n is the unique number of that footnote (unique means that this number can only appear once on a page, not throughout the whole document). Use a 9-point font size for footnotes.

Acknowledgements
This is an optional section. Acknowledgements or appreciation to individuals for assistance with the manuscript or with the material reported should be included and appear at the end of the article after References. Financial support for work reported or a grant under which a study was made should be noted in the Acknowledgements. Start the acknowledgements section with the sequence “Acknowledgements” in 10 point bold-face, left justified, followed by a single blank line, then text in 9-point type-face.

Submissions by email
Papers may be submitted, via email, to the conference secretary as .doc attachments. Please include the paper’s title, list of authors and full correspondence and/or contact details in the email itself. Notification of paper acceptance will be sent to the email address you provide.

Submissions by mail
Conference papers must be postmarked by May 30, 2008. To be published in the Conference Proceedings on the web site, please include a CD copy. Please include a cover sheet detailing the paper’s title, list of authors and full correspondence and/or contact details including your email address. Notification of paper acceptance will be sent to the email address you provide.

Mail manuscripts to:
Susan J. Burson
Conference on Christianity, Culture, and Diversity in America
Department of Education
Huntington University
2303 College Avenue
Huntington, Indiana 46750
Fax: 260-359-4144