As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
Author agrees to the mission and vision of ACSLHE found in the journal description.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses 12-point Times New Roman; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
The text has been anonymized per the instructions in the style guide. (Your piece will not be anonymous when published.)
Author Guidelines
Overview
Submissions for ACSLHE’s Journal, Unfolding, should be written with US English grammar. If this piece is going to have distinct linguistic uses, please state that in your abstract.
Please assume that readers have no knowledge of your spiritual tradition or practice. Feel free to footnote liberally. Citations should be in Chicago Manual Style formatting.
It is the responsibility of the author to make sure that all references are complete and accurate. As a best practice, and in order to avoid copywrite issues, we recommend paraphrasing quotations rather than using direct quotes or using less than 3 lines of a direct quote. If this piece has been submitted or used somewhere else, you must have permission to use here. Please contact the editor and get written permission if you are unsure.
To ensure that all submissions are blind-reviewed please remove Author name from anywhere in the text and replace it with "Author."
Formatting Guidelines and Elements
Please use Times New Roman, 12, single spaced font. Leave an empty line between paragraphs and other elements below.
Title of Piece: in Bold
1-2 Sentence Bio: plain font
Short Abstract: 75 word or less abstract for use in distributing published submissions via social media
Long Abstract (if applicable): 150-250 word academic abstract, in italics
Key Words: in italics
Body of Text
Leave an empty line between paragraphs
Use bold font for section headings, italics for subheadings
Use footnotes
Please Include the Following for Each Type of Submission
Article: 2,500 - 6,000 words
Must include long abstract, “Data”, methods, “Findings” and references from the findings
Case Study: Max 2000 words
Context/Background
Specifics of case (keeping participants anonymous)
Takeaways/Questions to ponder
Expression (This may be Liturgy, Art, Poetry, Order of Service etc.):
Only submit original content
Share context or description
Year the work was created
How this was (or can be) used
Religious/Philosophical Tradition
Things to Consider
Medium if applicable (acrylic, short film, monologue, liturgy, etc)
Assessment Tools
Original use of assessment
Potential uses
Book Reviews: 800 words max
Summary
Key Arguments
Strengths and Weaknesses
Potential contributions to university chaplaincy
If this is a series, please upload them all together
Series being written at the same time for one event (Ex. a series of liturgy, multiple art pieces, poems, etc.)
References
ACSLHE does not include bibliographies or reference lists. Please cite material in full note form for the first mention of each source. After the first citation, cite in short form rather than using “ibid.”.
Online Resources: Do not include a “last accessed” date unless the website mentioned does not have a date of creation or modification.
Anonymize Your Piece
To ensure the integrity of anonymous peer-review, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:
The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.
The authors of the document have removed personal information from the file properties by taking the following steps:
Microsoft Word for Windows:
Go to File
Select Info
Click on Check for Issues
Click on Inspect Document
In the Document Inspector dialog box, select the check boxes to choose the type of hidden content that you want inspected.
Click Remove All
Click Close
Save the document
Microsoft Word for MacOS:
Go to Tools
Click Protect Document
Select Remove personal information for this file on save
