期刊名称：MATERIAL RELIGION
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
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About Material Religion
2006 Runner-up for the CELJ Best New Journal Award
Berg is pleased to announce that Material Religion is the Runner-up for the CELJ Best New Journal Award 2006, awarded by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals |
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Material Religion: the Journal of Objects, Art and Belief (ISSN: 1743-2200, e-ISSN 1751-8342) is published three times a year in March, July and November. The first issue was published in March 2005.
Editors: Birgit Meyer, Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (The Netherlands),
David Morgan, Valparaiso University, USA, Crispin Paine, University of Chichester, S.Brent Plate, Texas Christian University. |
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From Shinto temples to rosary beads, thangka paintings to missionary tracts, mass-produced posters to gravestones, religion is a material process. Charged with culturally-specific sacred meanings, religious objects have been used for purposes of worship, commemoration, art, and even subversion, and have been at the root of some of the world¡¯s most hotly contested struggles.
Material Religion seeks to explore how religion happens in material culture ¨C images, devotional and liturgical objects, architecture and sacred space, works of art and mass-produced artifacts. No less important than these material forms are the many different practices that put them to work. Ritual, communication, ceremony, instruction, meditation, propaganda, pilgrimage, display, magic, liturgy and interpretation constitute many of the practices whereby religious material culture constructs the worlds of belief.
Highly visual in terms of content and in color throughout, this refereed journal seeks also to bridge the worlds of scholarship and museum practice, and to support all those seeking, at whatever level, to understand and explain the relationships between objects, art and belief. Also invited are nominations and self-nominations for reviewers of books and exhibitions.
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Instructions to Authors
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Should you have an article you would like to submit, please write to:
Brent Plate at Material Religion,
Department of Religion
Box 298100,
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth TX 76129
USA
Email: b.plate@tcu.edu
Suggestions for books/exhibitions to review and reviews should be sent to:
Crispin Paine
Material Religion Journal
108 Station Road
Liss
Hampshire
GU33 7AQ
UK
crispinp@ntlworld.com |
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Notes for Contributors
Editors welcome submissions that explore issues related to material culture and religion. Articles should be approximately 6,000-8,000 words in length and must include a three-sentence biography of the author(s) and an abstract. Interviews should not exceed 15 pages and do not require an author biography. Exhibition and book reviews are normally 500 to 2,000 words in length. The Publishers will require a disk as well as a hard copy of any contributions (please mark clearly on the disk what word-processing program has been used). Berg accepts most programs with the exception of Clarisworks.
Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art & Belief will produce one issue a year devoted to a single topic. Persons wishing to organize a topical issue are invited to submit a proposal which contains a hundred-word description of the topic together with a list of potential contributors and paper subjects. Proposals are accepted only after review by the journal editors and in-house editorial staff at Berg.
Manuscripts
Manuscripts with disks should be submitted to: Material Religion. Manuscripts will be acknowledged by the editor and entered into the review process discussed below. Manuscripts without illustrations will not be returned unless the author provides a self-addressed stamped envelope. Submission of a manuscript to the journal will be taken to imply that it is not being considered elsewhere for publication, and that if accepted for publication, it will not be published elsewhere, in the same form, in any language, without the consent of the editor and publisher. It is a condition of acceptance by the editor of a manuscript for publication that the publishers automatically acquire the copyright of the published article throughout the world. Material Religion does not pay authors for their manuscripts nor does it provide retyping, drawing, or mounting of illustrations.
Style
U.S. spelling and mechanicals are to be used. Authors are advised to consult The Chicago Manual of Style (15th Edition) as a guideline for style. Webster¡¯s Dictionary is our arbiter of spelling. We encourage the use of major subheadings and, where appropriate, second-level subheadings. Manuscripts submitted for consideration as an article must contain: a title page with the full title of the article, the author(s) name and address, a three sentence biography for each author, and a 200 word abstract. Do not place the author¡¯s name on any other page of the manuscript.
Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts must be typed double-spaced (including quotations, notes, and references cited), one side only, with at least one-inch margins on standard paper using a typeface no smaller than 12pts. The original manuscript and a copy of the text on disk (please ensure it is clearly marked with the word-processing program that has been used) must be submitted, along with color original photographs (to be returned). Authors should retain a copy for their records. Any necessary artwork must be submitted with the manuscript.
Footnotes
Footnotes appear as Notesat the end of articles. Authors are advised to include footnote material in the text whenever possible. Notes are to be numbered consecutively throughout the paper and are to be typed doublespaced at the end of the text. (Do not use any footnoting or end-noting programs that your software may offer as this text becomes irretrievably lost at the typesetting stage.)
References
The list of references should be limited to, and inclusive of, those publications actually cited in the text. References are to be cited in the body of the text in parentheses with the authors last name, the year of original publication, and page number¡ªe.g. (Rouch 1958: 45). Titles and publication information appear as References at the end of the article and should be listed alphabetically by author and chronologically for each author. Names of journals and publications should appear in full. Film and video information appears as Filmography. References cited should be typed double-spaced on a separate page. Format of references should follow Chicago Style, Documentation Two. References not presented in the style required will be returned to the author for revision.
Tables
All tabular material should be part of a separately numbered series of Tables. Each table must be typed on a separate sheet and identified by a short descriptive title. Footnotes for tables appear at the bottom of the table. Marginal notations on manuscripts should indicate approximately where tables are to appear.
Figures
All illustrative material (drawings, maps, diagrams, and photographs) should be designated Figures. They must be submitted in a form suitable for publication without redrawing. Drawings should be carefully done with black ink on either hard, white, smooth-surfaced board or good quality tracing paper. Ordinarily, computer-generated drawings are not of publishable quality. Color photographs are encouraged by the publishers. Whenever possible, photographs should be 8 ¡Á 10 inches. The publishers encourage artwork to be submitted as scanned files (600 dpi or above) on disk or via email. All figures should be clearly numbered on the back and numbered consecutively. All captions should be typed double-spaced on a separate page. Marginal notations on manuscripts should indicate approximately where figures are to appear. While the editors and publishers will use ordinary care in protecting all figures submitted, they cannot assume responsibility for their loss or damage. Authors are discouraged from submitting rare or non-replaceable materials. It is the authors responsibility to secure written copyright clearance on all photographs and drawings that are not in the public domain. Copyright should be obtained for worldwide rights and on-line publishing.
Criteria for Evaluation
Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art & Belief is a refereed journal. Manuscripts will be accepted only after review by both the editors and anonymous reviewers deemed competent to make professional judgments concerning the quality of the manuscript. Upon request, authors will receive reviewers¡¯ evaluations.
Reprints for Authors
Twenty-five reprints of authors articles will be provided to the first named author free of charge. Additional reprints may be purchased upon request. |
Editorial Board
Editors: Birgit Meyer, Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (The Netherlands),
David Morgan, Valparaiso University, USA, Crispin Paine, University of Chichester, S.Brent Plate, Texas Christian University.
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