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Guidelines for Contributors to Jurnal Ledalero: Wacana Iman dan Kebudayaan
(Discourse on Faith and Culture)
1. Scope of Manuscripts
Manuscripts submitted to Jurnal Ledalero must be based on original research or critical analysis in the fields of philosophy, theology, or the social sciences, including sociology, politics, linguistics, anthropology, art, and cultural studies. Submissions must not have been previously published in any form or medium.
2. Manuscript Requirements
Manuscripts must be written in English, using clear, accurate, and academically appropriate language. Submissions must present original ideas and must be free from plagiarism. Manuscripts should contribute to scholarly advancement and demonstrate analytical rigor. At least 80% of the content should consist of analysis and synthesis, leading to clearly formulated conclusions.
Each manuscript must include:
- A concise, informative, and effective title
- The full name(s) of the author(s) and institutional affiliation(s)
- An abstract in English, each not exceeding 200 words
- Three to five keywords in English that reflect the core concepts of the article
Manuscripts should not exceed 6,000 words excluding footnotes and references, written in the template of the journal, prepared in Microsoft Word, formatted on A4 paper, using Times New Roman, 12-point font, single-spaced, and arranged in a single-column layout with standard margins.
3. Quotations and References
Quotations longer than four lines should be formatted as block quotations and single-spaced. Shorter quotations should be incorporated into the main text.
Only sources cited in the manuscript should appear in the reference list, and all cited sources must be listed. At least 80% of references should be drawn from sources published within the last ten years.
Authors are strongly encouraged to cite articles previously published in Jurnal Ledalero to support further development of the journal.
Citation notes must be presented as footnotes, follow the Turabian (Chicago) style of the 9th edition, and be managed using Mendeley.
The bibliography must be arranged alphabetically and include only works cited in the manuscript.
(Examples of Chicago-style references for books, journal articles, edited volumes, conference papers, theses, interviews, newspapers, magazines, and online sources as listed below are taken and adapted from Kate L. Turabian’s A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Thesis, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers (University of Chicago Press, 2007) pp. 143-157, 162-215.)
Book with a Single Author - Footnote (FN): 1. Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1997), 47-48. Shortened form: 4. Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel, 85-90.
- Bibliography (B): Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1997.
Book with an Editor- FN: 7. Mark A. Noll, ed. Religion in American Politics: From the Colonial Period to 1980s (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990), 6-9.
- B: Noll, Mark A., ed. Religion in American Politics: From the Colonial Period to the 1980s. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990).
Book with Two Authors- FN: 2. Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005), 52. Shortened form: 5 Bird and Sherwin, American Prometheus, 68.
- B: Bird, Kai and Martin J. Sherwin. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Book with Three Authors- FN: 5 Joice Appleby, Lynn Hunt, and Margaret Jacob, Telling the Truth about History (New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1995), 124-131.
- B: Appleby, Joice, Lynn Hunt, and Margaret Jacob. Telling the Truth about History. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1995.
Book with Four or More Authors- FN: 15. Jacquelyn Dowd Hall et. al., Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1987), 114-15.
- B: Hall, Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, James Leloudis, Robert Korstad, Mary Murphy, Lu Ann Jones, and Christopher B. Daly. Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1987.
Author(s) Plus Editor or Translator- FN: 9. J. B. Harley, The New Nature of Maps: Essays in the History of Cartography, ed. Paul Laxton (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002), 132-33.
- B: Harley, J. B. The New Nature of Maps: Essays in the History of Cartography. Ed. by Paul Laxton. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
Edition Number- FN: 11. Roger Daniels. Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life, 2nd ed. (New York: Harper Perennial, 2002), 84.
- B: Daniels, Roger. Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life. 2nd ed. New York: Harper Perennial, 2002.
Single Chapter in an Edited Book- FN: 15. Anne Whiston Spirn, “Constructing Nature: The Legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted,” in Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature, ed. William Cronon (New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1996), 101.
- B: Spirn, Anne Whistron. “Constructing Nature: The Legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted.” In Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature,edited by William Cronon, 91-113. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1996.
Non-English Titles - FN: 20. Paul Budi Kleden, Membongkar Derita Teodice: Sebuah Kegelisahan Filsafat dan Teologi (Maumere: Penerbit Ledalero, 2007), 55.
- B: Kleden, Paul Budi. Membongkar Derita Teodice: Sebuah Kegelisahan Filsafat dan Teologi. Maumere: Penerbit Ledalero, 2007.
- FN: 4. Pramod K. Nayar, “Marvelous Excesses: English Travel Writing and India, 1680-1727,” Journal of British Studies 44, no. 2 (April 2005): 213.
- B: Nayar, Pramod K. “Marvelous Excesses: English Travel Writing and India, 1680-1727.” Journal of British Studies 44, no. 2 (April 2005): 213-38.
- For an article with multiple authors, follow the relevant pattern for authors’ names in the previous template for books.
Journal Article OnlineMagazine Articles- FN: 11. Mark Schapiro, “New Power for ‘Old Europe,’” The Nation, December 27, 2004, 12-13.
- B: Schapiro, Mark. New Power for ‘Old Europe.’” The Nation, December 27, 2004.
Newspaper Articles- FN: Blair Kamin, “Wrigley Building Clearly a Landmark,” Chicago Tribune, July 1, 2005.
- B: Kamin, Blair. “Wrigley Building Clearly a Landmark.” Chicago Tribune, July 1, 2005.
Bible and Other Sacred Works- FN: 6. 2 Kings 11:8 (New Revised Standard Version).
7. Qur’an 2:257 or Qur’an 2 (al-Baqarah): 257.
Reference Works (Encyclopaedia, Dictionary, etc.)- FN: 1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed., s.v. “Salvation.”
- 3. Gorka Aulestia, Basque English Dictionary (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1989), 234.
- B: Aulestia, Gorka. Basque English Dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1989.
Unpublished Sources (Theses, Dissertations, Lectures, and Papers Presented at Meetings)- FN: 1. Priscilla Coit Murphy, “What a Book Can Do: Silent Spring and Media-Borne Public Debate” (PhD diss., University of North Carolina, 2000), 57.
- B: Murphy, Priscilla Coit. “What a Book Can Do: Silent Spring and Media-Borne Public Debate.” PhD diss., University of North Carolina, 2000. [in printed material]
Interviews and Personal Communications - FN: 7. Andrew Macmillan, interview by author, San Diego, CA, March 2, 2007.
- 9. Maxine Greene, e-mail message to author, September 29, 2005.
- B: Macmillan, Andrew. Interview by author. San Diego, CA, March 2, 2007.
- Greene, Maxine. E-mail message to author. September 29, 2005.
Lecturers and Papers Presented at Meetings- FN: 7. Karene Grad, “When High Culture Was Popular Culture” (paper presented at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Boston, MA, March 26, 2004).
- B: Grad, Karene. “When High Culture Was Popular Culture.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Boston, MA, March 26, 2004.
Web sitesPaintings, Sculptures, Photographs, and Other Artworks- FN: 7 . Georgia O’Keeffe, The Cliff Chimneys, 1938, Milwaukee Art Museum. [painting]
- 11. Michelangelo, David, 1501-4, Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence. [sculpture]
- 24. Ansel Adams, “North Dome, Basket Dome, Mount Hoffman, Yosemite,” ca. 1935, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC. [photograph]
- Live Performances (Theater, Music, and Dance)
- FN: 14. Birdie Blue, by Cheryl L. West, directed by Seret Scott, Second Stage Theater, New York, June 22, 2005. [theater performance]
- 16. Yuja, Want, pianist, “La Valse,” by Maurice Ravel, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, March 26, 2006. [music performance]
Movies- FN: 3. Capote, directed by Bennett Miller, Sony Pictures Classics, 2005, opening scene.
Texts in the Visual and Performing Arts (Art Exhibition Catalogs and Plays)- FN: 6. Judith A. Barter, ed., Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1998), 5. [art exhibition catalog]
- 26. Jean Anouilh, Becket, or the Honor of God. Translated by Lucienne Hill. New York: Riverhead Books, 1996), 10. [plays]
- B: Barter, Judith A., ed. Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1998. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman” shown at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the National Gallery in Washington, DC, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Anouilh, Jean. Becket, or the Honor of God. Translated by Lucienne Hill. New York: Riverhead Books, 1996.
4. Review and Editorial Decision
All manuscripts are reviewed anonymously in accordance with the double-blind peer review process. Authors may be requested to revise their manuscripts based on reviewers’ or editors’ recommendations. Notification of acceptance or rejection is communicated through the online submission system.
The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject manuscripts that do not meet the journal’s academic or ethical standards. Linguistic editing may be conducted without prior notice, provided that the substance of the manuscript is not altered. Substantive revisions will be discussed with the author(s).
Copyright of published articles belongs to Jurnal Ledalero, and republication requires permission from the Editorial Board.
