JIS Thematic Volumes:  I: 2001: The Future of Interdisciplinary Research; Orwell & Huxley: Beyond 20th-Century Totalitarianism? (1989); II: Reformation II: Christian Challenge in Knowledge, Ethics & Faith; Freedom, Religion & Politics (1990); III: Christian Political Economy: Fact or Fiction? Ecology & Food: Restoring Man & Nature (1991); IV: The Rediscovery of America & Europe, 1992: Socio-Cultural, Philosophical & Spiritual Roots; Democratization in the Communist World: Promise & Reality (1992); V: The Unity of the Arts & Sciences: Pathways to God's Creation? (1993); VI: Religious Resurgence in the Modern World: Social, Economic and Political Implications (1994); VII: The Family: Reinventing the Human Community (1995); VIII: The City in the 21st Century (1996); IX: The Quest for the Holy Grail: Transcendence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (1997); X: Beyond Culture Wars? Toward 21st-Century Literacy (1998); XI: The Restoration of Philosophy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (1999); XII: Ethics and Faith: The Reality of Absolutes (2000); XIII: Civil Society and Religion in the Third Millennium (2001); XIV: Re-Inventing Liberal Arts Education (2002); XV: Toward a Culture of Life: Restoring Human Felicity (2003); XVI: Can the Market Be Moral? (2004); XVII: Science and Religion: The Missing Link (2005); XVIII: Prophets of Post-Communism: Toward an Open Society (2006); XIX: Virtue Ethics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2007); XX: Globalization & Its Discontents: Modernization, Culture and Religion (2008); XXI: Christianity and Democracy: Jacques Maritain in Perspective (2009); XXII: Intelligent Design & Artificial Intelligence: The Ghost in the Machine? (2010); XXIII: The Idea of a University: John Henry Newman in Perspective (2011); XXIV: The Future of Religion: Re-Enchantment of the World? (2012); XXV: Brave New World? Gentech and Human Dignity (2013). Etc.

    Mss. Format:  Articles: 15-25 pages, double-spaced, typed.  Book Reviews: 4 pages. Review Essays (3 books): 12-15 pages.  Brief in-text citations: author (year: page); alphabetical references at the end (see JIS for form and content).  Submit 3 both-sided copies of: mss., each with a 150-word Abstract (with postage for mss. return).  Mss. are refereed anonymously; author's name, affiliation, and address on a separate sheet.  See also Call for Papers.

    Technical Guides:  How to Prepare a Mss. for Peer-Review in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies:

    1. The entire both-sided hard copy mss. should be double-spaced, with author identification on a separate sheet (both-sided copies save paper, trees, energy, space, postage). All 3 copies should include a 150-word Abstract (summary of the thesis and major findings); number all subsequent mss. pages.
    2. Title of essay and descriptive Section Titles should be in CAPITAL LETTERS, centered on the page. Use TAB key at the beginning of each paragraph, NOT soft spaces. Within a paragraph, insert TWO (2) soft spaces (not 1) before starting a new sentence. As a rule, use DOUBLE-QUOTATION marks, not single ones. NO bold or underline, use italics to highlight books/journal titles, foreign words, or to add emphasis to words (the latter should be used sparingly: if everything is emphasized, nothing is emphasized). No colloquialisms (isn't, don't, etc.), or overlong quotations.
    3. Spell out all authors' first and last names (at first mention); last name suffices thereafter. Book titles mentioned in the essay should be followed by year of publication in parentheses. Foreign expressions or sentences should be followed by English translation in parentheses.
    4. For a scholarly article, we expect on the order of 2-3 dozen sources (books & journal articles), not just ornamentally, appended to a Bibliography, but rather integral to, that is, in support of arguments pro and con the thesis. Ideally, every paragraph should have 1-2 citations.
    5. JIS uses a brief in-text citation format: author (year: page), where the (year: page) should be placed, as a rule, AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE, to facilitate reading and comprehension, with complete bibliographic information arranged alphabetically by author at the end of the mss.
    6. All direct quotations require a specific page reference; paraphrasing is preferred. Specific points are also more persuasive with a specific page reference (but avoid stringing multiple sources in passing).
    7. Apart from max. 3 explanatory Notes, all footnotes should be merged into the main text, if important, or deleted (but keep all citations).
    8. REFERENCES at the end of the essay should list all sources cited in-text, arranged alphabetically (and chronologically) by author, and include complete bibliographic information. For all authors, editors, translators, provide last name, first name and middle initial. For books, provide City, State, and Publisher. For edited volumes, indicate also name of the editor. For chapters in edited volumes, provide inclusive page numbers. Foreign-language titles should have English translation in parentheses. For journal articles, indicate Volume Number, Issue Number and inclusive page numbers (from - to). For magazine or newspaper articles, indicate dates (day, month, and year), and pages. NO INTERNET sources; only published works.
    9. JIS aspires to synergy, synthesis, and cumulative knowledge, if not wisdom. Hence, we encourage authors to build on, and connect with, relevant ideas and articles in previous JIS volumes.
   10. For style and substance, consult relevant articles in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. A free sample article is on the Journal's web at: www.JIS3.org/samplearticle.htm  Inquiries: info@JIS3.org
    Mss. Deadline: January 1 of the year of publication of a respective theme/volume.  JIS policy is not to consider materials that have been published or that are being considered for publication elsewhere.  Send mss. to: Dr. O. Gruenwald, JIS Editor, IIR, 1065 Pine Bluff Dr., Pasadena, CA 91107, USA.

JIS EDITORIAL BOARD

EDITOR:  Oskar Gruenwald, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
ASSOCIATE EDITOR :  William R. Marty, University of Memphis
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR:  Daniel W. Hollis III, Jacksonville State University

INTERNATIONAL  EDITORIAL  BOARD

Douglas K. Adie, Ohio University (Economics); Kuk Won Chang, Hansei University-S. Korea (Near Eastern Studies/IRM); Raymond L. Dennehy, University of San Francisco (Philosophy); Joseph M. Dondelinger, Augustana College (Political Science); Jean Bethke Elshtain, University of Chicago (Ethics); Mihajlo Mihajlov, Belgrade-Yugoslavia (Journalism); George B. Palermo, M.D., University of Nevada Medical Center (Psychiatry); Demetrio Romano R., La Salle University-Mexico (Education); Hans Schwarz, University of Regensburg-Germany (Theology); Zygmunt Stankiewicz, Sculptor, Muri-Switzerland (Art); Jesse J. Thomas, San Diego State University (Religious Studies); Janusz Wrobel, Madonna University (East-Central European Studies).

    JIS offers an interdisciplinary forum for the exploration of the human condition in the light of Christian understanding.  It welcomes manuscripts from both those who do and those who do not share the Journal's Christian commitment, yet seek vital new insights and/or a reconceptualization of the interfaces and linkages between facts and values, knowledge and faith, science and religion.  To this end, the Journal organizes its volumes around certain themes, to be explored from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives.  JIS thus hopes to encourage excellence of scholarship and openness to dialogue across geographical, disciplinary, and denominational boundaries.  JIS mss. guidelines and suggested thematic issues: inside back cover.

    The Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies: An International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Interfaith Dialogue (ISSN 0890-0132) is co-sponsored by the International Christian Studies Association and published by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (Fed. ID. No. 95-3956070). JIS appears in a double issue once a year (September). Annual subscriptions: Individual $15; Institutional $25; Student $10 (Canada/Mexico Air: $30/Overseas Air: $35/volume).  JIS is trilingual: English, German, and French.  Foreign language articles carry a 500-word English summary.  JIS is indexed or abstracted in the Social Sciences Index/Abstracts, Guide to Social Science and Religion, Sociological Abstracts, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature, Religion Index One, ATLA Religion Database, Religious & Theological Abstracts, Catholic Periodical Literary Index, et al.  We cooperate with all subscription services.  Second-class postage paid at Santa Monica, CA, and additional mailing office.  Inquiries: JIS Editor, 1065 Pine Bluff Dr., Pasadena, CA 91107, USA.  Copyright © 2008 by IIR.