TURABIAN IN A NUTSHELL

For more information on bibliographic formatting, consult the 5th edition of Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, especially the examples provided in Chapter 11 [Ref. Brite LB2369 .T8 1996]. Turabian is a simplified guide to the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition [Ref. Brite Z253 .U69 2003]. The Chicago style of documentation is not rigid; it does allow for some variations. The examples below represent the preferences of the Brite Librarian, Charles Bellinger. Other professors at Brite may have different preferences.

BOOKS

One author:
Craven, Toni. The Book of Psalms. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 1992.
[Notice that the state abbreviation is included for little known places. Don't include just the state. A city or town is ALWAYS listed; a state is sometimes listed.]

Two authors:
Duke, James O., and Howard W. Stone. How to Think Theologically. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1996.

Edited book:
Perkins, Robert L., ed. The Concept of Anxiety. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1985.

Two or more editors:
Meyers, Carol, Toni Craven, and Ross S. Kraemer, eds. Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

Edition other than the first:
Duke, James O., and Howard W. Stone. How to Think Theologically, 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006.

JOURNAL AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES

Magazine article:
Dorrien, Gary. "Truth Claims: The Future of Postliberal Theology." Christian Century, July 18, 2001, 22-29.

Wright, Cynthia J. "Disciples Musician Shines in Nashville." DisciplesWorld, November 2006, 30-31.

Journal article:
Osiek, Carolyn. "Catholic or catholic: Biblical Scholarship at the Center." Journal of Biblical Literature 125 (Spring 2006): 5-22.

Essay:
Cahill, Lisa Sowle. "The Bible and Christian Moral Practices." In Christian Ethics: Problems and Prospects, edited by Lisa Sowle Cahill and James F. Childress, 3-17. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 1996.

Book review:
Gouwens, David J. Review of Kierkegaard in Post/Modernity, by Martin J. Matustik and Merold Westphal, eds. Christian Scholars Review 28/4 (1999): 625-626.

Electronic journal article on the Internet:
Schuler, Jean. "Kierkegaard at Babette’s Feast: The Return to the Finite." Journal of Religion and Film 1/2 (Oct. 1997). Database on-line. Available from http://www.unomaha.edu/~wwwjrf/kierkega.htm. Accessed Oct. 15, 2003.

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