TURABIAN IN A NUTSHELL

For more information on bibliographic formatting, consult the 7th edition of Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 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.) [See Turabian, 7th ed., p. 163 B: Ball; Breen]

Two authors:
Duke, James O., and Howard W. Stone. How to Think Theologically. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1996.
[See Turabian, 7th ed., p. 163 B: Bird, Kai, and ...]

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.
[See Turabian, 7th ed., p. 164 B: Fulop, Timothy E., and ...]

Edition other than the first:
Duke, James O., and Howard W. Stone. How to Think Theologically, 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006.
[See Turabian, 7th ed., p. 171 B: Daniels, Roger ...]

JOURNAL AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES
[See Turabian, 7th ed., p. 327 Table 23.2 on page numbers]

Magazine article:
Dorrien, Gary. "Truth Claims: The Future of Postliberal Theology." Christian Century, July 18, 2001, 22-29.
[See Turabian, 7th ed., p. 186 B: Shapiro, Mark ... (I want you to include page numbers.)]

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.
[See Turabian, 7th ed., p. 182 B: Green, Nancy ...]

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.
[See Turabian, 7th ed., p. 178 B: Demos, John ...]

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): 625-26.

For a journal article that is available in paper and online, cite only the paper version, even if you accessed it online.
For an electronic journal article that is only available on the Internet:
Schuler, Jean. "Kierkegaard at Babette’s Feast: The Return to the Finite." Journal of Religion and Film 1, no. 2 (Oct. 1997). Available from http://www.unomaha.edu/~wwwjrf/kierkega.htm. Accessed Aug. 22, 2008.

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