I am very excited to share the following news with our readers. Professor Christopher Steck, SJ, editor of Theological Studies, and I are pleased to announce what we believe is a first-ever collaboration between the two journals. Starting with the publication year 2023, we will utilize a shared submissions style and spelling guide. We want to make submissions easier for potential authors by minimizing differences in basic submission requirements. Further, we have painstakingly reviewed a combination of spelling guides to produce a guide that has fewer differences between the two journals and is more consistent with the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition. Both journals will continue to use CMOS 17 and Merriam-Webster's dictionary as the style, format, and spelling authorities that support our newly formed submissions style guide. The joint Horizons and Theological Studies submissions guide will be available on each journal's website. The guide will also have a journal-specific section. Each journal will retain its own thematic focus and range of subjects.
This initiative does not affect how authors actually submit their manuscripts to us. Manuscripts submitted to Horizons should be sent to horizons@collegetheology.org and to mary.pappalardo@villanova.edu. Manuscripts submitted to Theological Studies will continue to submit through their platform at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tsj. I thank Christopher Steck and Mary Pappalardo for their careful and consistent work on this project. As well, I am grateful to the editorial boards of both journals for supporting this effort, which we believe will be helpful for submitting authors.
The authors of this issue of Horizons provide a rich array of research from new insights into the book of Job from the perspective of modern poets of disability to a study on Pope Francis’ teachings in light of the documents of the Latin American Episcopal Council to how the Pharisees have been understood and misunderstood throughout history, and much more.
With this issue, Horizons welcomes Professor Timothy Brunk, associate professor of systematic/constructive theology and practical theology at Villanova University, continuing the Villanova handprint on our journal since its inception. Professor Brunk holds a PhD from Marquette University and teaches and researches in the areas of sacramental theology, the intersection of sacraments and ethics, and theology and health care. His eagle-eyed editorial skills have already been a boon to the editorial team, and his humor sustains us in our work. Welcome, Tim Brunk!
As always, I thank our authors for sharing their scholarship with our readers, and I thank all of the members of the Horizons editorial team for their inspiring creativity, diligent work, and unwavering commitment to excellent scholarship.
