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Chicago Footnote Referencing - Theology Students

This guide provides information on how to reference using the Chicago Footnote referencing style. PLEASE NOTE: Counselling and Education students should use APA referencing style.

Rules for Journal References

Page numbers

When referencing a journal, write in the footnote the specific page number consulted. In the bibliography, list the page range for the entire article.

DOIs

Digital Object Identifier (DOIs) are now applied to some journal articles that are available online. A DOI is a combination of numbers and letters which are assigned to identify content and provide a persistent link to it on the internet. 

Print copies: If you access a journal as a printed copy then you do not need to include a DOI in your footnote or bibliography.

Online copies with DOI: If you access a journal article through an electronic database or website then it could have a DOI which you need to include in your footnote and bibliography. 

Online copies without DOI: If you access a journal article through an electronic database or website and it does not have a DOI then you need to include the URL or the database name in your footnote and bibliography. If you give a URL, it should be short and easy to type into a browser from a print version.

Below are specific examples of referencing three different types of journal articles.

How to reference journal articles

Footnote

1st citation 

First name Surname, "Title of Journal Article: Subtitle," Title of journal Volume number, Issue number (Year): page number(s). 

Peter King, “The Inner Cathedral: Mental Architecture in High Scholasticism,” Vivarium 46, no.3 (2008): 266.

 

Subsequent citations

Surname, "Shortened Title of Journal Article," page number(s).

King, “The Inner Cathedral," 268. 

 

Bibliography

Surname, First name. "Title of Journal Article: Subtitle." Title of journal Volume number, Issue number (Year): page range of entire article. 

King, Peter. “The Inner Cathedral: Mental Architecture in High Scholasticism.” Vivarium 46, no.3 (2008): 253-274. 

 

Footnote

1st citation 

First name Surname, "Title of Journal Article: Subtitle," Title of journal Volume number, Issue number (Year): page number(s), doi:xxx

Christopher Southgate, "Re-reading Genesis, John, and Job: A Christian Response to Darwinism," Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science 46, no. 2 (2011): 385, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2011.01186.x.

 

Subsequent citations

Surname, "Shortened Title of Journal Article," page number(s).

Southgate, "Re-reading Genesis, John, and Job," 390. 

 

Bibliography

Surname, First name. "Title of Journal Article: Subtitle." Title of journal Volume number, Issue number (Year): page range of entire article. doi: xxx

Southgate, Christopher. "Re-reading Genesis, John, and Job: A Christian Response to Darwinism." Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science 46, no. 2 (2011): 370-395. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2011.01186.x.

Footnote

1st citation 

First name Surname, "Title of Journal Article: Subtitle," Title of journal Volume number, Issue number (Year): page number(s), URL/database.

Timoteo D. Gener, "Asian Evangelical Theology: Theological Commitments and Interdisciplinarity." Journal of Asian Evangelical Theology 23, no. 2 (2019): 100, EBSCO.

 

Subsequent citations

Surname, "Shortened Title of Journal Article," page number(s).

Gener, "Asian Evangelical Theology," 100. 

 

Bibliography

Surname, First name.  "Title of Journal Article: Subtitle." Title of journal Volume number, Issue number (Year): page range of entire article. URL/database.

Gener, Timoteo D. "Asian Evangelical Theology: Theological Commitments and Interdisciplinarity." Journal of Asian Evangelical Theology 23, no. 2 (2019): 99-118. EBSCO. 

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