The editors of Contemporary Buddhism will consider for publication articles that are related to the aims and scope of the journal.

Articles for consideration should be sent to: Dr Michael McGhee, Department of Philosophy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK.

Manuscripts should be between 4,000-8,000 words in length. All submissions will be seen anonymously by two referees. Please ensure your address details are clearly marked on the outside of all packages you are sending to Editors.

The following guidelines should be adhered to when submitting manuscripts for consideration:

Authors should submit one hard copy and one PC formatted disc copy of their typescript. The editors have a strong preference for the use of Times New Roman fonts in the preparation of typescripts. When using diacritical marks in the transliteration of Sanskrit and Pali terms please use Times_Norman font. Submissions should be double-spaced with generous margins and printed on one side of the paper only. All pages should be numbered and endnotes kept to a minimum. Footnotes to the text should be avoided, as much as is reasonably possible.

The typescript should include a title page bearing the name(s) of the author(s), the title, institutional affiliation, e-mail and fax numbers where appropriate. An abstract of between 100 and 150 words should be included on a separate sheet together with short biographical details of the author(s).

All submissions should be in English, and quotations from other languages should be in roman transliteration.

References should be indicated by citing the author's name together with the year of publication. Where several papers by the same author and the same year are cited, use a, b, c etc. Lengthy quotations should be typed in an indented paragraph, single-spaced, without the use of quotation marks. Smaller quotations should be enclosed within single quotation marks. Bibliographical references should be listed in full at the end of the paper. The style of the bibliography should be as follows:
Books: Williams, P. 1989. Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, London: Routledge.
Articles in books: Guenther, H.V. 1981. ‘Bodhisattva — The Ethical Phase in Evolution', in Leslie S. Kawamura (ed), The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhism, Ontario: Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion, pp.111-24.
Articles in journals: Smith, J.R. 1996. ‘Human Insufficiency in Shinran and Kierkegaard', AsianPhilosophy, 2, 117-27.
Manuscripts that do not conform to the guidelines will not be considered for publication.

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