CALL FOR PAPERS

Special issue of International Journal of Practical Theology on “Ageing and Practical Theology”.

The editors would like to announce a special themed issue on the topic of Ageing and Practical Theology to be published as Volume 18.2, 2014. Articles may address any aspect of the relationship between ageing and practical theology, including the spirituality of older people, relationships between and across generations, questions of justice relating to senior citizens, cross-cultural issues in relation to ageing, and issues of pastoral ministry to elderly persons in social, institutional or ecclesial settings.

Please send in the first instance a 400-word abstract (in English or German, the language in which you intend to submit the full article) to the Editors (addresses below) by September 30th 2013. The Editors will be responsible for selecting articles on the originality of their contribution to the theme and appropriateness for publication in an international journal.

Final articles may be up to twenty pages double-spaced typescript in length and must be submitted by March 31st, 2014. Normal guidelines to authors for presentation and formatting apply.

Editors

Elaine Graham (e.graham@chester.ac.uk)

Bernd Schroeder (bernd.schroeder@theologie.uni-goettingen.de)‎