10. Book chapters

Book chapters are often cited in theological writing. This is common in edited volumes, companions, and collections of essays. The formats below apply to chapters written by a specific author within a book that one or more editors edit.

10.1 Footnotes (Book Chapters)

10.1.1 First (Full) Footnote Citation

The first time a book chapter is cited, give full details for both the chapter and the book in which it appears.

Format:

Footnote number. Author First Name Last Name, “Title of Chapter,” in Title of Book, ed. Editor First Name Last Name (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), page number(s).

Examples:

1. Michael Horton, “Union with Christ,” in Christology: Ancient and Modern, ed. Oliver D. Crisp and Fred Sanders (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2013), 154–56.2.
2. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, “Theology and the Condition of Postmodernity,” in The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology, ed. Kevin J. Vanhoozer (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), 3–5.

10.1.2 Shortened Footnote Citation

After the first citation, later references to the same chapter use a shortened form.

Format:

Footnote number. Author Last Name, “Shortened Chapter Title,” page number(s).

Examples:

1. Horton, “Union with Christ,” 160.
2. Vanhoozer, “Theology and the Condition,” 12.

10.1.3 Immediately Repeated Citations (Ibid.)

When you cite the same chapter as the footnote that comes at once before, use Ibid. Add the page number if the page is different.

Example:

1. Ibid., 14.

10.2 Multiple-Editor Volumes (Footnotes)

When a book chapter appears in a volume with more than one editor, list all editors in the first full footnote citation.

Full footnote format:

Footnote number. Author First Name Last Name, “Title of Chapter,” in Title of Book, ed. Editor One First Name Last Name and Editor Two First Name Last Name (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), page number(s).

Example:

1. Michael Horton, “Covenant and Salvation,” in Reformed Theology: Identity and Ecumenicity, ed. Joel R. Beeke and Sinclair B. Ferguson (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012), 85–87.

Shortened footnote:

1. Horton, “Covenant and Salvation,” 90.

10.3 Bibliography (Book Chapters)

Every book chapter cited in footnotes must appear in the bibliography.

10.3.1 One Author, Edited Volume

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Chapter.” In Title of Book, edited by Editor First Name Last Name, page range. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Examples:

1. Horton, Michael. “Union with Christ.” In Christology: Ancient and Modern, edited by Oliver D. Crisp and Fred Sanders, 151–68. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2013.
2. Vanhoozer, Kevin J. “Theology and the Condition of Postmodernity.” In The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology, edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer, 3–25. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
    

10.3.2 Multiple Editors

Reverse the order of the name of the chapter author only. List all editors after the book title.

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Chapter.” In Title of Book, edited by Editor One First Name Last Name and Editor Two First Name Last Name, page range. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Example:

1. Horton, Michael. “Christ, Covenant, and Salvation.” In Reformed Theology: Identity and Ecumenicity, edited by Joel R. Beeke and Sinclair B. Ferguson, 85–102. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012.