Citing Patheos in Research

Patheos offers a wide array of materials useful to students in their research. Extensive encyclopedic Library articles give detailed information about each major religion's history, beliefs, and practices. Topical articles on subjects pertinent to religion in the world today present the perspectives and interests of different traditions, and timely blog postings contribute to the discussion. As you research and write, all of this material should be referenced accordingly. Patheos uses The Chicago Manual of Style as a guideline to citations.

Library articles:

All of the Library articles have been written and reviewed by leading scholars in the field. These scholars, along with the editors of the series, are all listed as Contributors in the overview section of each article. To cite a Patheos Library article, cite the author, the exact section you use, the web page address, and the date you accessed the article. Often there are several authors who contributed specific sections to a series of Library articles. Click on the names to go to their biographical pages, where their specific contributions are made clear.

Examples are given below (N=footnote or endnote; B=bibliographic entry):

N:  Marc Krell, "Judaism: Origins: Beginnings," ed. Kathleen Mulhern and Jacob Kinnard, Patheos, http://www.patheos.com/Library/Judaism/Origins/Beginnings.html (accessed January 14, 2010).

B:  Krell, Marc. "Judaism: Origins: Beginnings." Edited by Kathleen Mulhern and Jacob             Kinnard. Patheos. http://www.patheos.com/Library/Judaism/Origins/Beginnings.html             (accessed January 14, 2010). 



Topical article:

To cite a Patheos topical article, cite the author, the web page address, the date of its posting, and the date you accessed the article.

Examples are given below (N=footnote or endnote; B=bibliographic entry):

N:  John Terrill, "Reframing Business Education," Patheos, http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Reframing-Business-Education.html, posted December 1, 2009, (accessed June 6, 2009).

B:  Terrill, John. "Reframing Business Education." Patheos, http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Reframing-Business-Education.html, posted December 1, 2009, (accessed June 6, 2009).

Weblog postings:

Weblog entries are commonly cited within the text. If weblog entries need to be cited more formally, examples are given below (N=footnote or endnote; B=bibliographic entry):

N:  John Fullmer, comment on "Why Utah Isn't Deseret," One Eternal Round blog, Patheos, comment posted May 2, 2010, http://www.patheos.com/Religion-Portals/Mormon-Blog.html?cURL=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mormonportal/?p=92 (accessed May 14, 2010).

B:  One Eternal Round Blog. http://www.patheos.com/Religion-Portals/Mormon-Blog.html?cURL=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mormonportal/?p=92. Patheos.