Editorial comment.
Clark, Elizabeth A. ; Heitzenrater, Richard ; Hillerbrand, Hans J. 等
The four editors at Duke University who have been the stewards of
Church History over the last seven years would like to thank the
American Society of Church History for the opportunity of serving the
Society in this special way.
We took on the task with a five-year commitment and some specific
ideas of how to incorporate some new ideas into an already excellent
journal. Although not everyone may agree that every change was for the
better, we have left no aspect of the journal unexamined and have
incorporated changes and additions in many areas, from title and
typographic design to color and contents. The addition of more
interactive material in the form of "Perspectives" and
"Forums" has allowed for more communication among members of
the Society. The addition of the subtitle, "Studies in Christianity
and Culture," signaled our intention to publish material that
consciously tried to relate the general study of Christianity to its
cultural context, furnishing the journal with a specific character in
the field.
No editors can fulfill their responsibilities, of course, without
the scholarly contributions of the members of the guild who write the
articles, who craft the book reviews, and who contribute their views in
various other formats. But special thanks are due to the host of
scholars who agree to act as referees for the hundreds of articles that
are submitted over the years--they are the anonymous, unsung heroes of
the enterprise, and the quality of the journal continues to be largely
dependent upon their careful analysis and suggestions. In addition, we
have benefited from the commitment and careful work of many graduate
student assistants and copy editors who have attended to the details of
correspondence and preparation of the issues.
We turn our task over to the new editors and their staff at Florida
State University with confidence and anticipation of further changes and
improvements.