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Guidelines for Writers of Opinion Articles

Adventist Today (AT) publishes independent news and opinion media for and about the Adventist community around the world. It focuses on contemporary issues and events, and seeks to provide a free speech area for Adventists.* In view of its purpose, any article published by AT will fall within the following guidelines.

It is important to be clear that the following guidelines refer to writers of primary published materials, not the “Comments” feature or the Forum in which readers make comments about articles. At the same time, paragraph 5 will apply to AT publications of any kind.

1. Writers for AT will be respectful of the wide range of opinion and faith experiences among Adventists. They will express a particular viewpoint or views without the use of sarcasm, disdain, denigration or negative characterization of those who disagree or other viewpoints.

2. Articles published in AT will be written from the assumption that the readers of AT are primarily people of faith and it is not the purpose of the materials that AT publishes to convince the reader that Christian faith in general is fundamentally flawed or wrong. In other words, views and disagreements are within the “big tent” of Christian faith, not expressed from outside that perspective.

3. There is one primary exception to paragraph 2 above: Writers may express their personal journey away from the Adventist faith or the Christian faith in general, so long as they clearly state this perspective in the first paragraph of the article and own any statements expressing doubt in the Christian scriptures or basic Christian beliefs. The primary way in which such statements will be “owned” in published articles of this kind is for them to be stated in the first person. (“I came to believe … because …”) The editors will rewrite submitted material to conform to this guideline.

4. In general, articles should not primarily be direct responses to other articles or regular writers for AT, unless the editors develop a “Point/Counter Point” feature on a topic and expressly edit materials for this purpose. It is OK for a writer to express a viewpoint opposite to that expressed in another article published by AT, but the article should not begin with reference to a particular published item and should not include quotes from the other writer; it should stand on its own unless the editors specifically asked for a counterpoint approach. Submitted material will be rewritten by the editors to conform to this guideline.

5. AT will not publish material that may involve it in litigation having to do with defamation, copyright infringement or pornography.

These guidelines were voted by the governing board of the Adventist Today Foundation on August 25, 2013.

*Defined broadly and inclusively by AT, not in terms of official membership in a local congregation affiliated with a particular denomination.

Have you read “Adventist Tomorrow: Fresh Ideas While Waiting for Jesus”?

ADVENTIST TOMORROW—Fresh Ideas While Waiting for Jesus, by Jack Hoehn

ADVENTIST TOMORROW is a best-selling book for Adventist Today, with over 1,000 copies sold so far.  A Sabbath-school at LLU has discussed selected chapters.  It is being read by Adventist College and University students.  It is read in Canada, in Australia,  in South Africa, in Kenya and in Spain, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.  Even Clifford Goldstein told Jack he liked the chapter on Intoxicants and got a new idea from the chapter Not a Rib, “but not much else.” (Jack accepts this as good a review from Cliff as he could ever hope for!)

You too don’t have to agree with Jack to read the book.  The ideas discussed are important  and are very much topics of current interest.  What is the Adventist view on abortions as needed health care or murder?  Should Adventists vote–then who or what for? Should Adventists vote to protect the US 2nd amendment or return to our historic position of “not-bearing arms.”  Can we accept science and still believe in God? Is Genesis 1 an inspired summary of Creation or a detailed news report?

Readers are positive:  “It’s a good read.”   “ I have enjoyed it immensely.”   “ A very valuable piece of work.”  “Once I started it, I could not put it down.”    “Very well written.”  “An unprecedented and transformative rescue of Adventist thought.”    “A genuine pleasure and a relief.”  “An author should… make you think and maybe think a little differently than you did before.   Jack…has accomplished this in spades!”    “Added very richly to my heart, soul and mind.”

HOW TO GET YOUR COPY– (All sales go to support Adventist Today.  In spite of inflation the price has NOT yet had to be raised.)

USA and Canada:  CLICK HERE for Amazon.com   who will print and mail you a paperback copy for $US 20.00 or send you an electronic Kindle copy for $US 9.00.  

UK:  ADVENTIST TOMORROW from www.Amazon.co.UK is available for GBP 14.64 paperback or GBP 6.47 Kindle.

Australia and New Zealand:   ADVENTIST TOMORROW from  www.Amazon.com.au for $AUD 28.38 for the paperback or $AUD 11.57 for the Kindle version.

Europe:  For example Germany has www.Amazon.de  where ADVENTIST TOMORROW (in English) is available for EUR 17,41 paperback  or EUR 7,42 Kindle. You should be able to do the same with Amazon.[fr/es/it].

Japan:  Try www.Amazon.co.jp. where paperback is offered for JPY 2,309 and Kindle for JPY 948.

Kenya:  A few copies have been imported to your country, contact us for information.

Other Countries: If not close to one of the above sources, Amazon does ship to other countries.    You can go here:  https://www.amazon.com/International-Shipping-Direct  and find out if a printed book could be shipped directly to you, and what shipping costs would be.  Kindle electronic versions have no shipping costs.

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