[DCRM-L] capitalization of religious titles

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Correction! I looked it up in an old (orange) edition of AACR2, and the Appendix reads the same; "the Pastor" was correct then, too. I wonder if catalogers unconsciously follow the spirit of A13.E3, for civil and military titles, without realizing that religious titles have their own rules. 

"the Reverend Michael O’Sullivan, Pastor of Saint Peter’s Church; the Pastor"

"Jimmy Carter, president of the United States; the president of the United States; the president" 


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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
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We follow Appendix A without question. I have a vague-ish memory that certain words that used to be designated as lowercase are now uppercase, things like "Minister" among them, which would account for the variation in practice.

Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 East Capitol St., S.E. | Washington, D.C. 20003
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Sent: Monday, 10 October 2011 14:24
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Subject: [DCRM-L] capitalization of religious titles

In transcription, do religious titles such as "pastor" and "minister",
get capitalized when *following* a name?
Rule A.13E2. (Religious titles) in AACR2 says they do, yet, in most
records I've looked at those titles are
almost never capitalized. So, I'd like to know what the general public
opinion/practice/experience of catalogers
is on this topic.

Thanks
-Silvana