Open Theology

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS

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Authors' names must be removed from the mansucripts, to enable double-blind reviews.

For detailed information, please see Instruction for Authors.

EDITORIAL POLICY

Unpublished material: Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described is not copyrighted, published or submitted elsewhere, except in abstract form. The corresponding author should ensure that all authors approve the manuscript before its submission.

Ethical conduct of research: The authors must describe and confirm safeguards to meet ethical standards when applicable. See Editorial Policy for details.

Conflict of interest: When authors submit a manuscript, they are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial and/or other conflicts of interest that might bias their work and/or could inappropriately influence his/her judgment. If no specified acknowledgement is given, the Editors assume that no conflict of interest exists. Authors are encouraged to fill in the ICMJE Conflicts of Interest Form (available here) and send it in the electronic format to the Managing Editor.

Copyright: All authors retain copyright, unless – due to their local circumstances – their work is not copyrighted. The copyrights are governed by the Creative-Commons Attribution Only license (CC-BY) which is compliant with Plan-S. The corresponding author grants the journal the license to use of the article, by signing the License To Publish. Scanned copy of license should be uploaded into Editorial Manager system.

Authorship: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be named in an Acknowledgement section. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list of the manuscript, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Peer Review process: Our standard policy requires each paper reporting primary research or secondary analysis of primary research, together with relevant supplementary materials, to be reviewed by at least two Referees and the peer-review process is double-blind. The Editors reserve the right to decline the submitted manuscript without review, if the studies reported are not sufficiently novel or important to merit publication in the journal. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable (insufficient originality or of limited interest to the target audience) are returned to the author(s) without review. The Editor seeks advice from experts in the appropriate field. Research articles and communications are refereed by a minimum of two reviewers, review papers by at least three. Authors are requested to suggest persons competent to review their manuscript. However, please note that this will be treated only as a suggestion, and the final selection of reviewers is exclusively the Editor's decision. The final decision of acceptance in made by Managing Editor or, in case of conflict, by the Editor-in-Chief.

Scientific Misconduct: This journal publishes only original manuscripts that are not also published or going to be published elsewhere. Multiple submissions/publications, or redundant publications (re-packaging in different words of data already published by the same authors) will be rejected. If they are detected only after publication, the journal reserves the right to publish a Retraction Note. In each particular case Editors will follow COPE’s Core Practices and implement the advices.

Editor-in-Chief:
Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College, USA

Managing Editor
Katarzyna Tempczyk, De Gruyter

Assistant Editor
Michał Kowalczyk,University of Łódź, De Gruyter Poland

Assistant Managing Editor
Kumaran Rengaswamy, Compuscript

Editorial Advisory Board
Leslie Allen, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA
Dale Allison, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA
Peter Antes, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
Stefano Bigliardi, Lund University, Sweden
Allen Brent, King's College, London / Lateran University, Roma UK / Italy
Gerhard Bowering, Yale University, USA
Steve Bruce, University of Aberdeen, UK
Pierre-Yves Brandt, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Roberto Cipriani, Universita Roma Tre, Italy
James H. Charlesworth, Princeton, USA
Dan Cohn-Sherbok, University of Wales, UK
Robert J. Daly, Boston College, USA
Amir Dastmalchian, King's College, London, UK
Gavin D'Costa, Univeristy of Bristol, UK
Stephen Glazier, Yale University, USA
Tomáš Halík, University of Charles, Prague, Czech Republic
Paul Heelas, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Ralph Wilbur Hood, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA
David Jasper, Oxford University, UK
Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Kapil Kapoor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Paul Knitter, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, USA
Oliver Leaman, University of Kentucky, USA
Jacob Lessner, Northwestern University, USA
John McGuckin, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, USA
Francis Moloney, Australian Catholic University, Australia
George Newlands, University of Glasgow, UK
Graham Oppy, Monash University, Australia
Christopher Partridge, Lancaster University, UK
Tariq Ramadan, University of Oxford, UK
Peter Riddell, Melbourne School of Theology / University of London, Australia, UK
Arvind Sharma, McGill University, USA
Guy G. Stroumsa, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem / University of Oxford, Israel / UK
Bron Taylor, University of Florida, USA
Walter H. Wagner, Moravian Theological Seminary and the Lutheran Theological Seminary, USA
Marc Vervenne, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Dean Zimmerman, Rutgers University, USA
Volker Zotz, University of Vienna, Austria

Editors
Biblical Studies
Ekaterina E. Kozlova, King's College London, UK
Hryhoriy Lozinskyy, Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius, USA

Church History
Aitor Boada-Benito, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.
Augusto Cosentino, Liceo Classico "Luigi Nostro" Villa San Giovanni, Italy
Samuel J. Dubbelman, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong

Patristics
Katherine Chambers, University of New England, Australia
Augusto Cosentino, Liceo Classico "Luigi Nostro" Villa San Giovanni, Italy

Systematic Theology
Nikolaas Cassidy-Deketelaere, KU Leuven, Belgium

Philosophy of Religion
Nikolaas Cassidy-Deketelaere, KU Leuven, Belgium
Katherine Chambers, University of New England, Australia
Raman Sachdev, Minot State University, USA
Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte, University of the Free State, South Africa

Sociology of Religion
Caglar Ezikoglu, University of Birmingham, UK
Rasa Pranskevièiūtė-Amoson, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Anthropology of Religion
Rasa Pranskevièiūtė-Amoson, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Religion and Politics
Caglar Ezikoglu, University of Birmingham, UK
Rasa Pranskevièiūtė-Amoson, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Ancient Religions
Augusto Cosentino, Liceo Classico "Luigi Nostro" Villa San Giovanni, Italy

Eastern Religions
Ved Patel, Davidson College, USA

Japanesse Religions
Saeko Yazaki, University of Glasgow, UK

Judaism
Katherine Chambers, University of New England, Australia

Islam
Saeko Yazaki, University of Glasgow, UK

New Religious Movements
Rasa Pranskevièiūtė-Amoson, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Language Editors
Kyle Barbour, University of Guelph, Canada
Farris Blount III, Boston University School of Theology
Bennett Comerford, Harvard University, USA
Samuel Dubbelman, Boston University School of Theology, USA
Julie Estrada, Harvard Divinity School, USA
Michael L. Fitzgerald, Canada
Joshua Lawrence, University of Denver
Philip Miti, University of Heidelberg, Germany
James Rehwalds, USA
Dean Skelley, USA
Wayne G. Smith, Nova Scotia, Canada
Stephen Waldron, Boston University School of Theology

Publisher
DE GRUYTER Poland
Bogumiła Zuga 32A Str.
01-811 Warsaw, Poland
T: +48 22 701 50 15

Editorial Contact
Dr. Katarzyna Tempczyk
Katarzyna.Tempczyk@degruyter.com

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